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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James M. Bladel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephanie Perrin; gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Moving forward, part 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As said previously, thank you for all of your work on this group, Don!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 12:59 <br>
<b>To: </b>PPSAI WG <<a href="mailto:gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Moving forward, part 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Stephanie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Don M. Blumenthal <<a href="mailto:dmb@donblumenthal.com" target="_blank">dmb@donblumenthal.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To get to the point, I have had to make a very hard decision to step<br>
aside from WG Chair responsibilities for awhile. It has nothing to do<br>
with the RySG issues that I raised before. I just need to take the time<br>
to focus on doing everything I can to take care of the problems of the<br>
last few months. It has been suggested for awhile and, as I told Marika,<br>
I guess that some folks really are trainable. Those of you who know my<br>
wife can imaginge her with a "who, you?" look, but she is in Phoenix on<br>
business and can't see me writing the message.<br>
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Working with this WG has been an outstanding experience. I've learned a<br>
lot in many ways. It's too far along and we've made too much progress to<br>
step away completely, so I'll be lurking and contributing on calls and<br>
the mailing list as I can.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Don<br>
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