<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ron --<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the check-in. Sorry for the delay in replying.</div><div><br></div><div>I may be able to move some things to accommodate Sunday afternoon -- much depends on what we hear from the Board and GAC regarding their availability. Could I ask you to stand by for a bit?</div><div><br></div><div>If Sunday is too full, can Saturday be made to work for you?</div><div><br></div><div>Mason</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Ron Andruff wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Thank you, Wolf-Ulrich.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Mason, please let me know how your would
like to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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</span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> WUKnoben
[mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 25, 2013
12:50 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Ron Andruff;
<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Mason Cole<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re:
[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:city>
face-to-face meeting</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">it may be helpful to
coordinate with Mason who is preparing for the entire GNSO schedule in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:city>. At the time
being there is SCI update schduled on Saturday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Best regards<br>
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Wolf-Ulrich<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style="font-color:black"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"> <a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com" title="randruff@rnapartners.com">Ron
Andruff</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"> Thursday, February 21,
2013 9:08 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold">To:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"> <a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org" title="gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">
[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:city>
face-to-face meeting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Dear Committee Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">I apologize for not remembering to bring
this up on our call yesterday, but I would like to maintain the practice of
having a face-to-face meeting in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beijing</st1:place></st1:city></st1:city>. I have asked the
GNSO Secretariat for a room for one hour (late in the day) on Sunday, April 7<sup>th</sup>
in an effort to accommodate all that are arriving on that day. As soon as
I have further information on this, I will forward it to you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com/">RNA
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