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<span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 15 December 2016</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;"> for your review.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D24jun15-2Den.pdf&d=DgMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=nV8F5nMcNtTyJ-JpQ5j-MzfIBttjDMSkldrz2RoFuqk&s=mgX49bnJ8bk_5hI3k4ThtnpjLUnwnukeyql_36CA-1Y&e=" style="color: purple;">GNSO
Rules of Procedure [gnso.icann.org]</a> section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 2nd January 2017.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thank you very much.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nathalie</p>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Nathalie Peregrine</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Specialist, SOAC Support (GNSO)</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) </div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Email: <a href="nathalie.peregrine@icann.org ">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org </a></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann</div>
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