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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ICANN [mailto:no-reply@wufoo.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2017 11:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso.secretariat@icann.org; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ext] GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#234]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span class="given-name"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Steve</span></span><span class="fn"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">
</span></span><span class="family-name"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">DelBianco</span></span><span class="fn"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Monday, January 16, 2017
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Business Constituency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#222222">Officer Position or Title:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Vice Chair for Policy Coordination<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">BC Councilor Susan Kawaguchi will be on vacation during the 19-Jan-2017 Council teleconference.
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Susan will attempt to dial-in for the Council meeting, but we will designate a proxy in case Susan is unable to connect or cannot be heard.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">All matters that may come before the Council on 19-Jan-2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[Note: may not exceed 3 months initially; may be renewed by sending an email with explanation to GNSO Secretariat]
</span></b><span class="req"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:red">*</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#222222">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Friday, January 20, 2017
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#222222">I affirm that a voting position has been established on the matter(s) at issue pursuant to provisions
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#222222">Our GNSO Councilor has been instructed on how to vote on the matter(s).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:135%"><span class="given-name"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Phiip</span></span><span class="fn"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">
</span></span><span class="family-name"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">Corwin</span></span><span class="fn"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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