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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please find a brief GNSO Meeting Protocol for the upcoming
meetings here in Brussels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Participation
in GNSO Working Sessions is open to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
GNSO working sessions are not official Council meetings and no Council
decisions are taken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Councilors
and the Policy staff responsible for presenting will have assigned seats with
name cards around the U shape table. Other community participants are invited
to be seated in the seats provided for the audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Councilors
are invited to speak first to the various topics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Community
participants will then have an opportunity to speak. Speakers should be placed
in the queue in order of their request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
chair will determine the length of time each speaker is allowed so that the
session can finish on time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:
l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
number of times that one person can speak will be limited in order to give the
entire audience an opportunity to express themselves and allow for diversity of
different language speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de
Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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