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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Dear Councilors,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 16 February 2017 for your review.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">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 class="apple-converted-space"> </span></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 8<sup>th</sup> March 2017.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Thank you very much.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Kind regards,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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