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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We received the below email this morning inviting the GNSO Council Leadership for a session with the ICANN Board on
<b><u>Thursday 27 April at 13:55 UTC</u></b> on the topic of the new CEO search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As per the attached letter the Council Leadership will be invited to provide the GNSO input, your input, in this process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Board is conducting these sessions with all SOACs within the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Council Leadership had already a planned meeting with Staff later today. We will discuss how to best gather your feedback and set deadlines. Please watch this space for further information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Gnso-chairs <gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Vinciane Koenigsfeld via Gnso-chairs <gnso-chairs@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 6 April 2023 at 9:27 am<br>
<b>To: </b>gnso-chairs@icann.org <gnso-chairs@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Franco Larios Carrasco <franco.carrasco@icann.org>, Chris.chapman@board.icann.org <Chris.chapman@board.icann.org>, Sarah.Deutsch@board.icann.org <Sarah.Deutsch@board.icann.org>, tripti.sinha@board.icann.org <tripti.sinha@board.icann.org>, Michelle
Bright <michelle.bright@icann.org>, Sajid.rahman@board.icann.org <Sajid.rahman@board.icann.org>, Christian.kaufmann@board.icann.org <Christian.kaufmann@board.icann.org>, Katrina Sataki <katrina.sataki@board.icann.org>, Becky.Burr@board.icann.org <Becky.Burr@board.icann.org>,
Leon.Sanchez@board.icann.org <leon.sanchez@board.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[gnso-chairs] PLEASE READ - Board Listening Sessions With the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sent on behalf of Tripti Sinha, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
and </span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chris Chapman, ICANN Board President and CEO Search Committee Chair</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Dear
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">Generic Names Supporting Organization Council</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Chair and Vice Chairs,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Please find herewith an important letter for your attention. We will be providing the details to connect to the session soon, but we wanted you to have this letter in advance to be able to prepare for the meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Kind regards.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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