<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I could not agree more. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks all for your hard and excellent work. This is another proof that ICANN and its community are functional and can deliver on challenging tasks. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 27.05.2016 um 17:02 schrieb Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" class="">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Dear all,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">This is amazing ! Thanks Bruce and all Board members !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">It’s hard to believe that, in less than 3 months, we have managed to translate such a huge set of recommendations into a coherent set of bylaws, while keeping consensus and trust in the process intact at the same time. This is no small feat and I want to reiterate my thanks to Icann Legal, especially Sam and John but I know others were involved as well, the Sidley and Adler teams, and our wonderful support staff !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Of course this is just step towards the transition itself, but a major milestone, upon which we can build to bridge the last remaining ones !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Cheers,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Mathieu<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">PS: Thanks for announcing it just in time for Friday night celebration !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">De :</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gregory, Holly [<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" class="">mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Envoyé :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>vendredi 27 mai 2016 16:00<br class=""><b class="">À :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bruce Tonkin; <a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thomas Rickert; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Mathieu Weill; John Jeffrey; Samantha Eisner; ICANN-Adler ; Sidley ICANN CCWG<br class=""><b class="">Objet :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [bylaws-coord] UPDATED Agenda for ICANN Board meeting on 27 May 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Congratulations to all of the many participants -- CCWG, CWG, ICANN Legal, Staff, and the Board -- on this important milestone! And our Adler colleagues. A pleasure working with all of you. Holly<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Sent with Good (<a href="http://www.good.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.good.com</a>)<strong class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></strong></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bylaws-coord-bounces@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf of Bruce Tonkin<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, May 27, 2016 08:32:38 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [bylaws-coord] UPDATED Agenda for ICANN Board meeting on 27 May 2016</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Just a short note to confirm that the Board has passed resolutions with respect to the 4 items of the agenda below. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">The exact wording of the resolutions will be posted publicly soon.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks all for your work since Marrakech to finalize the bylaws and agreements.<br class=""><br class="">A big thank you to the combined legal team on drafting the legal documents, and also for the broader ICANN staff for summarizing the public comments in a short timeframe.<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">Bruce Tonkin<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: Bruce Tonkin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Sent: Friday, 27 May 2016 6:02 PM<br class="">To: '<a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a>' <<a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a>><br class="">Subject: UPDATED Agenda for ICANN Board meeting on 27 May 2016<br class=""><br class="">From: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2016-05-27-en" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2016-05-27-en</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Agenda | Special Meeting of the ICANN Board<br class=""><br class="">27 May 2016<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Main Agenda<br class=""><br class="">* Approval of New ICANN Bylaws for IANA Stewardship Transition<br class=""><br class="">* Approval of Posting of the new Articles of Incorporation<br class=""><br class="">* Service Level Agreement (SLA) with RIRs for the IANA Numbering Services<br class=""><br class="">* IETF MoU Supplemental Agreement<br class=""><br class="">* AOB - Reconfirming Board resolution on .HOTEL and .ECO IRP Declaration<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">bylaws-coord mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bylaws-coord" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bylaws-coord</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">****************************************************************************************************<br class="">This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br class="">If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br class="">immediately.<br class=""><br class="">****************************************************************************************************</p></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>