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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please see below the communication from the Contracted Party House Chairs regarding the nomination of Becky Burr to serve an additional term in Board Seat 13, which
will take effect at the Annual General Meeting during ICANN75.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The acknowledgement of the appointment will be on the March 2022 GNSO Council Consent Agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nathalie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">From: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">"Demetriou, Samantha" <sdemetriou@verisign.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 16:24<br>
<b>To: </b>Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org>, Ashley Heineman <aheineman@godaddy.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"secretariat@rysg.info" <secretariat@rysg.info>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, "secretariat@icannregistrars.org" <secretariat@icannregistrars.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: Reminder: Board Seat 13 timeline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Nathalie and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m writing to confirm that both the RySG and RrSG have completed our respective processes for identifying the candidate for Board Seat 13. We are pleased to nominate Becky Burr to serve an additional
term in this seat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please let Ashley or me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Sam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Samantha Demetriou<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">From: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 5:16 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Ashley Heineman <aheineman@godaddy.com>, Samantha Demetriou <sdemetriou@verisign.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Sue Schuler <secretariat@rysg.info>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, Zoe Bonython <secretariat@icannregistrars.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] Reminder: Board Seat 13 timeline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Contracted Party House Chairs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As per the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_pages_governance_bylaws-2Den-23VI-2D8.4&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=vQsdfuD5PAFi7ZqA8J-kf5fBuo9PeoBIsWVsGHh0AkM&s=DVrXZ-Q2n7QzK-zkgttiirdC9ZYNujb8mdeVI0Z8D7I&e=">ICANN
Bylaws[icann.org]</a>, Section 7.8.d. “At least six months before the date specified for the commencement of the term as specified in <u>Section 7.8(a)(iv)</u> through <u>Section 7.8(a)(vi)</u> above, any Supporting Organization or the At-Large Community entitled
to nominate a Director for a Seat with a term beginning that year shall give the EC Administration (with a copy to the Secretary<a name="_BPDCI_105"></a> and the Decisional Participants) written notice of its nomination of Directors for seats with terms beginning
at the conclusion of the annual meeting<a name="_cp_text_1_70"></a>, and the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary <a name="_BPDCI_106"></a>(with a copy to the Decisional Participants) with written notice of the designation of those Directors.
All such notices shall be posted promptly to the Website.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">With that in mind, staff has prepared a tentative timeline below in accordance with the GNSO Operating Procedures 2.4.2. Please note this has been produced taking into account maximum duration possible
for each time slot.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Election results need therefore to be communicated
<u>before the </u></b></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">9<sup>th</sup> March<span style="color:black"> 202</span>1<span style="color:black"> GNSO Council meeting at the very latest</span></span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
as this is </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">the last opportunity for Council to vote its approval before<span style="color:black"> the final deadline for notification to the Empowered Community Administration.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Board seat 13 timeline</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Activity Commences:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GNSO Secretariat Reports Election Results</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/secure-web.cisco.com/1Ch4tj7GtBrYfEhgz0dHOVQD0oD3TieEc9JQEL0wDoFujN5vdkb2dDswpW3O3Wno3tGjjJf_nO9zVDtvgAio2_KzrM49Uc4ptx5D-0hWFMlSwqw6cSsB_oNCxoIc3edSL9amac7f5c8HmaFEfSX8dWEUI5LjPC7mFeeMjYJV350O0lLDUGAJymwPSUkjeed8raqYvLzVoZFG8Ihkxhsul9KYdyUePtygEQ305nEhcIuiWee0TSq2nU2wSbvbErxK7/https*3A*2F*2Fwww.icann.org*2Fresources*2Fpages*2Fgovernance*2Fbylaws-en*23article7.25__;JSUlJSUlJSU!!PtGJab4!stDkEbttda3jc1YHVXe5jdiD76Uaygs6g3cKZx7FQ60u_X5CEQnX9w2R8Vle-mk4AggC5S1AtBkn$" target="_blank">GNSO
Chair Notifies Empowered Community Administration with a copy to the Secretary of the election results as prescribed by Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaw<span style="color:blue"><br>
</span>s. [secure-web.cisco.com]</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(d) At least six months before the date specified for the commencement of the term as specified in Section 7.8(a)(iv) through Section 7.8(a)(vi) above, any Supporting Organization
or the At-Large Community entitled to nominate a Director for a Seat with a term beginning that year shall give the EC Administration (with a copy to the Secretary and the Decisional Participants) written notice of its nomination of Directors for seats with
terms beginning at the conclusion of the annual meeting, and the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary (with a copy to the Decisional Participants) with written notice of the designation of those Directors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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