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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">John,<br>

      <br>

      I I wrote my comments in a way that they could be understood as to

      be directed towards you personally, I must apologize, this was not

      my intention. <br>

      <br>

      Best,<br>

      <br>

      Volker<br>

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      <div>Volker,</div>

      <div> </div>

      <div>I am now starting to take this personally.</div>

      <div> </div>

      <div>Please review my comments on this matter.  I am not opposed

        to publicly stating concerns, and your phrasing, "a large part

        of the council holds" more than adequately addressed the concern

        I did have. </div>

      <div> </div>

      <div>It was couching the view of the Council as the product of a

        deliberative process that I did not like.  I am not arguing the

        board governance committee's decision, just its rationale.</div>

      <div> </div>

      <div>If I am too thin skinned on this matter or have misunderstood

        the intent, I apologize for being wrong, but I do not want to be

        said to be standing in he way of a request from the Council for

        a review of the way the decision was made.  It was, indeed, a

        view of a large part of the Council.</div>

      <div> </div>

      <div>Berard</div>

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        Original Message ---------

        <div>Subject: Re: [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the Board re.

          Reconsideration Request 13-3<br>

          From: "Volker Greimann" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vgreimann@key-systems.net"><vgreimann@key-systems.net></a><br>

          Date: 6/27/13 5:13 am<br>

          To: "Maria Farrell" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com"><maria.farrell@gmail.com></a><br>

          Cc: "John Berard" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com"><john@crediblecontext.com></a>, "Jonathan

          Robinson" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com"><jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com></a>, "WUKnoben"

          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de"><wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de></a>,

          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">"council@gnso.icann.org"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a><br>

          <br>

          It is indeed frustrating that whenever the council fails to

          take a vote positions are suddenly questioned when it comes to

          publicly stating concerns a large part of the council holds.

          The only solution seems to be that prior to ending a

          discussion on any topic that calls for a letter to be sent or

          statement to be made at least a measurement of the

          "temperature of the room" be conducted to see if there is

          substantial opposition during the meeting, instead of after

          the letter is drafted.<br>

          <br>

          Best,<br>

          <br>

          Volker Greimann<br>

          <br>

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                <div>Thanks, John, for your comments. I'm not sure how

                  fruitful it is to continue pressing the point, but it

                  seems clear to me that a majority of the stakeholder

                  groups on the Council are very concerned with the

                  issues NCSG has raised in its request and that Jeff

                  has articulated in his letter. <br>

                  <br>

                  I have found it frustrating that efforts to secure

                  agreement on any core principles of concern appear to

                  have foundered, so I'm not sure how constructive it is

                  to keep saying that the Council as a whole doesn't

                  have a view.<br>

                  <br>

                  I haven't heard much in the way of substantive

                  disagreement, but perhaps my impression of our most

                  recent call where others expressed concern about

                  process or their ability to be heard is colouring my

                  memory.<br>

                </div>

                In any case, what is the status of a letter from the

                Council to the Board, articulating concerns? Can a

                formal decision taken to either send or not send Jeff's

                letter?<br>

              </div>

              <div>I think it is time we rose above individual

                stakeholder group concerns and considered the

                implications for the Council as a whole. </div>

              <div> </div>

              All the best, Maria</div>

            <div class="gmail_extra"><br>

              <br>

              <div class="gmail_quote">On 26 June 2013 17:42, <span

                  dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"

                    href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com"

                    target="_blank">john@crediblecontext.com</a>></span>

                wrote:<br>

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                  <div>Jonathan,</div>

                  <div> </div>

                  <div>I will repeat what I said initially.</div>

                  <div> </div>

                  <div>Jeff's proposed letter was accurate in exposing a

                    set of issues that was of intense interest to the

                    Council.  It was incorrect is suggesting the view

                    was unanimous and that there was some decision taken

                    on the part of the Council about it.</div>

                  <div> </div>

                  <div>Raise the matter -- I was the one who brought of

                    the notion of exectivication of decision making at

                    ICANN -- sure, but be clear it is our concern, not

                    our judgement.</div>

                  <div> </div>

                  <div>Berard</div>

                  <div> </div>

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                    Original Message ---------

