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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Great quote!!! You seem to be getting “seasoned”
quite well, Sophia! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> ICANNSoph
[mailto:sophiabekele@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 19, 2006
9:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Marilyn Cade<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> olof nordling;
council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [council] Council
request for Issues Report, follow-up</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As new councilor, I quote<em><i><font face="Times New Roman"> "
Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything human
does" Bill Nye, Interview with <a href="http://wired.com/"
target="_blank">Wired.com</a>, April 2005</font></i></em> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks for the humor, Marilyn.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sophia<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Kenneth_Galbraith/"
target="_blank"> </a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 19/01/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Marilyn
Cade</span></b> <<a href="mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com" target="_blank">marilynscade@hotmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Thank you for the update, Olof. This is helpful information.
As I "count" 15 days, it seems to me that we would have an Issues
Report, on Feb. 1. Does that agree with your planned schedule? I could be
off by a day or two. </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Everyone on the Council knows that I a) can't count b) Can't
read a map and c) can't figure out time zones. So, I acknowledge in asking that
I may be off by a day or two… For the new councilors, it's a standing joke.
Alas, but oh, so true. Well, re the map business, anyway. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Some days we just need a bit of humor. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Marilyn </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>olof nordling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 19, 2006
5:35 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [council] Council request
for Issues Report, follow-up</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear
Council Members,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Following
the decision by the GNSO Council on Tuesday 17 January to request an Issues
Report and the ensuing question put forward regarding potential drafting
options, this is to confirm that the report will be drafted by staff and not
through outsourcing. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Very
best regards</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Olof</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>---------------</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Olof
Nordling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Manager,
Policy Development Coordination ICANN</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B-1040
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Brussels</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tel.:
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