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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Councilors, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a gentle reminder regarding the draft Council response to the public comment on the “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model”.
Please provide your input, if any, on the google docs by <b>COB today</b>: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOmvilYyM59P1nPkomANgTcDrHgWCK7Blcm1283hTHI/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOmvilYyM59P1nPkomANgTcDrHgWCK7Blcm1283hTHI/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The public comment will be closed on Monday, 14 October.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ariel</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Ariel Liang <ariel.liang@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, October 7, 2019 at 9:30 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Draft Public Comment Response - Multistakeholder Model Evolution <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Councilors, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As mentioned during the September Council call, the PDP 3.0 Small Team was tasked to prepare a draft Council response to the “Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” public
comment. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find the Google Docs for the draft public comment response here:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOmvilYyM59P1nPkomANgTcDrHgWCK7Blcm1283hTHI/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOmvilYyM59P1nPkomANgTcDrHgWCK7Blcm1283hTHI/edit?usp=sharing</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are welcome to provide comments and suggested edits directly on the Google Docs by
<b><u>COB Friday, 11 October</u></b>. Staff will work with the Council leadership to produce a clean version and submit the Council response by the closing date of Monday, 14 October.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ariel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ariel Xinyue Liang</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GNSO Policy Support Specialist
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mobile: +1 310 804 2761
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Skype: ariel.liang.icann</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">www.icann.org</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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