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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find below a message from Lars Hoffmann for the Council’s attention.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lars HOFFMANN <lars.hoffmann@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 8 June 2023 at 10:55<br>
<b>To: </b>Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Policy Research and Stakeholder Programs (PRSP) Pre-ICANN77 Update Briefing: Includes Status Update for the Next Round of New gTLDs report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Marika,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2">When you have a moment, would you please share with the GNSO Council the
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://go.icann.org/3MDQD6o">Policy Research and Stakeholder Programs (PRSP) Pre-ICANN77 Update Briefing</a>
</span></span>which includes an a Status Update for the Next Round of New gTLDs program (aka SubPro).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2">As background, the Board, in its March 2023 resolution, had directed ICANN org to provide such an update prior to every ICANN meeting going forward. This is the first of these updates and we plan to continue publishing these as part of the pre-ICANN
meeting PRSP briefings going forward.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2">Please, feel free to share the link with your colleagues - and if the Counsellors have any comments or feedback, they should feel free to share those with me (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:lars.hoffmann@icann.org">lars.hoffmann@icann.org</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US">)
a</span>t any time.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2">Many thanks and best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2">Lars<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2"><span lang="EN-US">Link: <a href="https://go.icann.org/3MDQD6o">https://go.icann.org/3MDQD6o</a>
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