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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Working Group members,</div><div>Please find below the response from Olof Nordling, ICANN Senior Director GAC Relations, with regard to the WG's request to meet with the GAC in Singapore. Spoiler alert: It's not good news. It might be useful at this stage for the Chairs (or staff if you wish so) to re-send the input request to the individual GAC members that were contacted and have not yet replied as this might be at this stage the most promising way to gather at least some input from some of the GAC members. </div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Lars</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Olof Nordling <<a href="mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org">olof.nordling@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, February 24, 2014 2:59 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Lars Hoffmann <<a href="mailto:lars.hoffmann@icann.org">lars.hoffmann@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:gacsec@gac.icann.org">gacsec@gac.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gacsec@gac.icann.org">gacsec@gac.icann.org</a>>, Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: Request for input<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Lars,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your kind request from the WG on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information for input from the GAC and for a meeting in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This has been brought to the GAC Chair’s attention. On her behalf I must inform you that, in view of the time available and the current number of priority matters to address by the GAC where a joint position is essential, any joint response by the GAC to the questions raised cannot realistically be foreseen. Nor does the time allow for a separate meeting with the WG in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Very best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Olof<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>