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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Dear Councilors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 19 January 2017 for your review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">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="><span style="color:purple">GNSO
Rules of Procedure </span></a> section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 10<sup>th</sup> February 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Thank you very much.</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Kind regards,</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Calibri">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Nathalie Peregrine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Email: <a href="nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Find out more about the GNSO by taking our i<a href="learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style="color:purple">nteractive courses</span></a> and visiting the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gnso.icann.org_files_gnso_presentations_policy-2Defforts.htm-23newcomers&d=DgMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=HmUYKno1wNj6o_CPPVriUJ_oDcfx_wyrZS887sBQUSc&s=a0yeNcdTgwQyvWrorepuI3At2yeX-8Z3AdmnZP3EEmk&e="><span style="color:purple">GNSO
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