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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ahead of the official minutes please find the resolution passed by the GNSO Council its public meeting on 17 July 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion to adopt the Charter for the Policy & Implementation Working Group</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WHEREAS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council decided at its wrap-up session at the ICANN meeting in Beijing to form a drafting team to develop a charter for a Working Group to address the issues that have been raised in the context of the recent discussions on policy & implementation that affect the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The drafting team was formed and has now submitted a proposed charter for the Policy & Implementation Working Group to the GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council has reviewed the proposed charter.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RESOLVED:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GSNO Council approves the charter and appoints Jeff Neuman as the GNSO Council Liaison to the Policy & Implementation Working Group.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council further directs that the call for volunteers to form the Policy & Implementation Working Group be initiated no later than 7 days after the approval of this motion. <br>Until such time as the WG can select a chair and that chair can be confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council Liaison shall act as interim chair.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Charter<br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you.<br>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'>Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>