<div dir="ltr">Dear Council colleagues,<div><br></div><div>The attached correspondence from Org closes off the emoji issue which we dealt with earlier this year (thanks to Patrik Faltstrom's extremely user-friendy presentation).</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Heather</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Correspondence</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org">correspondence@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 8:14 AM<br>Subject: ICANN Board Resolution on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names (SAC095)     [ ref:_00D1aY7OU._5001ab0oT6:ref ]<br>To: <a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:donna.austin@neustar.biz">donna.austin@neustar.biz</a> <<a href="mailto:donna.austin@neustar.biz">donna.austin@neustar.biz</a>>, <a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:goran.marby@icann.org">goran.marby@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:goran.marby@icann.org">goran.marby@icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org">cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org">cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org">board-ops-team@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org">board-ops-team@icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:cassia.oliveira@icann.org">cassia.oliveira@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:cassia.oliveira@icann.org">cassia.oliveira@icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:david.conrad@icann.org">david.conrad@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:david.conrad@icann.org">david.conrad@icann.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:steve.conte@icann.org">steve.conte@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:steve.conte@icann.org">steve.conte@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="https://na24.salesforce.com/servlet/servlet.ImageServer?id=0151a000000z7Qv&oid=00D1a000000Y7OU"><br>
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Dear Ms. Forrest, Ms. Austin, and Mr. Dammak,<br>
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 Thank you for your letter of 7/26/2018. Please find attached a response to your letter from David Conrad, Chief Technology Officer at ICANN. This response will be posted shortly to the ICANN Correspondence page (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence</a>).<br>
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Please submit any questions you may have about this message to <a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org" target="_blank">correspondence@icann.org</a>.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Danielle Rutherford<br>
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The Correspondence Team<br>
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br>
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