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<p>Dear Mary,</p>
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<p>Thank you very much for passing on this message from Chris. How can we get this information out to the wider community, because we were but few of many in the room to have heard the incorrect statements made in the previous session?</p>
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<p>Best wishes,</p>
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<p>Heather</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> owner-council@gnso.icann.org <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 4, 2016 10:28:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chris Disspain; Jamie Hedlund<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Message from Chris Disspain regarding the IGO small group</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Councilors,<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">Chris Disspain has asked that the note below be forwarded to you on his behalf.<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">Hello All,<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 understand that statements are being made that the small discussion group on IGOs was set up by me. That is not correct. The Board through the New gTLD Program Committee asked me and Jamie Hedlund (acting
as staff support) to enter into discussions with the IGOs through the GAC, in an attempt to establish what the possible solutions could be to the issue of IGO acronyms given that the NGPC told the GAC that its advice to reserve the IGO acronyms was problematic.<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">The existence of this effort has been discussed with the GNSO Council at a number of GNSO/Board meetings and also at ICANN public meetings. These discussions included the logistics of the Board asking the
GNSO to consider revising its policy recommendations along with explanations of the status of the discussions with IGOs.<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 also understand that it has been suggested that Mary Wong was part of the small discussion group. That is incorrect. Mary became involved recently to provide input on history and to help facilitate the
discussions with the GNSO. In fact, to be clear, all staff were involved solely to facilitate the discussions and have played no substantive role.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cheers,<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">Chris Disspain<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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