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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Dear Terri,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Thank you for transmitting the letter from Greg DiBiase to the Empowered Community Administration regarding the fundamental bylaws amendments to Articles 18 and 19 of the ICANN
bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We are acknowledging receipt, and confirming the letter has been forwarded to Tripti Sinha, John Jeffrey, and Sally Costerton as cc’s to the letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Wendy Profit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Board-Ops-Team <board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of ICANN Board Ops <board-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Terri Agnew <terri.agnew@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Secretary <secretary@icann.org>, "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, Correspondence <Correspondence@icann.org>, "gnso-chairs@icann.org" <gnso-chairs@icann.org>, ICANN Board Ops <board-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Board-Ops-Team] Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 18 and 19 of the ICANN Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find attached a letter from Gregory DiBiase, GNSO Chair on Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 18 and 19 of the ICANN Bylaws. This will also be circulated on the GNSO Council mailing list and
posted on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence/2023__;!!PtGJab4!70fxq9Z6LdieLtT1reLYkZrRMpgKFD7ilnOwSlFIf7ql9VksRTb7GEt3xmcr1NpukIKQKnNpCN--kF5LqdewSSn5ihpnDnI27rw$">
<span style="color:windowtext">Correspondence page</span> [gnso.icann.org]</a> of the GNSO website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand";color:#1C1C1C">Terri</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C1C1C">Terri Agnew<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=jLNFXvpu9gNdUeHi-G6sjWNCF9w4_AwhzzUDFZy2elE&s=o7Auz997kA-HPv9PHJCjFVZw7Pgo8krw4MxfqCwBrIU&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=jLNFXvpu9gNdUeHi-G6sjWNCF9w4_AwhzzUDFZy2elE&s=o7Auz997kA-HPv9PHJCjFVZw7Pgo8krw4Mxf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#03386D">https://learn.icann.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group-2Dactivities_calendar&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=jLNFXvpu9gNdUeHi-G6sjWNCF9w4_AwhzzUDFZy2elE&s=-L6chFfv0OperrXHHpTF722WnH3FZIutn4cS16IvpOg&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group-2Dactivities_calendar&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=jLNFXvpu9gNdUeHi-G6sjWNCF9w4_AwhzzUDFZy2elE&s=-L6chFf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#03386D">GNSO
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