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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Councilors -<br>
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See attached for a letter from ICANN Legal, regarding Board approval of a modification to a Fundamental Bylaw. (Board approval link isn’t clickable in the doc, but is located here:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-05-18-en#1.c">
https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-05-18-en#1.c</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">These changes are subject to review and approval by the Empowered Community Administration, which is scheduled to begin at ICANN59 in Johannesburg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 15:50 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Subject: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">23 May 2017 Notice to Empowered Community on Fundamental Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Please see the attached Notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">John Jeffrey<br>
General Counsel & Secretary, ICANN<br>
12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300<br>
Los Angeles, California 90094-2536<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:JJ@ICANN.org" target="_blank">JJ@ICANN.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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