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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder – the deadline for submission of topics for the joint meeting with the Board is
<u>today (Wednesday 26 October</u>)!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 21, 2016 at 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Councilors –</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below, please see a note from Board support, including 2 questions the Board would like to raise with us during our joint meeting in Hyderabad.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additionally, please recall my “Call for Topics” from last week, as the agenda for our joint meetings needs to be finalized by this Wednesday (26 OCT). For your convenience, Staff has prepared a centralized
Wiki page (below) with the Draft Agendas for all joint sessions. Some of these are based on previous meetings, so please suggest any edits or changes you’d like to see in India.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_pages_viewpage.action-3FpageId-3D62399849&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=7_PQAir-9nJQ2uB2cWiTDDDo5Hfy5HL9rSTe65iXLVM&m=mSLKY6jrbFDpsgA48d3eey3RjCShJfdyNTvSeSVs2ck&s=9WukPQwvG1hAtmLdKAFzB4WfzWPMoxgmzUHXuPDTAXA&e=">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=62399849[community.icann.org]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">J.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">From: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Vinciane Koenigsfeld <vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 17, 2016 at 10:48 <br>
<b>To: </b>"jbladel@godaddy.com" <jbladel@godaddy.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org>, "board-ops-team@icann.org" <Board-Ops-Team@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:PMingLiU;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Subject: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear James,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We are looking forward to seeing you in Hyderabad!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">As you know, over the years, the Board has heard from many Groups on the need to make the interaction between the Board and Constituency/Stakeholder/Advisory Groups at ICANN Public
Meetings more effective for both the Groups and the Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To do this, Board Operations collects, ahead of the Meeting, the questions that each Group would like to bring to the Board. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We would appreciate receiving the questions/topics that GNSO might want to discuss with the Board during the meeting currently scheduled on
<b>Monday 7 November</b>. The deadline for submission of these topics is <b><u>Wednesday 26 October</u></b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">1. What do we (Board and ICANN organization) have to do to make the transition work for you? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">2. What do we (Board, ICANN organization and community) need to do to advance trust and confidence in what we do?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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