                    <div>

                      <div class="im">Subject: RE: [council] FYI: NCSG

                        Letter to the Board re. Reconsideration Request

                        13-3</div>

                      <div>

                        <div class="h5">From: "Jonathan Robinson" <<a

                            moz-do-not-send="true"

                            href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com"

                            target="_blank">jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>><br>

                          Date: 6/26/13 7:30 am<br>

                          To: "'WUKnoben'" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"

                            href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de"

                            target="_blank">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>>,

                          "'Maria Farrell'" <<a

                            moz-do-not-send="true"

                            href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com"

                            target="_blank">maria.farrell@gmail.com</a>>,

                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"

                            href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"

                            target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>,

                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"

                            href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com"

                            target="_blank">john@crediblecontext.com</a><br>

                          <br>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

                                11.0pt; font-family:

                                'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Personally,

                                I have no difficulty with the principle

                                of the point made by John and supported

                                by Wolf-Ulrich.</span></p>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                                'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">That

                                said, I believe Jeff has articulated a

                                concern regarding this item which was

                                then discussed and there was clearly

                                some (un-quantified) support on the

                                Council for this position.</span></p>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                                'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Therefore,

                                what would be helpful to me, and likely

                                to the Council as a whole, is to hear

                                any arguments as to why the concerns

                                articulated are not necessarily

                                concerns.</span></p>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                                hope I am not doing anyone a disservice

                                here but I thought I heard questions

                                seeking clarification or detail and some

                                proposed variations to the wording of

                                our communication with BGC,  but not

                                necessarily any substantive arguments as

                                to why the concerns raised (originally

                                by Jeff) should not be concerns.</span></p>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                                'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Thanks,</span></p>

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:

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                                'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Jonathan</span></p>

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                                      style="font-size: 10.0pt;

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                                      lang="EN-US">From:</span></strong><span

                                    style="font-size: 10.0pt;

                                    font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"

                                    lang="EN-US"> WUKnoben [mailto:<a

                                      moz-do-not-send="true"

                                      href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de"

                                      target="_blank">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>]

                                    <br>

                                    <strong>Sent:</strong> 26 June 2013

                                    12:58<br>

                                    <strong>To:</strong> Maria Farrell;

                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"

                                      href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"

                                      target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>;

                                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"

                                      href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com"

                                      target="_blank">john@crediblecontext.com</a><br>

                                    <strong>Subject:</strong> Re:

                                    [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the

                                    Board re. Reconsideration Request

                                    13-3</span></p>

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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                      style="font-family:

                                      'Calibri','sans-serif';">With

                                      respect to the fairness to those

                                      who did not raise similar concerns

                                      or couldn’t support the concerns

                                      raised at the last council meeting

                                      I join John’s comment.</span></p>

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                                      Best regards<br>

                                      <br>

                                      Wolf-Ulrich</span></p>

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                                          style="background:

                                          whitesmoke;"><strong><span

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                                              font-family:

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                                            style="font-size: 10.0pt;

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                                              moz-do-not-send="true"

                                              title="john@crediblecontext.com"

href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com" target="_blank">john@crediblecontext.com</a>

                                          </span></p>

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                                          style="background:

                                          whitesmoke;"><strong><span

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                                              font-family:

                                              'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Sent:</span></strong><span

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                                            Wednesday, June 26, 2013

                                            12:41 AM</span></p>

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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"

                                          style="background:

                                          whitesmoke;"><strong><span

                                              style="font-size: 10.0pt;

                                              font-family:

                                              'Tahoma','sans-serif';">To:</span></strong><span

                                            style="font-size: 10.0pt;

                                            font-family:

                                            'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <a

                                              moz-do-not-send="true"

                                              title="maria.farrell@gmail.com"

href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com" target="_blank">Maria Farrell</a>

                                            ; <a moz-do-not-send="true"

title="council@gnso.icann.org" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"

                                              target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>

                                          </span></p>

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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"

                                          style="background:

                                          whitesmoke;"><strong><span

                                              style="font-size: 10.0pt;

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                                              'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Subject:</span></strong><span

                                            style="font-size: 10.0pt;

                                            font-family:

                                            'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> RE:

                                            [council] FYI: NCSG Letter

                                            to the Board re.

