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    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Please accept my
          apologies for today's call, I will unfortunately be on a plane
          at that precise time.  Rafik Dammak has my proxy.  </font></font></p>
    <p>Thank you</p>
    <p>Stephanie Perrin<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-11-29 15:19, Nathalie Peregrine
      wrote:<br>
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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 below
            find the updated final agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting
            on 30 November 2017 at 21:00 UTC.<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">Final
                Agenda 30 November 2017<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please note
            that <b>all documents </b>referenced <b>in the agenda have
              been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier
              access: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/WQByB"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://community.icann.org/x/WQByB</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This agenda
            was established according to the <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D01sep16-2Den.pdf&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=U4IBJYYYko8geLjSlTyOXbvtmoVER-_lK-PAQ64rKHs&m=55oYi9y1UeIL5juaxAkqpioz33PyWq"
              moz-do-not-send="true">GNSO Operating Procedures</a> v3.2,
            updated on 01 September 2016.<br>
            <br>
            For convenience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0
            level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">An excerpt of
              the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is
              provided in <u>Appendix 1</u> at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0
            level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">An excerpt from
              the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee
              voting procedures is provided in <u>Appendix 2</u> at the
              end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
        </ul>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Coordinated
            Universal Time: 21:00 UTC: <b><a
                href="http://tinyurl.com/ybcbm2ev"
                moz-do-not-send="true">http://tinyurl.com/ybcbm2ev</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">13:00 Los
            Angeles; 16:00 Washington; 21:00 London; (Friday) 02:00
            Islamabad; 08:00 Hobart<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GNSO
              Council Meeting Audio Cast</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
            To join the event click on the link: <a
              href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/abu60-hallbc-en.m3u"
              moz-do-not-send="true">http://stream.icann.org:8000/abu60-hallbc-en.m3u</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <br>
            Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if
            they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">___________________________________</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Item 1.
              Administrative Matters (5 mins)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.1 - Roll
            Call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.2 -
            Updates to Statements of Interest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.3 - Review
            / Amend Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.4 - Note
            the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per
            the GNSO Operating Procedures:<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
              href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-12oct17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Minutes</a> of the meetings of the
            GNSO Council on 12 October 2017, were posted on 3<sup>rd</sup> November
            2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-1-01nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Minutes of Part 1</a> and <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/minutes-council-2-01nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">minutes of Part 2 </a>of the GNSO
            Council on the 1 November 2017 were posted on 23 November
            2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Item 2.
              Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10
              mins)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.1 - Review
            focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes /
            topics, to include review of <a
              href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Projects List </a>and <a
              href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Action Item List</a><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">Item 3.
              Consent Agenda (0 min)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">None<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">Item 4:
              COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the GNSO Council response to
              the GAC Communique for submission to the ICANN Board (15
              minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO
            Council has adopted the practice of providing feedback to
            the ICANN Board on matters pertaining to gTLD policy, where
            the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has included
            advice on such matters as part of a GAC Communique issued at
            each ICANN Public Meeting. Following the issuance of the GAC
            Abu Dhabi Communique (<a
href="https://gac.icann.org/advice/communiques/public/gac-60-abu-dhabi-communique.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gac.icann.org/advice/communiques/public/gac-60-abu-dhabi-communique.pdf</a>),
            a team of Councilors and the current GNSO Liaison to the GAC
            agreed to prepare an initial draft of possible GNSO Council
            input to the Board for Council consideration. This draft was
            circulated to the Council mailing list on 20 November 2017 (<a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-21nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-21nov17-en.pdf</a>)
            and updated with edits on the 28 November 2017 (<a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-28nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-gac-communique-28nov17-en.pdf</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here the
            Council will discuss the draft Council feedback, and vote on
            whether or not to approve it for transmission to the ICANN
            Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4.1 –
            Presentation of <a
              href="https://community.icann.org/x/VwByB"
              moz-do-not-send="true">motion </a>(Donna Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4.2 –
            Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4.3 –
            Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Item 5.
