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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, and thank you and congratulations for the hardwork of this new committee. There was no ramp up period, the team has been in full gears from the start…!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gnso-sc-budget <gnso-sc-budget-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Berry Cobb <mail@berrycobb.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 1:10 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"comments-fy19-budget-19jan18@icann.org" <comments-fy19-budget-19jan18@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-sc-budget@icann.org" <gnso-sc-budget@icann.org>, "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-sc-budget] GNSO Council - Comments on Draft FY19 Budget and Ops Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">On behalf of the GNSO Council, I submit their comments related to the Draft FY19 Budget and Ops Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Thank you for the opportunity to comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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