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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I do not think this new wording characterizes the discussion that we had last week. Adding a footnote to the rationale would not solve any of the issues that
were raised, and in fact would only introduce new (even worse) wrinkles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I believe a rewording to make it more in line with what Alan had suggested is more preferable (Changes in last paragraph):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Board Governance Committee,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> As you may be aware, the GNSO Council had the opportunity to review the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3, which can be found at
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf">
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf</a> (Recommendation) during its regular monthly Council call on June 16, 2013. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Although the Council in no way intends to interfere with outcomes of Reconsideration Requests in general, we have some key concerns with the implications of the rationale used by the BGC in support
of the Recommendation. These concerns were expressed during the Council call and on the Council mailing list and centered around the perceived potential impact of the Recommendation on the GNSO and more broadly, the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to defer the publication of the rationale of the Reconsideration Request until such time that a more complete discussion on this matter can take
place with the community in July at the ICANN meeting in Durban.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sincerely,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan Robinson</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">GNSO Council Chair </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Zahid Jamil [mailto:zahid@dndrc.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Winterfeldt, Brian; owner-council@gnso.icann.org; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> John Berard; Neuman, Jeff; bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] Draft Letter to BGC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Fully support this rewording.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From: </b>"Winterfeldt, Brian" <<a href="mailto:bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com">bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sender: </b><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date: </b>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:51 +0000<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org%3ccouncil@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org<council@gnso.icann.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com%3cjohn@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com<john@crediblecontext.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us%3cJeff.Neuman@neustar.us">Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us<Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au%3cbruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">
bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au<bruce.tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Subject: </b>RE: [council] Draft Letter to BGC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear all:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The IPC does not agree that the BGC’s rationale need be thrown out. As an alternative, you might consider the following language in a footnote to the rationale, which we would
have vetted with the full Council in due course, but for the intense pace at which this conversation is unfolding:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"This analysis is limited to consideration of whether the Board violated ICANN policy, and specifically the policies set forth in Annex A, Section 9 of the ICANN Bylaws, which
require consultation with the GNSO Council where a PDP-developed recommendation is not approved by the Board. It is beyond the scope of this Recommendation to consider whether, how and when the Board engages the GNSO Council in discussions following GNSO
council statements or other actions outside the PDP process, and this Recommendation expresses no opinion on such matters."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian J. Winterfeldt <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.0pt"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com">bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#971B2F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.orgOn">owner-council@gnso.icann.orgOn</a> Behalf OfJonathan Robinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:42:15 AM <br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a>; 'Neuman, Jeff'; 'Bruce Tonkin';
<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Draft Letter to BGC</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">John,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good that the short version makes sense. It’s often the case as you well know!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I felt it was clear in the Council meeting of 13/06/2013n that I understood that a formal letter would need to be sent on behalf of the Council
and that this was what we were discussing.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I haven’t cross-checked against the transcript. However, I did cover this in my 16/06/2013 summary of the discussion and outcomes and didn’t receive
any objections. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Of course, it doesn’t necessarily require a vote for us to take action.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have an unusually tight deadline in that the BGC is meeting today at 21h00 UTC. If we accept your objection, we do nothing, at least before
the BGC meets. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If we are to do something before the BGC meets, we need to do it fast.
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Personally, I am OK to put my name next to a draft substantially similar to what Jeff has outlined below but clearly, need support from the Council
if I am to do so.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Is there a variation on what Jeff has written that you feel you could support reasonably well in advance of the 21h00 deadline?</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jonathan</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a> [<a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">mailto:john@crediblecontext.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 17 June 2013 23:25<br>
<b>To:</b> Neuman, Jeff; 'jrobinson@afilias.info'; 'Bruce Tonkin'; <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">
council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Draft Letter to BGC</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Jeff, et. al.,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Even though short, this note makes more of what happened than I heard. In as much as it was an open discussion, we didn't hear from all and we certainly took no votes, either on a proposal, motion or sense of the Council.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">And I was the guy who coined the term "executivication" of decision-making at ICANN. I see the problem, but not the basis for a solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It is true that the Board committee's decision has sparked a bit of a controversy (the transcript of the meeting shows that), but there is no basis for any "ask," except perhaps that the full Board draw its own conclusion
as to whether the decision undermines the community as has been suggested. Asking for this to be on our joint meeting agenda for Durban is totally within our purview, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I guess that rolls up to being an objection.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Berard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Subject: [council] Draft Letter to BGC<br>
From: "Neuman, Jeff" <<a href="mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us">Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us</a>><br>
Date: 6/17/13 1:09 pm<br>
To: "'jrobinson@afilias.info'" <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>>, "'Bruce Tonkin'" <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>>, "<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Bruce,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for forwarding this note on to the Council. Given the timing sensitivities, I would propose the Council tomorrow sending a note like the one below. Any objections?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Board Governance Committee,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> As you may be aware, the GNSO Council had the opportunity to review the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3, which can be found at
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf">
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf</a> (Recommendation) during its regular monthly Council call on June 16, 2013. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Although the Council in no way intends to interfere with outcomes of Reconsideration Requests in general, we have some key concerns with the implications of the rationale used by the BGC in support
of the Recommendation. These concerns were expressed during the Council call and on the Council mailing list and centered around the perceived potential impact of the Recommendation on the GNSO and more broadly, the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"> We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to withdraw the arguments used to support the ultimate rejection of the Reconsideration Request, and replace the rationale with something more
in line with the scope of Reconsideration Requests as outlined in the ICANN Bylaws. In addition, we ask that we continue the dialogue on the this particular matter in July at the ICANN meeting in Durban.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sincerely,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan Robinson</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">GNSO Council Chair </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeffrey J. Neuman</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3366FF">
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</span></b><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#068658">Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>]
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">On Behalf Of </span></strong>Jonathan Robinson<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></strong> Monday, June 17, 2013 7:02 AM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To:</span></strong> 'Bruce Tonkin';
<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></strong> RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 - Actionss arising from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Bruce,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Thank-you for flagging this.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">We will endeavour to provide you with this.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bruce Tonkin [<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>]
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></strong> 16 June 2013 23:52<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">
council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></strong> RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 - Actionss arising from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">Hello Jonathan,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">For information- the Board Governance Committee is meeting on Tuesday 18 June at 21:00 UTC time.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">A review of the rationale for reconsideration request 13.3 is on the agenda. Any materials you can provide before then would be useful.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">I am expecting that the new gTLD program committee will then consider reconsideration request 13.3 at its meeting on 25 June 2013.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">Regards,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:black">Bruce Tonkin</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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