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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Mr. Karklins,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My name is Yuko Green and I am the ICANN org project owner of the System for Standardized Access/Disclosure (SSAD) Operational Design Phase (ODP) team. Following
your appointment as the GNSO Council Liaison to the project, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you. Throughout the ODP process, I will be your main point of contact at ICANN org. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We note your request for an introductory meeting with the SSAD ODP team to review the expectations of the role. We will reach out to you in the near future to schedule
that meeting. Separately, as we make progress on the SSAD ODP in the coming months, the project team will engage with you if any questions or issues arise regarding the substance or intent of any of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) Phase 2 SSAD-related
policy recommendations. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:odp-ssad@icann.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">odp-ssad@icann.org</span></a><span style="color:black">. Please be aware that in the spirit of transparency, email correspondence
will be published on our </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ssad-odp-2021-04-29-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">SSAD ODP webpage</span></a><span style="color:black">. On behalf of the ICANN org SSAD ODP team, thank you for volunteering to
support this important process. We look forward to working with you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Yuko Green</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:yuko.green@icann.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">yuko.green@icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.icann.org/" title="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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