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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">[ICANN Staff </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">—</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> please send this to GNSO Councilors]</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please see the attached Bylaws Implementation Drafting Team Report and </span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">implementation plan</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">,
plus the cover note below from Steve DelBianco, Drafting Team Chair.</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Note from Steve DelBianco:</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Dear GNSO Councilors,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">As you may recall, the Bylaws Drafting Team (DT) was created to provide the GNSO Council with a draft implementation plan for any necessary updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures, or possibly the Bylaws
as they relate to the GNSO, arising as a result of the revised ICANN Bylaws. The Council requested that this DT submit the proposed implementation plan by 30 September (see <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_resolutions-2320160630-2D2&d=DQMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=adDIs0WEx_lLwFfrsdovxTYY8GkRHo5ibc8SR3Npdh8&m=0ds7tGv-ip8Aagh6O0pMvKXDyawRYqnZ3oXI3-RC84A&s=xxHbRk8Sk_i4IBEmtEusPwORnBaaY0c8XgsTKYaS80o&e=" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20160630-2[gnso.icann.org]</a> for
the full Council resolution).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">At the GNSO Council meeting on 29 September, I requested an additional two weeks to complete the report due to the complexity of the task as well as the short time frame. Thank you for allowing the DT the
additional two weeks to complete this very important task.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Please see the attached final report and implementation plan from the DT for GNSO Council consideration on at its meeting on 13 October. As noted previously, this implementation plan for the Council is not
intended to include specific language for new or amended rules and procedures. Drafting of these new or amended processes will therefore likely begin only after approval of the implementation plan. The understanding is that the initial task of the DT was
to identify and agree on how GNSO should handle new obligations and rights arising from the revised ICANN Bylaws.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">I will be available during the GNSO Council call on the 13<sup>th</sup> to address any questions you may have concerning this implementation plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Steve DelBianco</span></p>
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