              COUNCIL VOTE – Referral of the privacy and proxy services
              issue, related to IRTP-C, to the PPSAI IRT (15 minutes)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At the
            request of the Registrars’ Stakeholder Group (RrSG), which
            raised a substantive concern regarding the application of
            Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy-C (IRTP-C) to privacy and
            proxy services, the <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-crocker-01dec16-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">GNSO Council wrote to the ICANN
              Board</a> to recommend that the matter be referred to the
            Privacy/Proxy Services Accreditation Implementation (PPSAI)
            Implementation Review Team (IRT) for consideration before
            the Policy effective date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/crocker-to-bladel-21dec16-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Board responded on 21 December 2016</a> to
            note that it was reviewing the Council’s request and in the
            interim, directed ICANN Contractual Compliance to defer
            enforcement of the issue. On 3 February 2017, the Board
            passed a <a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-02-03-en#1.h"
              moz-do-not-send="true">resolution</a> confirming its
            instructions regarding deferral of Contractual Compliance
            enforcement and declaring its intention of further
            discussing the concerns raised by the GNSO Council at a
            subsequent meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On 16 March
            2017, the Board passed a <a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-03-16-en#1.e"
              moz-do-not-send="true">resolution</a> directing the ICANN
            CEO to instruct ICANN staff to work with the RrSG and other
            interested parties to determine the appropriate path
            forward. ICANN Staff and the RrSG are in agreement that the
            discussion should be referred to the PPSAI IRT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here, the
            Council will consider a motion to refer the issue of
            applying IRTP-C to privacy and proxy services to the PPSAI
            IRT for resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5.1 –
            Presentation of <a
              href="https://community.icann.org/x/VwByB"
              moz-do-not-send="true">motion</a> (Darcy Southwell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5.2 –
            Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5.3 –
            Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<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">Item 6:
              COUNCIL VOTE – Confirmation of GNSO Representative to the
              Empowered Community Administration (15 minutes)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO
            Council adopted the proposed <a
              href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201706"
              moz-do-not-send="true">process and criteria</a> for
            selecting the GNSO representative to the Empowered Community
            Administration during its meeting on 28 June 2017. Utilizing
            that process, the GNSO Council confirmed on 9 November 2017
            that Heather Forrest would serve in interim basis to
            represent the GNSO as the Decisional Participant on the
            Empowered Community Administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Further
            utilizing that process, the GNSO Council leadership has met
            and agreed that Heather Forrest will perform the role of
            GNSO representative to the Empowered Community
            Administration. Here, the Council will vote to confirm this
            selection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6.1 –
            Presentation of <a
              href="https://community.icann.org/x/VwByB"
              moz-do-not-send="true">motion</a> (Donna Austin)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6.2 –
            Council Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">6.3 –
            Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<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">Item 7:
              COUNCIL VOTE – Confirmation that modification to the
              procedure that implements the Whois conflicts with privacy
              law policy recommendation with the Contracted Party
              Request and Legal Opinion triggers is consistent with the
              intent of the policy recommendation (20 minutes) </span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a result
            of community input and the work of the Implementation
            Advisory Group (IAG), ICANN made effective the revised <a
href="https://whois.icann.org/en/revised-icann-procedure-handling-whois-conflicts-privacy-law"
              moz-do-not-send="true">WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law
              Procedure</a> on 18 April 2017 to better accommodate
            issues where Whois requirements conflict with applicable
            laws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As requested
            by this GNSO Council, ICANN published a <a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/whois-privacy-conflicts-procedure-03may17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">paper</a> for <a
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/whois-privacy-law-2017-05-03-en"
              moz-do-not-send="true">public comment</a> to provide
            analysis and solicit community input on the practicality and
            feasibility of the triggers identified in the revised WHOIS
            Conflicts with Privacy Law Procedure. The public comment
            period was also intended to collect suggestions for moving
            forward with the review. The public comment period closed on
            7 July 2017 and the <a
href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-whois-privacy-law-28jul17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">staff report of public comments</a> was
            published on 28 July 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On 1 August
            2017, the Council received a <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/atallah-to-bladel-et-al-01aug17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">letter</a> from Akram Atallah,
            providing a collection of possible options for proceeding
            with the review, and offering to discuss those options or
            others identified by Council. On 24 August 2017, the Council
            received an update from GDD staff and discussed possible
            options for moving forward with the review of the Procedure
            For Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Council
            has since considered the possible modifications to the
            procedure identified in the letter from Akram Atallah. Here,
            the Council will vote to confirm that the modifications to
            the procedure are consistent with the intent of the policy
            recommendation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">7.1 –
            Presentation of <a
              href="https://community.icann.org/x/VwByB"
              moz-do-not-send="true">motion</a> (Keith Drazek)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">7.2 –
            Council Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">7.3
            – Council vote (voting threshold: simple majority)<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">Item 8:
              COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update on the GNSO Council Strategic
              Planning Session (15 minutes)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In January
            of 2017, the GNSO Council submitted a FY18 <a
href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64066403/FY18%20-%2023%20-%20Community%20Requests%20Template_GNSO%20Council%20Strategic%20Planning%20Session%20Pilot%20Project%20-%20Final%20-%202%20February%202017.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=14"
              moz-do-not-send="true">additional budget request</a> to
            support a 3 day face-to-face strategic planning session in
            January of 2018. At a high-level, the purpose of the
            meetings is to allow for focused and dedicated sessions to
            strategically develop a work plan for the upcoming year.
