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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks Marika.<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'>I think what the Board has asked are the very questions that needed to be asked. How will we decide who gets to speak at the Board/Council session? I have (unsurprisingly) thoughts to share and would like to participate.<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'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Paul<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'>PS: Apologies if this has already been answered in an earlier email. I am a bit behind in my correspondence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marika Konings<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 26, 2016 7:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com>; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'><<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, October 21, 2016 at 3:41 PM<br><b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[council] FW: GNSO Meeting with the Board : Topics <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Councilors –</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'>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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><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><div><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></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>J.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Vinciane Koenigsfeld <<a href="mailto:vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org">vinciane.koenigsfeld@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Monday, October 17, 2016 at 10:48 <br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:Board-Ops-Team@icann.org">Board-Ops-Team@icann.org</a>>, Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>></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 </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dear James,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><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></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><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></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>We are as well taking this opportunity to share with you the Board's questions to your Group, for discussion during this meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD :</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><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><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>The Board Ops team </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>