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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reminder motion deadline
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> of the commencement of the voting period on 6 August 2016.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note that the GNSO Council at its meeting on 21 July 2016 agreed that a special GNSO Council meeting on Tuesday, 9 August 2016 to confirm the members and liaisons of the Customer
Service Committee will not be needed. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Instead there will be an email ballot on two motions: confirming the Customer Service Committee Slate of members and liaisons and the GAC Communique response. The email ballot will
run for four days, 6<sup>th</sup> 7<sup>th</sup> 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup> August 2016. Separate instructions will be forthcoming on the email ballot.
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<pre style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The motions for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance <b>(i.e. TUESDAY, 26 July 2016 at 23:59 UTC)</b> of the commencement of the voting period on 6 August 2016. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These dates will be posted on the GNSO Calendar page:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen de Saint Géry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO Secretariat</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext">http://gnso.icann.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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