<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Dear All,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">First of all, we would like to commend the diligent
effort of Hadia El Miniawi, the pen-holder of the ICANN 66 ME Space statement “<b>About
the Next Steps to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s MSM</b>". Together
with the other members of the drafting team that comprise from Chokri Ben
Romdhane, Hanan Khatib and Zakir Syed.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">The following Google Document link to the first
draft is for your review and comments.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4"> </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Following the planned schedule below, the comment
period will be open from today September 30th until October 10th, followed
by the integration of the comments received to get the final version ready by October
 21st.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Looking forward to more feedback and insights from
the ME community.</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font size="4">MEAC Space Leading Team </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-size:12pt"></span></p>

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<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The timeline </span>for the ME Space in Montreal<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> is</span>:</span><br></p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"><strong>Date</strong></span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"><strong>Days</strong></span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"><strong>Action</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">August 19 - 30</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">12</span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Call for topics</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">September 2</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"> </span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Announcement of the selected Topic</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">September 2 - 13</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">11</span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Call for volunteers for the drafting team</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">September 16</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"> </span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Announcement of the drafting team composition</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">September 16 - 30</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">14</span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Drafting of the statement (1^st draft)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">September 30</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"> </span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Publishing of the 1^st draft for comments</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Sept. 30 to October 10</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">10</span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">October 11 - 18</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">8</span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Drafting of the final version</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:165px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">October 21</span></td>
<td style="width:58px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)"> </span></td>
<td style="width:415px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,128)">Final draft published</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p>
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