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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Dear Steve DelBianco and Mason Cole,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Thank you for transmitting the letter from the Business Constituency in response to the NomCom Balancing inquiry from the ICANN Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We are acknowledging receipt on behalf of ICANN Board Chair Tripti Sinha and confirming the letter has been shared with the full board for their review and consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";mso-ligatures:none">Wendy Profit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";mso-ligatures:none">Board Operations Senior Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@netchoice.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, June 30, 2023 at 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Wendy Profit <wendy.profit@icann.org>, "tripti.sinha@board.icann.org" <tripti.sinha@board.icann.org>, Correspondence <Correspondence@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>BC List <bc-gnso@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] BC response on Nominating Committee (NomCom) Rebalancing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Tripti,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Attached is the BC response to
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/sinha-to-cole-26apr23-en.pdf">
your letter</a> regarding Nominating Committee (NomCom) Rebalancing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you for granting us the opportunity to express our perspectives on this significant matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mason Cole<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chair, ICANN Business Constituency (BC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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