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<div class=""><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Unfortunately the Council comments are inconsistent with those being prepared by the RySG and as such the Council comments could not be supported.</span></font></div>
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On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Erika Mann <<a href="mailto:erika@erikamann.com">erika@erikamann.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Berry, hi -</span><br>
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<span>On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Berry Cobb <<a href="mailto:mail@berrycobb.com">mail@berrycobb.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On behalf of the GNSO Council Standing Committee on ICANN’s Budget and Ops</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>expenses. Please refer to the attached draft for details and the analysis</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On behalf of the Council Leadership and again absent any objections, staff</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Berry A. Cobb</span><br>
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