                                            Reconsideration Request 13-3</span></p>

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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span

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                                        'Calibri','sans-serif';">Maria,</span></p>

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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                        style="font-family:

                                        'Calibri','sans-serif';">I am a

                                        fan of short-hand and jargon (it

                                        make life quicker and excludes

                                        the uninitiated) but your letter

                                        should have more correctly said

                                        "<em><strong><span

                                              style="font-family:

                                              'Calibri','sans-serif';">Some

                                              members of</span></strong></em>

                                        the GNSO Council expressed

                                        concern..."  It is clear there

                                        is no position taken and no

                                        unanimity.</span></p>

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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                        style="font-family:

                                        'Calibri','sans-serif';">A fine

                                        but important point.</span></p>

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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                        style="font-family:

                                        'Calibri','sans-serif';">Cheers,</span></p>

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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                        style="font-family:

                                        'Calibri','sans-serif';">Berard</span></p>

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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"

                                        style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span

                                          style="font-family:

                                          'Calibri','sans-serif';">Subject:

                                          [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to

                                          the Board re. Reconsideration

                                          Request 13-3<br>

                                          From: "Maria Farrell" <<a

                                            moz-do-not-send="true"

                                            href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com"

                                            target="_blank">maria.farrell@gmail.com</a>><br>

                                          Date: 6/25/13 1:48 pm<br>

                                          To: "<a moz-do-not-send="true"

href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>"

                                          <<a moz-do-not-send="true"

href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>></span></p>

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                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"

                                              style="margin-bottom:

                                              12.0pt;"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Dear

                                                Council colleagues,</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Below

                                                for your information is

                                                a copy of a letter sent

                                                on behalf of the NCSG to

                                                the Board of Directors,

                                                which was received by

                                                the Board (via Bruce

                                                Tonkin's kind

                                                intercession) on 19

                                                June. </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bruce

                                                says the Board would be

                                                interested to meet and

                                                discuss the broad

                                                concerns about the

                                                multistakeholder model

                                                raised in the

                                                reconsideration request,

                                                and also confirms that

                                                the request itself will

                                                be discussed at the BGC

                                                meeting of 25 June. </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">If

                                                and when we have any

                                                scheduling information

                                                about a meeting with the

                                                Board, we will share it

                                                so that others may be

                                                aware. </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"

                                              style="margin-bottom:

                                              12.0pt;"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">All

                                                the best,</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Maria</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"><br>

                                                Dear ICANN Board of

                                                Directors:</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">I

                                                am writing to you on

                                                behalf of the

                                                Non-Commercial

                                                Stakeholder Group (NCSG)

                                                and other concerned

                                                members of the ICANN

                                                community regarding the

                                                harmful implications to

                                                the community-led

                                                multi-stakeholder policy

                                                development model if the

                                                ICANN Board decides to

                                                adopt the rationale

                                                provided in the

                                                recommendation of the

                                                Board Governance

                                                Committee (BGC) in

                                                response to the NCSG's

                                                Request for

                                                Reconsideration (13-3). 

