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I hope we can move forward with Oct 4, as we need to publish our Initial Report.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ccwg-auctionproceeds] For your review - updated version of draft Initial Report</font>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Following today’s new gTLD Auction Proceeds CCWG meeting, please find attached an updated version of the draft Initial Report in which updates have been made (in redline) to reflect the deliberations and agreement on how to move
 forward on the outstanding items that were identified. In addition, staff has added language for the executive summary, based on the current contents of the report. To facilitate your review, previous redlines were accepted (for those wanting to review the
 previous version, please see <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icann.org%2Fx%2FtwiNBQ&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd3bdb88f5d214904f0a008d61f4f2302%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636730823674505060&sdata=AW2JYlnVlWr%2B8YVSGnKJIbzmFlkU7yao%2BdK9PZBqA3E%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://community.icann.org/x/twiNBQ" shash="tBKZpLMUf1AuAt56JfrC15/u3Vv5mTjexXkWBfx2Zca1mYfoxVS7qEBPPekPiauRs4lcbm9MY1D0ziQS6FjE52m0pLxrafngnJyGH4te1t48o87HDd3AycNig0iU1oqT/X7MmelJOjIUVA+NMhO4/zDfrRk7pkaPNsuTXPW6oGs=">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily, Joke and Marika </span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika Konings</span></i></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) </span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">
<span style="color:#0563C1">marika.konings@icann.org</span></a>  </span></i></p>
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