<div>As new councilor, I quote<em> " Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything human does"  Bill Nye, Interview with <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://wired.com/" target="_blank">
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<div>Thanks for the humor, Marilyn.</div>
<div>Sophia</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/01/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Marilyn Cade</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com" target="_blank">marilynscade@hotmail.com
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. 
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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. 
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some days we just need a bit of humor.  </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Marilyn </span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">
owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" 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 onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" 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></p></div>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Council Members,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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. 
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Very best regards</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Olof</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Olof Nordling</span></font></p>
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