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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting held on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednes</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">day,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16 June</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 2021
<span style="color:black">for your review.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D30jan18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=VJZ4HFSDAqi8xbWCH1QdnlYHCscwUVxIRs2sVJWonVI&s=LtHAxrGECvjzBZS-IMiftG_6sd2rnsdL4iqkUOHsJvI&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D30jan18-2Den.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=VJZ4HFSDAqi8xbWCH"><span style="color:#954F72">GNSO
 Rules of Procedure </span></a> section  3.5  "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3
 July</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 2021.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nathalie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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