            This additional budget request was <a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-04-19-en#1.b"
              moz-do-not-send="true">approved</a> by the ICANN Board on
            19 April 2017. The GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session
            is scheduled to take place on January 29–31 2018 at the
            ICANN office in Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here the
            Council leadership will provide an update to the Council on
            preliminary planning steps undertaken to date, including
            review of a draft agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">8.1 –
            Presentation of discussion topic (Council leadership)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">8.2 –
            Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">8.3 – Next
            steps<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">Item 9:
              COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update on the GNSO Council Standing
              Committee on ICANN budget (15 minutes)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GNSO
            Council has determined that it may need to provide a Council
            specific response (not to supersede any response from any
            SG/C) to certain ICANN budget related public comments. The
            interim GNSO Council Standing Committee on ICANN budget has
            considered two public comments 1) <a
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-iana-fy19-2017-10-09-en"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Draft PTI and IANA FY19 Operating
              Plans and Budgets</a> and 2) <a
              href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-2017-10-12-en"
              moz-do-not-send="true">ICANN Reserve Fund – Public Comment
              on Rationale and Target Level</a> and prepared draft
            responses( <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-plan-budget-26nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-plan-budget-26nov17-en.pdf</a> and <a
href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-icann-reserve-fund-27nov17-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/draft-comments-icann-reserve-fund-27nov17-en.pdf</a>)
            to both for Council consideration. The Council may discuss
            the state of this standing committee’s charter as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here, the
            Council will discuss those draft responses and any possible
            next steps for the committee’s charter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.1 –
            Presentation of discussion topic (Council leadership)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.2 –
            Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.3 – Next
            steps<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">Item 10:
              ANY OTHER BUSINESS (10 minutes)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">10.1 –
            Discussion of Council meeting dates and rotation for 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">10. 2 –
            Update on the status of the Second Security, Stability, and
            Resiliency Review Team (SSR2-RT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">10.3 –
            Other?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">________________________________</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Appendix
              1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article
              11, Section 11.3(i))</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See<b> </b><a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Appendix
              2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating
              Procedures, Section 4.4)</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See <a
              href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf"
              moz-do-not-send="true">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">References
              for Coordinated Universal Time of 21:00 UTC <br>
            </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Local time between
            March and October Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere<br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
            California, USA (PDT) UTC-8 13:00<br>
            San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 15:00</span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU",serif"><br>
          </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">New York/Washington DC,
            USA (EDT) UTC-5 16:00</span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU",serif"><br>
          </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Buenos Aires, Argentina
            (ART) UTC-3 18:00</span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU",serif"><br>
          </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
            (BRST) UTC-2 19:00<br>
            London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC 21:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Paris,
            France (CEST) UTC+1 22:00<br>
            Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 22:00<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Islamabad,
            Pakistan (PKT) UTC+5 (Friday) 02:00 <br>
            Singapore (SGT) UTC+8 (Friday) 05:00 <br>
            Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9 (Friday) 06:00<br>
            Sydney/Hobart, Australia (AEDT) UTC+11 (Friday) 08:00<br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">DST
            starts/ends on Sunday 25 of March 2018, 2:00 or 3:00 local
            time (with exceptions) for EU countries. <br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
            For other places see <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/"
              moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.timeanddate.com</a> and <a
              href="http://tinyurl.com/ybcbm2ev" moz-do-not-send="true">http://tinyurl.com/ybcbm2ev</a><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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="PT-BR">Email: </span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
              href="nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1"
                lang="PT-BR">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org </span></a></span><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="PT-BR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="PT-BR">Skype:
            nathalie.peregrine.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="PT-BR"><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"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">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=-d9m4sr16OXloyLjz4TF6npbe51hgE0EHtoX1U6WUOA&s=Bw2Uzbh2Pu1X0lObLtbwtN5ZNEP3ECdPAfcqzVvIOYE&e="
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">GNSO
                Newcomer pages</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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