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<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">There have been 5 comments, all in favour of the two new proposed times, 21:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC<b>,</b> for rotating the Council calls and the alternate
dates proposed in view of the holidays<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> Yom Kippur and Thanksgiving<span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> as noted below:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">22 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (Thursday) (Yom Kippur)
<b>OR THURSDAY 29 September</b> <b>at 12:00 UTC</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">24 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC (Thanksgiving)
<b>OR</b> <b>THURSDAY 1 December at 12:00 UTC</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please review these<b>
</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">proposed dates and times for Council meetings in 2016 and if there are no further comments, these dates will be posted as approved after the Council meeting on Thursday,
17 December 2015.<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">14 January AND/OR Thursday 21 January
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">at 21:00/12:00 UTC
<span style="color:black">(</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">to allow flexibility to 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 4 and /or 11 January 2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>18 February</b> (Thursday) at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">21:00</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 8 February 2016)<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">9 March</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Wednesday) - ICANN Meeting
- Public Council meeting Marrakech at 13:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">3</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">0 local time</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 28 February 2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>14 April</b> (Thursday) at 1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 4 April 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
<b>12 May</b> (Thursday) at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 2 May 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City at 13:00</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
(tbc)</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> local time</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">21 July</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00
UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 11 July 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
August – no meetings </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 22 August 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">9</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at 1</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00
UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Document deadline 19 September 2016</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">13 October</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">21</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">:00 UTC</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 3 October 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2 November</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">, ICANN Meeting - Public Council
meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> (tbc)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> local time</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 23 October 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1 December<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">(Thursday) at</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">12:00
UTC<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 21 November 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">15 December</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> (Thursday) at
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">21:00 UTC<span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Document deadline 5 December 2016)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you very much.<br>
Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">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="FR">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
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