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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Dear Srinivas,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your interest in joining Non-commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) in ICANN.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">We have reviewed your application with interest, however, based on our membership guidelines, we will not be able to proceed further with approval of your
application.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">May I take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown in being a member of the NCSG.
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<p class="MsoHeader" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Please feel free to contact at
<a href="mailto:Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">Maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a> or the NCSG chair Tapani Tarvainen,
<a href="mailto:ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info">ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info</a>, if you think your application should be reconsidered and why.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Many thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Maryam Bakoshi</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Secretariat NCSG, NCUC, NPOC</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Email:</span></b><span style="color:black">
<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Mobile:</span></b><span style="color:black"> +44 7737 698036</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Skype:</span></b><span style="color:black"> maryam.bakoshi.icann</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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