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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Dear all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111">Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on 19 August 2021 at 19:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 19 August 2021 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IwEuCg"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/IwEuCg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This agenda was established according to the
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-24oct19-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a><span style="color:black">
v3.5, updated on 24 October 2019</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For convenience:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GNSO Council meeting held 19:00 UTC </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 19:00 UTC: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/3u3fjdff"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://tinyurl.com/3u3fjdff</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington; 20:00 London; 21:00 Paris; 22:00 Moscow; (Friday) 05:00 Melbourne </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GNSO Council Meeting Remote Participation:
<a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/95268677198?pwd=c1lTQW0rZ1Vad3o1aEZFY0VZTnZtQT09">
<b><span style="color:#1155CC">https://icann.zoom.us/j/95268677198?pwd=c1lTQW0rZ1Vad3o1aEZFY0VZTnZtQT09</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2021/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-16jun21-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a>
of the GNSO Council meeting on 16 June 2021 were posted on 03 July 2021.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2021/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-22jul21-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Minutes</span></a>
of the GNSO Council meeting on 22 July 2021 were posted on 06 August 2021.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (25 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Projects List
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">and
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#0052CC;background:white">Action Item List. </span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">None<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO) (30 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In January of 2020, the GNSO Council approved an</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/rpms-charter-addendum-09jan20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Addendum</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to the All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs PDP charter to support work related to Recommendation 5 from the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protections Mechanisms
PDP. During its September 2020 Council meeting, the Council launched the IGO Work Track to operate against the Addendum, while Phase 1 of the RPMs PDP was still in operation. Phase 1 of the RPMs PDP concluded in January of 2021, with the Council adoption of
all final recommendations. The Council has recognized that re-chartering is necessary before launching Phase 2 of the RPMs PDP, which leaves the IGO Work Track unattached to a PDP WG and therefore unable to develop Consensus Policy recommendations.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The GNSO Council understands that the IGO Work Track has made substantial progress in its deliberations and that it is important to maintain the
group’s momentum, so as to allow the community to attempt to reach consensus on a long-standing issue. As Consensus Policy recommendations can only be made by a PDP or EPDP, the Council is electing to take the procedural step of initiating an EPDP to allow
the efforts of the IGO Work Track to continue. The Council believes that initiating the EPDP is merely a procedural action to allow an existing effort to continue in an uninterrupted manner, to the extent possible; the Council has stressed that the EPDP charter
must substantively mirror the Addendum governing the IGO Work Track, in further recognition of the procedural nature of this action.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The EPDP initiation request and EPDP Charter were sent to the Council on 9 August 2021.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will vote to initiate the EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs and approve the EPDP Charter.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4.1 – Presentation of
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/IAEuCg"><span style="color:#1155CC">motion</span></a> (TBD)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4.3 – Council vote (voting threshold: GNSO Supermajority for both the initiation of the EPDP and for approval of the EPDP Team Charter)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s Bylaws as the GNSO ‘shall be responsible for developing and recommending
to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities of the GNSO as set forth in these Bylaws’ (Art.11.1). Furthermore, this action complies with the requirements set out in Annex A: GNSO Policy Development Process
and Annex A-1: GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process of the ICANN Bylaws.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - CSC Effectiveness Review Terms of Reference (20 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ICANN Bylaws and CSC Charter require that the “… effectiveness of the CSC will initially be reviewed two years after the first meeting of the
CSC; and then every three years thereafter. The method of review will be determined by the ccNSO and GNSO.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The CSC was established in accordance with Article 17.3 (b) of the ICANN Bylaws and conducted its first meeting on 6 October 2016. On 27 September
2018, the GNSO Council approved the process for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) Effectiveness Review and appointed Donna Austin and Philippe Fouquart to serve as the GNSO representatives on the team. In the review team’s
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/ER/Final+Report+of+the+Effectiveness+Review+Team">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Final Report</span></a>, the team concluded that the CSC is operating effectively against 14 requirements from the CSC’s Charter. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In order to meet the timeline for the second review of the CSC Effectiveness, the ccNSO and GNSO Councils will need to determine the method for
conducting the review before 1 October 2021. The template for the second review was shared to the Council list on [<span style="background:yellow">date</span>]. The Council was also informed on [<span style="background:yellow">date</span>] that Donna Austin
and Jonathan Robinson have volunteered to serve as the GNSO representatives for the second review.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ccNSO has conditionally adopted the template for the 2nd CSC Effectiveness review, contingent upon adoption of the template by the GNSO Council.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will vote to approve both the method of review and the GNSO representatives for the team.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5.3 – Council vote (Voting Threshold: simple majority vote of each House)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Taking this action is within the GNSO’s remit as outlined in ICANN’s Bylaws in Section 17.3, which state “[t]he effectiveness
of the CSC shall be reviewed two years after the first meeting of the CSC; and then every three years thereafter. The method of review will be determined by the ccNSO and GNSO...”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Planning for the Virtual AGM, ICANN72 (25 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On 15 July 2021, the ICANN Board
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2021-07-15-en">
<span style="color:#1155CC">resolved</span></a> that ICANN72 would be held as a virtual only event. The GNSO Council, having increased its number of meetings for ICANN71, believes it is important to start planning for ICANN72 to seek to make the meeting as
productive as possible. Where as for previous virtual meetings, where the Council had limited its meeting requests to the GNSO Council meeting and PDP WG meetings, the Council added additional meetings during ICANN71 to include both a working session and a
wrap-up, both of which would normally occur in a face to face ICANN meeting.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here, the Council will discuss what meetings and advance planning will be needed to promote a successful second virtual AGM for the GNSO Council.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">6.1 – Update (Council leadership)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Item 7: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7.1 - Strategic Planning Session Planning</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7.2 - Expressions of Interest process for the expected SubPro Operational Design Phase liaison </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">7.3 - EPDP Phase 2a status update</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 12:00 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 13:00</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 16:00</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+1 20:00</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Moscow, Russia (MST) UTC+3 22:00 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Singapore (SGT) (+1day) UTC+8 03:00 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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