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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Greetings Mary,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I was in the middle of drafting a letter to JJ when I received this from you. I see you have attached some proposed language…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>You should have something from me, on behalf of the Empowered Community Administration, within the hour. We are in the midst of a large thunderstorm which may delay things a bit…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stephen Deerhake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>ccNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>ccNSO Council Member <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>AS Domain Registry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>GDNS, LLC <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:sdeerhake@nic.as">sdeerhake@nic.as</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:sdeerhake@gdns.net">sdeerhake@gdns.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> ecadmin-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ecadmin-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Wong<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 17, 2017 6:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> ecadmin@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [ECAdmin] FOR YOUR ACTION: Sending of notice to ICANN Secretary to terminate Rejection Process<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear members of the Empowered Community Administration,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This note is to inform you that, as of the end of the Rejection Action Petition Period (16 July 2017), we have not seen any indication of a petition submitted to any of the Decisional Participants to initiate the Rejection Process, outlined in Section 2.2 of Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws, in relation to the ICANN FY18 Budget & Operating Plan, IANA FY18 Budget, or the 5-year ICANN Operating Plan. As such, under Section 2.2(c)(ii) of Annex D, the Empowered Community Administration has twenty-four (24) hours to send a notice to the ICANN Secretary certifying that the Rejection Process has been terminated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Attached please find a draft template notice for your consideration. <b>The next step is for one of the five Administration members to send the notice to the ICANN Secretary</b>. Please let us know if you require further assistance from staff in this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>