<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">my suggestion hereunder is to have only <b class=""><u class="">two slots</u></b>, based on the experience of the ccNOS GNSO WG on UCTN<div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 18, 2015, at 1:31 AM, Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au" class="">Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Dear colleagues,</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I would like to propose rotating the times around ICANN global HQs, for example:</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">1200 Los Angeles = 2000 UTC <font color="#ff2600" class="">acceptable</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">1200 Istanbul = 1000 UTC </font><font color="#ff2600" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">unacceptable</u></b></font><font color="#ff2600" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">. My </font><font color="#ff2600" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">religion tells me I shroud sleep at least 6 hours CONTINUOUSLY :)</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">1200 Singapore = 0400 UTC <font color="#ff2600" class="">acceptable</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Best wishes,</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Heather</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 692.859375px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" class="">Glen@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 18, 2015 1:51<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WUKnoben; Heather Forrest; <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [council] Re: 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear All,</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you very much Wolf-Ulrich for spotting this, it is indeed Thursday 17 December 2016. My apologies for the mistake<a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and this will be corrected when the dates are approved by the Council.</a></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">With regard to the rotation of meeting times, please see the google spreadsheet doc which is based on the time zones of the new Council</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="http://tinyurl.com/qc96dnx" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;" class="">http://tinyurl.com/qc96dnx</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">A suggested new rotation could be 14, 17, 22 UTC.</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Your comments and input would be most welcome to modify the rotation times.</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Glen</span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">De :</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WUKnoben [<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" class="">mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Envoyé :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mardi 17 novembre 2015 11:54<br class=""><b class="">À :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Heather Forrest; Glen de Saint Géry; <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Objet :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [council] Re: 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment</span></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In light of the GNSO review recommendations I endorse Heather’s suggestion.</span></div></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">My calendar indicates 16 December as a Friday???<br class=""><br class="">Best regards<br class=""><br class="">Wolf-Ulrich</span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au" title="Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Heather Forrest</a></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, November 16, 2015 10:49 PM</span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">To:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" title="Glen@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Glen de Saint Géry</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" title="council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:council@gnso.icann.org</a></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[council] Re: 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment</span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p></div></div><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Glen, colleagues,</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">May I suggest that we consider modifying the times (not the dates) within our rotation, as 11, 15 and 18 UTC range from 10pm - 5am in Asia Pacific. A more equitable rotation whereby each time zone cluster (North/South America, Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific) has at least one meeting during working hours would be beneficial and would take on board the feedback received in the recent GNSO Review as to facilitating participation from regions outside of Europe and North America.</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Many thanks and best wishes,</span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Heather</span></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div align="center" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><hr size="3" width="98%" align="center" class=""></span></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Glen@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, November 17, 2015 0:05<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO Council List (<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>)<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[council] 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Councillors,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Please find a draft proposal for the Council dates for the next 12 months as stipulated in the GNSO Operating Procedures. 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background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">3.4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">MeetingSchedules</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The GNSO Chair and GNSO Council will prepare a12-month schedule of meetings within 30 days following the ICANN annual meeting.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">14 JanuaryAND/OR Thursday 21 January at 11 UTC</span></b><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><b class="">18 February</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 15 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">9 March</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Wednesday) - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Marrakech at 13:00 local time<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><b class="">14 April</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><b class="">12 May</b> (Thursday) at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City at 13:00 local time</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">21 July</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> (Thursday) at 15:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">August – no meetings ???</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">22 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) (Yom Kippur) OR Thursday 29 at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">13 October</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 15:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">2 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00 local time</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">24 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 18:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">16 December</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Thursday) at 11:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks so much.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Glen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Glen de Saint Géry<br class="">GNSO Secretariat<br class=""></span><b class=""><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><br class=""></span><b class=""><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>