<html><head></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>Ron,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much. We do have some time — meeting requests need to be in by 30 September — but staff are trying to manage meeting requests to avoid conflicts so we'll really welcome feedback from you, Avri, and other SCI members.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Julie</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> Ron Andruff <<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com">randruff@rnapartners.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:17 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>>, 'Avri Doria' <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Planning for Buenos Aires SCI Meeting<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 http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thanks for the early heads-up on this Julie. I am in transit now, and then flying home to Miami Beach tomorrow morning from Germany, so please bear with me and
I’ll come back to you with my thoughts on Monday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Happy to hear Avri’s thoughts as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">RA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Ron Andruff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">RNA Partners<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com">www.rnapartners.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><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: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Hedlund<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 16, 2013 15:10<br><b>To:</b> Ron Andruff; Avri Doria<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Planning for Buenos Aires SCI Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Dear Ron and Avri,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Staff are beginning to plan working group meetings for the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires. If I recall correctly on our call last week SCI members expressed interest
in having a face-to-face meeting in Buenos Aires. We have typically held SCI meetings at ICANN meetings in the morning or afternoon on the Sunday of the meeting. In this case that would be Sunday, 17 November.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Do you have a preference for a morning or afternoon meeting? Do you have meetings times you might prefer? I think we should consider scheduling 90 minutes for
a meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Thank you very much for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>