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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Please find a draft proposal for the Council dates for the next 12 months as stipulated in the GNSO Operating Procedures. We are working on rotation times with the new distribution of Councillors, Your comments and feedback are most welcome and will help to
get the dates in place. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
3.4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">MeetingSchedules</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The GNSO Chair and GNSO Council will prepare a12-month schedule of meetings within 30 days following the ICANN annual meeting.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">GNSO Council members may request changes to the schedule during the year,which may be agreed upon by the Chair in consultation with the Council, subject to the minimum
period of notice below.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">14 JanuaryAND/OR Thursday 21 January at 11 UTC</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> (</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">to
allow flexibilityto deal with the CCWG-Accountability Final Report. Closer to the date we will be in a position to determine whether two meetings are needed or whether one is sufficient)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>18 February</b> (Thursday) at 15 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9 March</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Wednesday) - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Marrakech at 13:00
local time </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>14 April</b> (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>12 May</b> (Thursday) at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City at 13:00 local time</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">21 July</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 15:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
August – no meetings ???</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">22 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) (Yom Kippur) OR Thursday 29 at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">13 October</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 15:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">, ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00 local
time</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">24 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">16 December</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks so much.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Kind regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Glen</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
GNSO Secretariat<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="EN-US">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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