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<p class="MsoNormal">Cover note looks good to me. Just a couple of observations: wiki page link needs to be corrected, and the timeline looks accurate but I don’t know for sure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Sarmad.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Dennis.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Idngwg <idngwg-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 13, 2018 at 6:58 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"idngwg@icann.org" <idngwg@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [Idngwg] IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear IDNGWG members,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As discussed during the call, please find attached the cover note to accompany the guidelines, for your review and finalization.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Regards,<br>
Sarmad</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>From:</b> Idngwg [mailto:idngwg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarmad Hussain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 13, 2018 1:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> idngwg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Idngwg] IDN Guideline WG meeting on 20180412<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Dear IDN Guidelines WG members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Please find attached the notes from the meeting on 12 April 2018. Please let us know if you have any feedback.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Kindly also review the Action Items below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Update guidelines 12, 15 and 16 during the coming week
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Develop a cover note for the guidelines including the three points to be communicated to ICANN org</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send an email to the entire IDN Guidelines WG to alert members that the WG is finalizing the Guidelines and asking them
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">The recording of the call and its summary are also available at the IDN Guidelines wiki page at
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_display_IDN_IDN-2BImplementation-2BGuidelines&d=DwMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=qAs-z5lsx1qg4ORlIggZJ8rKxoygReIR_xCeVaO37qo&m=eSki4ahmEwgHobk0ygkrvs3TFzxPEIYt5RcyBoIXkJ4&s=FHM63SS82-5zZCvgSG-8dcSU9M2gJsLhIKJcIl_nvVE&e="><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">https://community.icann.org/display/IDN/IDN+Implementation+Guidelines[community.icann.org]</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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