<html><body><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:13.0pt; line-height:1.3; color:#000000" id="nine_body_n18a436-8f641" class="nine_body" dir="auto"><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto">Upon a first read, this seems to be in line with our discussions.</div><div id="nine-sign-n18a436-8f641" class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus nine-pg nine_signature" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri' , 'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;line-height:1.3" dir="auto"><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">---</span></div><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Mark W. Datysgeld</span><br style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Director at Governance Primer</span><br style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">ICANN GNSO Councilor</span></div></div></div><div id="quoted_header_n18a436-8f641" class="quoted_header_editor fold" dir="auto"><hr style="border:none; height:1px; color:#E1E1E1; background-color:#E1E1E1;"><div style="border:none; padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> John McElwaine via council <council@gnso.icann.org><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 29, 2023 18:32<br><b>To:</b> GNSO Council<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] Proposed draft ALAC-GAC-GNSO Chairs' letter to the Board<br></span></div></div><div id="quoted_body_n18a436-8f641" class="quoted_body_editor mceEditable fold" dir="auto"><div class="nine-pg" dir="auto"><br type="attribution"></div><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">Based upon discussions on the list and at the Council Meeting on Thursday, August 25, GNSO Council Leadership and staff have prepared the attached letter edited in a way that we believe to be in line with the Council’s discussions. Please
provide any revisions, questions or comments in a reply to the list, <u>keeping in mind this remains a joint GNSO/GAC/ALAC statement</u>. Once the Council has a draft, we will send this to the ALAC and GAC chairs. Please provide your comments by Tuesday,
September 5 at 22:00 UTC.</div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">Kind regards,</div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto">John</div>
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