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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Council members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attached please find the letter informing the ICANN Board of the GNSO Council Chair and Vice Chair election results as per the GNSO Operating Procedures https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Unfortunately this communication was delayed – apologies.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Glen de Saint Géry <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 6, 2017 11:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Board-Ops-Team@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> James M. Bladel, Austin, Donna, Heather Forrest, Marika Konings, Mary Wong, David Olive
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<b>Subject:</b> GNSO Council Chair and vice Chair Election results - Hyderabad 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Board Operations Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Please be so kind as to forward the attached letter from the GNSO Council to Dr. Crocker and members of the ICANN Board</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The letter concerns the notification to the Board of the results of the GNSO Council Chair and Vice Chair elections that took place at the Annual General
Meeting in Hyderabad in November 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The letter will be published on page:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_correspondence&d=DQMFAw&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=NeyY11ZEFIX5KT6HH7i-Xiy_cDxkZFK922iP3ESPJMk&m=tmBjLqjvNdj99XJx5ybRaosBjgIER2j5kXzfr71-IwU&s=s3c7jeYTXVMCY1yqF6x5jUsmUeOZkpHdomtwXv0LR8U&e="><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We humbly apologise for the delayed communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<br>
Respectfully submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE">Glen de Saint Géry</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR-BE"><br>
Manager Supporting Organisations Advisory Committees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Find out more about the GNSO by taking our </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><i><span style="color:windowtext">interactive
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