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<P><div>Hopeful<br /><br />Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br />On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Jared Erwin <<a href="mailto:jared.erwin@icann.org">jared.erwin@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br /><br /></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)" /><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Commercial Stakeholder Group,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached a letter from Mr. Göran Marby, ICANN’s President and CEO, in response to the Commercial Stakeholder Group letter of 5 January 2017. This response will be posted alongside the initial letter on the ICANN Correspondence page shortly (<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence</a>; <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/csg-to-marby-et-al-05jan17-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/csg-to-marby-et-al-05jan17-en.pdf</a>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions about this message, you may direct your question to <a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org">correspondence@icann.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The ICANN Correspondence Team <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:correspondence@icann.org">correspondence@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Marby-to-CSG-11Mar17.pdf></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br /><span>IPC-GNSO mailing list</span><br /><span><a href="mailto:IPC-GNSO@icann.org">IPC-GNSO@icann.org</a></span><br /><span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ipc-gnso">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ipc-gnso</a></span><br /></div></blockquote></P>
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