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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160034619-20012010>I hereby make the
following motion for consideration by the Council in our 28 Jan 2010
meeting.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=160034619-20012010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=160034619-20012010>Chuck
Gomes</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Motion to Approve</B> <B>GNSO Council
response to the draft proposal on the<SPAN class=160034619-20012010>
</SPAN></B></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>Affirmation Reviews Requirements and Implementation
Processes - 20 Jan 2010</B><SPAN
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"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Whereas:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">On
26 December 2009, ICANN Staff posted </SPAN>for public comment a discussion
draft (</FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> ) that addresses the requirements and
implementation processes for the reviews called for in the Affirmation of
Commitments (</FONT><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#affirmation"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep09-en.htm#affirmation</FONT></A><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> )<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">On
7 January 2010, the GNSO Council initiated a drafting team to develop comments
in response to the discussion draft<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>On 19
January 2010, the drafting team submitted comments for Council consideration,
which can be found at </FONT><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://gnso.icann.org/drafts</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> .<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
GNSO Council:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Approves the comments<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 45pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Requests the
Secretariat to post the comments to the public comment forum on behalf of the
Council.. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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