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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dear GNSO Council,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Welcome to the GNSO Council!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Please see the suggested dates and times for 2024 Council meetings. Times and meeting rotation are suggested in function of the current locations of the Council Leadership team and members of
the council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We encouraged you to check the dates against your national and/or religious holidays. We have considered those which could conflict with Council meeting dates (Thursdays, generally the 2<sup>nd</sup> or
the 3<sup>rd</sup> of the month). Please have a look and check against your own calendars to see if there are any adjustments to make. If no comments on dates/times listed below, we will send calendar invites out next week.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Current 2023 Meeting dates and times:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">16 November at 20:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">21 December at 13:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Suggested 2024 Meeting dates and times: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We have kept the three council meeting times as they still seem to work for the current council of 05:00, 13:00 and 21:00 UTC. (exception for the ICANN tri-annual meetings)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">18 January 2024 at 05:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">08 February 2024 at 21:00 UTC (adjusted to 21:00 UTC to avoid conflict with SubPro IRT at 13:00 UTC)</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Chinese New Year 09 – 15 Feb 2024)</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">06 March 2024</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> –<b> ICANN79 at 13:00 local time</b> (San Juan)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">18 April 2024 at 21:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">16 May 2024 at 05:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">12 June 2024 - ICANN80 at 13:00 local time</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> (</span><span style="color:#282828;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Kigali</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none">)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">18 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">08 August 2024 at 21:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> (Holiday | Belgium & Switzerland on 15 August 2024)</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">19 September 2024 at 05:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">17 October 2024 at 13:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">13 November 2024 - ICANN81</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> <b>at 13:00 local time </b>(location TBD)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">19 December 2024 21:00 UTC</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Holiday and/or events considered: </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Chinese New Year: 09 – 15 February 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ramadan: 10 March – 08 April 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">IETF 119: 16-22 March 2024 </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">INTA: 18 - 22 May 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">IETF 120: 20-26 July 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Rosh Hashana 02 October – 04 October 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">IETF 121: 2-8 November 2024</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hanukkah 25 December 2024 – 02 January 2025</span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Terri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Policy Team Supporting the GNSO</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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