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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Stephanie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The conversations we’ve been having with the ICANN Board pre-date the receipt of the letter from Article 29 and ICANN’s initial reaction.
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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">council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday 13 April 2018 at 10:17<br>
<b>To: </b>Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [council] Acknowledgement of Board/GNSO Council/RDS PDP call on 10 April 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif">Thanks Heather, much appreciated! I do realize it is tough to keep up these days.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2018-04-13 04:29, Heather Forrest wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Noted, thank you for the input. We are working on a briefing note to get everyone updated on the discussions and aim to have that to the list by end Friday (ie tomorrow, in your part of the world) California time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif">For those of use who were not on this call, it would be most appreciated if you could explain the underlying reasons for current Board/CEO actions. The most recent blog, as a reaction
to the latest Article 29 letter, seems very curious.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2018-04-12 23:07, Heather Forrest wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached correspondence acknowledging our call on 10 April 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
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