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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As was agreed by the Council at its meeting on 17 December 2015, James Bladel, GNSO Council chair has submitted a list of GNSO-endorsed applicants for the Competition, Consumer
Trust and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team to Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN and Thomas Schneider, Chair of the Government Advisory Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111"><a href="http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=KTB340yHI8DoUtMP4BGJnral-2F6hkupRgT5qivhStIqpYc9ooSSrDMzEeq-2Fiww6R68D9Jo9rkUR8S6u0weY6PIg-3D-3D_r-2BdYbSjRm9r0i9vSiPZtW-2BX-2BAwnBbxYJcYft8cAni3iLz7nHdH1TO6yId4yJ1X5bCjn7UQ8ekPGWrKZXzU-2FB1vqqq7KS-2BMznRij3m3ZEI87WW3StxS8dTPOoQSB9krb-2FFJK2QHBzOYchxlxB81-2FrQgEKCZwhIWmFeV3hThjRR7ogCkshuA-2FPie9e6zmA6P8L1AgKhPXBHWIpkZW71gDo1Uz6S-2BF5CyqR4-2BuZqUzqrKXon4koKhXcV1b3FQL4BUp4VGF-2BZtkbeBTg-2FwxJj8isk30g4UzvykUMoYgaS4bVZAv1bqGxktLiltfBJL6aAKRJm4-2Fy0eAbTN0gO-2Ft25mO3s2udOBWfKeac9TFaG9673p3LDvh4MaMmj-2BZdqVCotz9wWDR3J1oxLtXiIXAfmwWad-2Bg7hbLASPRw8X-2BDEk3w4dtYmn-2B1E278lLq0D7VBJthaMWizCvkIEMqsz5zV7nPK2R03rBbFFYST6sRk8vUTcgw-3D"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0066B2">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111"><a href="http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=KTB340yHI8DoUtMP4BGJnral-2F6hkupRgT5qivhStIqr2ZFbl2b5V4xCQpPznEaa-2FoLD3pQ9uCgUTKFMMwN-2BW4EiT-2FXGaOnoiu2iHDY4iHt3omDmjwjbFl8jHalfUbP7O_r-2BdYbSjRm9r0i9vSiPZtW-2BX-2BAwnBbxYJcYft8cAni3iLz7nHdH1TO6yId4yJ1X5bCjn7UQ8ekPGWrKZXzU-2FB1vqqq7KS-2BMznRij3m3ZEI87WW3StxS8dTPOoQSB9krb-2FFJK2QHBzOYchxlxB81-2FrQgEKCZwhIWmFeV3hThjRR7ogCkshuA-2FPie9e6zmA6P8L1AgKhPXBHWIpkZW71gDo1Uz6S-2BF5CyqR4-2BuZqUzqrKXon4koKhXcV1b3FQL4BUp4VGF-2BZtkbeBTg-2FwxJj8isk30g4UzvykUMoYgaS4bVZAseAVptPHMAkNcBWCgbaBY4Uv18R5yUsbAaZ4SjPV3d5L-2Fm3MvnCMJuchUpFUdJR7f64hBF8Vj3qmSjwaz9oiAeYe7NGXFmt5Sr3yTIKcpXos0yE349zKuxyPIViH5CKrk1n3VqtzE6wAOeMgjXqLxWk69cMF-2Bomdxgb9tfBWiWbY1nJihtIHKn27zeQgRcjIA-3D"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0066B2">http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-chehade-Schneider-17dec15-en.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#111111">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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="EN-US" style="color:blue">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><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" style="color:blue">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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