<div>May I just flag that, given the ICANN meeting in Kobe begins that week, a number of Councillors may already be traveling on 4 March. This could result in a lower than desirable level of attendance. Are we sure we will have a quorum? I don't recall seeing a Doodle poll to confirm my availability for a Special meeting on 4 March but perhaps I missed it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Ayden <br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:46 PM, Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo@aim.be> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div><p><span style="color:black">Given that the situation is very fluid, with substantive issues still being considered, it would give us time to understand the new policy before we vote.</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">M</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com> <br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 2:34 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com>; Marie Pattullo <marie.pattullo@aim.be><br> <b>Cc:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] Vote deferral requested</span></p></div></div><p> <br></p><p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So if the report is being finalised today what benefit is there in deferring the vote?</span><br></p><p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><br></p><p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><br></p><p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><br></p><div><p><span style="color:black">--</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Mr Michele Neylon</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Blacknight Solutions</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Hosting, Colocation & Domains</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.blacknight.com/">https://www.blacknight.com/</a></span><br></p><p><span style="color:black"><a href="https://blacknight.blog/">https://blacknight.blog/</a></span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/"> https://michele.blog/</a></span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/"> https://ceo.hosting/</a></span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">-------------------------------</span><br></p><p><span style="color:black">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span><br></p></div><p><span style="color:black">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland  Company No.: 370845</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"></span><br></p><p><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><br></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt">From: </span></span></b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt">council <<a href="mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org">council-bounces@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Date: </b>Wednesday 20 February 2019 at 13:26<br> <b>To: </b>Marie Pattullo <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>><br> <b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br> <b>Subject: </b>Re: [council] Vote deferral requested</span></span></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><br></p></div><div><div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE">Hi Marie,</span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE">I want to highlight that the EPDP Team planned on submitting the Final Report today and we are having our final call in few minutes.</span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><br></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-IE">In theory we can have a couple of additional days until the document deadline (22 Feb) for a extraordinary meeting in 4th March but the Council should have the report by tomorrow's meeting
 to be able to discuss and plan for its vote accordingly even if it takes place on 4 March.</span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE">Best,</span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><br></p></div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE">Rafik</span><br></p></div><p><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><br></p><div><div><p><span lang="EN-IE">Le mer. 20 févr. 2019 à 22:09, Marie Pattullo <<a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be">marie.pattullo@aim.be</a>> a écrit :</span><br></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Dear Keith,</span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">On behalf of the BC, we would like to request that the Council vote on the Phase 1 EPDP Report be postponed until Monday 4^th March so as to
 permit the continuation of the very practical ongoing discussion within the EPDP Team on the unresolved policy recommendations.</span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance,</span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Scott & Marie</span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><table style="width:360.0pt" width="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr style="height:5.6pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:360.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 3.75pt 0cm;height:5.6pt" width="480"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt">Marie Pattullo</span></span></b><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:360.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 3.75pt 0cm" width="480"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt">Senior Trade Marks and Brand Protection Manager</span></span></b><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:11.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt">  </span></span></b><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:360.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.5pt 0cm" width="480"><br></td></tr><tr style="height:4.0pt"><td style="width:4.0cm;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:4.0pt" width="151"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.5pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt"><img class="proton-embedded" style="width:1.3125in;height:.5937in" alt="cid:image001.png@01D48358.C5A0D6C0" src="cid:image001.png@01D4C933.6E63B410" width="126" height="57" border="0"></span></span></span><br></p></td><td style="width:246.6pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:4.0pt" width="329"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">European Brands Association</span></span></b><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">Avenue des Gaulois 9 · 1040 </span></span><u><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)"><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=9+avenue+des+Gaulois+%0D%0AB-1040++Brussels&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)">Brussels</span></a></span></span></u><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt"> · Belgium</span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">T: +32 2 736 03 05</span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">M: +32 496 610 395</span></span><br></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">E: </span></span><u><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)"><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)">marie.pattullo@aim.be</span></a></span></span></u><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">W: </span></span><u><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)"><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.aim.be/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)">www.aim.be</span></a></span></span></u><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)"><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:9pt">EU Transparency Register: </span></span><u><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)"><span style="font-size:9pt"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=1074382679-01" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0, 183, 241)">1074382679-01</span></a></span></span></u><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><br></td></tr><tr style="height:2.7pt"><td style="padding:1.5pt 0cm 0cm .75pt;height:2.7pt"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/aim---european-brands-association/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size:9pt"><img class="proton-embedded" style="width:.2395in;height:.2395in" alt="LinkedIn icon" src="cid:image002.png@01D4C933.6E63B410" width="23" height="23" border="0"></span></span></a><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size:9pt"> </span></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/AIMbrands" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size:9pt"><img class="proton-embedded" style="width:.2395in;height:.2395in" alt="Twitter icon" src="cid:image003.png@01D4C933.6E63B410" width="23" height="23" border="0"></span></span></a><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span></span><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="width:4.0cm;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" width="151"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p></td><td style="width:246.6pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" width="329"><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:10.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span></b><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><br></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <br></p></div></div><p><span lang="EN-IE">_______________________________________________<br> council mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council</a></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>