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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings,<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'>On behalf of the Empowered Community Administration, per Section 6.2(a)(i) of the ICANN Bylaws granting the Empowered Community Administration the powers and rights to (among other things) appoint and remove individual Directors, please accept the following 2 (two) letters from the Empowered Community Administration confirming the decisions of the ICANN Nominating Committee with respect to ICANN Board seats 7 and 8.<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'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stephen Deerhake<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ccNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ccNSO Council Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>AS Domain Registry (.as)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>GDNS, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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'><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'><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'><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>