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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Dear ICANN Community member,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">We need your input to improve GNSO newcomer and training tools<span style="color: black;">. GNSO Council has<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201607" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">directed</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>staff
to develop a survey to assess the familiarity that the community has with the different newcomer and training tools as well as their perceived usefulness. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Staff would kindly request that you complete the attached survey available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.clicktools.com/go?iv=1063kkc3v1m98" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">here</a>.
Please provide your response by 11 September 2016.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Should you have any further comments please do not hesitate to contact us.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Kind regards,<br>
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David Tait</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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