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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear councilors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find below the 2018 GNSO Council meeting times and dates proposed by the GNSO Council leadership team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The dates have been established considering religious holidays as well as known potentially conflicting events. The rotating times (04:00, 12:00 and 21:00 UTC) have been discussed in regard to councilors’
time-zones with incoming councilors taken into account as well as the new formation of the Council leadership team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Whereas it is clear that all councilors will be inconvenienced by one out of the three times chosen, the other two times will be hopefully received as manageable. Please also remember that with three ICANN
Public meetings with GNSO Council meetings being face-to-face, and the first Council meeting of 2018 taking place during the Strategic Planning session in Los Angeles, so, also face-to-face, this leaves the announced rotation affecting only 8 out of 12 planned
meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please take a look at the below dates and times:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GNSO Council meeting dates 2018<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">30<sup>th</sup> January 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> – During the GNSO Council Strategic Planning session, clashes with Namescon 28 – 31 January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">22 February 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>12:00 UTC</b> <i>(Chinese New Year is on the 16 February)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">14 March 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>ICANN Public meeting in San Juan<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">26 April 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>21:00 UTC</b> <i>(19<sup>th</sup> April is Jewish holiday Yom Ha’Atzmaut)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">24 May 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>04:00 UTC</b> <i>(12 – 13 May is GDD Summit in Vancouver, 16 – 18 May is Rightscon in Toronto)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">20 June 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>ICANN Public meeting in Panama City<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">19 July 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>12:00 UTC</b> <i>(no dates yet for IGF USA)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11.0pt">16 August 2018</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>21:00 UTC</b> <i>(22-25 August is Eid Al Adha)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">27 September 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>04:00 UTC</b> <i>(19 September is Yom Kippour)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">24 October 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<b>– ICANN Public meeting in Barcelona<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">29 November 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> –
<b>12:00 UTC</b> (<i>22 November is US Thanksgiving)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">20 December 2018 – 21:00 UTC</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nathalie Peregrine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20"><span lang="PT-BR" style="color:#0563C1">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org </span></a></span><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Find out more about the GNSO by taking our i<a href="applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style="color:#0563C1">nteractive courses</span></a> and visiting
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