<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Thanks Nathalie. </div><div><br></div><div>The adjusted dates look good to me!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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Subject: [council] Request for input: GNSO Council meeting dates 2017<br>
From: Nathalie Peregrine <<a href="mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org</a>><br>
Date: Sun, November 20, 2016 8:07 am<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
Cc: "<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dear all,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Staff has put together the following date proposals for the GNSO Council meetings in 2017, based on the principle of the third Thursday of the month, as scheduled previous years.</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">19 January 2017 at 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">16 February 2017 at 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">11-16 March 2017 (ICANN MEETING)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">20 April 2017 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">18 May 2017 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">26-29 June 2017 (ICANN MEETING)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">20 July 2017 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:12pt;; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">31 August 2017: 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">28 September 2017 <span class="apple-converted-space">21:00 UTC</span></span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">21 October 2017 12:00 UTC </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">28 October– 3 November ICANN Meeting)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">30 November 2017 21:00UTC </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">21 December 2017 12:00 UTC</span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>The main issues are with the above list are: </b></span></div> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3">The 21 October is too close to the 28 October so suggestion would be to advance the 21th to the 12th October. </font></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><font size="3" style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">This would make it too close to the 28th September, so this meeting would need to be advanced too.</font></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3">To avoid </font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri">conflict with Rosh Hashanah (Thursday 21 September)</font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"> we propose to have a meeting exceptionally on Wednesday 20 September (replacing the 28th September)</font></span></span></li></ul> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><b>Updated list would read as:</b></font></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><br> </font></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">19 January 2017 at 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">16 February 2017 at 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">11-16 March 2017 (ICANN MEETING)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">20 April 2017 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">18 May 2017 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">26-29 June 2017 (ICANN MEETING)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">20 July 2017 21:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:12pt;; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">31 August 2017: 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">20 September 2017 <span class="apple-converted-space">21:00 UTC</span></span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">12 October 2017 12:00 UTC </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">28 October– 3 November (ICANN Meeting)</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">30 November 2017 21:00UTC </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">21 December 2017 12:00 UTC</span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">We welcome all input from councilors prior to publishing these dates to the GNSO website and mailing lists.</span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Kind regards</span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br> </span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Nathalie</span></div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br> </span></div>
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