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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Congratulations to James! <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul<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""> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen de Saint Géry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 23, 2015 6:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List (council@gnso.icann.org)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] GNSO Council Chair 2015 -2016 election results<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It gives me great pleasure to announce that James Bladel is the new GNSO Council Chair 2015 -2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">James Bladel received the unanimous support from both the Contracted Party House and the Non-Contracted Party House.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Electronic ballot voting started on Friday, 20 November 2015 and ended on Monday, 23 November 2015 at 23:59 UTC.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The results from the voting system are attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Thank you.<br>
Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Glen de Saint Géry<br>
Supporting Organisations Advisory Committees Manager<br>
</span><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><a href="mailto:glen@icann.org"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">glen@icann.o</span><span style="color:windowtext">rg</span></a></span></b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
<b><a href="http://www.icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.icann.org</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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