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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Councilors,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Having seen no comments or concerns to the draft shared by Philippe, staff will have the Council’s response sent to Maarten on behalf of Council leadership.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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 "philippe.fouquart@orange.com" <philippe.fouquart@orange.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 8:56 AM<br><b>To: </b>"council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[council] Action item GNSO3<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Councilors,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As an action item of our Council call, we agreed to discuss with leaders of the GNSO SGs and Cs regarding potentially delaying the upcoming GNSO3 Review until the ATRT3 recommendations are implemented and tentatively agreed to develop a response to Marteen’s <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/botterman-to-gnso-council-et-al-12oct20-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!tsiP5sRGRH9dHMVB3lO9SBXVg9EksFL9_TuxNt1XvJFHeZ4Cg7jlvxq2xeM7lUCXRjV810Q$">letter [icann.org]</a> on this topic. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Council leadership met with SG/C leaders on 25 Nov and agreed that the SG/Cs should of course provide their own input, but the Council as a part of the GNSO community, will also provide comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The attached is a draft response letter in that spirit. It’s hopefully quite straightforward and given that it’s consistent with the approach taken by the SGs/Cs, I hope you won’t mind a deadline by the end of the week for any comment you might have. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Philippe </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><pre>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law;<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>