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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The very first practicality is to make sure we are all clear on the planned dates for our regular GNSO Council meetings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As mentioned in Toronto, we will stick to the current schedule for 2012 and propose to continue with a similar pattern for 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The current pattern is to work on the 3<sup>rd</sup> Thursday of each month at a rotating time slot. The regular pattern meeting coincides well with the ICANN meeting in Durban.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suggest that we skip August and consider an additional meeting early in September 2013 if necessary.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will ask Glen to confirm the list of dates ASAP and then to post these on the GNSO website and to send out invitations to all councillors for these meetings.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It would be helpful to me and, I assume others, to have a calendar invitation for each of the meetings in order to reduce effort on manual input.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you prefer to enter manually, please ignore / delete the calendar invitations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any questions or input, please feel free to provide it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>