                                                The rationale provided

                                                in the BGC's

                                                recommendation, which

                                                appears to be drafted by

                                                over-reaching lawyers,

                                                attempts to set a

                                                precedent that ICANN

                                                staff can over-rule the

                                                GNSO Council on policy

                                                decisions at its own

                                                discretion.  This

                                                decision has alarmed

                                                community members beyond

                                                the NCSG and beyond

                                                those who were

                                                originally concerned

                                                with the underlying

                                                issue that NCSG was

                                                initially probing of

                                                staff's adoption of the

                                                "TM+50" policy for the

                                                Trademark

                                                Clearinghouse.  </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">The

                                                GNSO Council expressed

                                                concern about the BGC

                                                decision rationale at

                                                length during council's

                                                13 June meeting; and I

                                                encourage all Board

                                                Members to listen to <a

                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"

href="http://t.co/ss2MwpdWEa" target="_blank">audio recording</a> of the

                                                GNSO Council discussion

                                                or read the attached

                                                transcript to get a

                                                better understanding the

                                                concerns of members of

                                                several different GNSO

                                                stakeholder groups.  </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">The

                                                rationale provided in

                                                the BGC decision, if

                                                adopted by the entire

                                                board, would cement the

                                                change in ICANN's policy

                                                development model away

                                                from the bottom-up

                                                community-led governance

                                                model to a top-down

                                                staff-driven model with

                                                no checks on abuses or

                                                poor staff decisions. 

                                                If the rationale

                                                provided in this BGC

                                                decision is adopted by

                                                the Board, which goes

                                                well beyond the narrow

                                                issue presented to it,

                                                ICANN threatens to

                                                undermine its own

                                                legitimacy as a global

                                                governance institution,

                                                and it loses the ability

                                                to label itself as a

                                                community-led bottom-up

                                                model for Internet

                                                governance.</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">We

                                                understand the BGC's

                                                recommendation is on the

                                                agenda to be adopted on

                                                25 June 2013 by the

                                                Board's New gTLD Program

                                                Committee (NGPC).  Given

                                                the Board's record of

                                                adopting all 15 BGC

                                                decisions that have come

                                                before it in the last

                                                ten years, there is

                                                concern that this BGC

                                                recommendation will be

                                                similarly adopted by the

                                                Board with little

                                                understanding or

                                                discussion of the harm

                                                to ICANN's legitimacy

                                                and the

                                                multi-stakeholder model

                                                that this precedent

                                                threatens.  The handling

                                                of this reconsideration

                                                request has also raised

                                                concerns about ICANN's

                                                "accountability"

                                                mechanism, which appears

                                                to allow the same legal

                                                team that created and

                                                adopted a policy to

                                                later evaluate the

                                                legitimacy of that

                                                policy's adoption.</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span

                                                    style="font-family:

'Calibri','sans-serif';">We therefore respectfully request that the

                                                    Board meet with

                                                    concerned members of

                                                    the community

                                                    including NCSG to

                                                    permit a more

                                                    complete discussion

                                                    and understanding of

                                                    the concerns raised

                                                    by the rationale

                                                    provided in the BGC

                                                    decision and to

                                                    allow for

                                                    appropriate

                                                    adjustments to the

                                                    decision before it

                                                    is adopted by the

                                                    Board.</span></strong></em><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> 

                                                We would gladly meet

                                                with the Members of the

                                                ICANN Board during the

                                                Durban Meeting or

                                                before, at the Board's

                                                convenience, to discuss

                                                this decision and

                                                welcome all members of

                                                the community to join in

                                                the discussion.   Please

                                                let us know if the Board

                                                is available to meet

                                                with NCSG and others in

                                                the community on this

                                                crucial issue at your

                                                earliest convenience.  

                                                Thank you for your

                                                consideration.  We look

                                                forward to fruitful

                                                discussions going into

                                                Durban and stand ready

                                                to provide whatever

                                                assistance is needed.</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Truly,</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">Robin

                                                Gross</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                          <div>

                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span

                                                style="font-family:

                                                'Calibri','sans-serif';">NCSG

                                                Chair</span></p>

                                          </div>

                                        </div>

                                      </div>

                                    </div>

                                  </blockquote>

                                </div>

                              </div>

                            </div>

                          </div>

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                  </blockquote>

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