<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Stephane,</div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">As you think about how you might approach a second term as Chair of the Council, I wonder if you could give us your thoughts on this:</span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div><span mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">In the “Discussion Paper on Next Steps to Produce a New Form of the RAA” sent to the Council yesterday by Kurt Pritz</span>, is this:</div><div><br></div><div><i>"We also note that disagreements in the GNSO Council regarding the process over the last year have resulted in delays in considering the substantive issues."</i></div><div><br></div><div>This is not the first time or the softest way in which we have heard this criticism of delay and disharmony. How would you move to solve it? </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Berard<br></div></span></body></html>