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Happy to hear any input from folks here.<br><div><br></div><div class="mb_sig"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><b>---</b></span><div><span style="font-size: 8pt"><b>James Gannon</b></span></div></div><div class="history_container"><p style="color: margin-top: 10px;">------ Forwarded Message --------<br>From: Drazek, Keith via council <council@gnso.icann.org><br>Date: 08/04/2020 15:42:33 <br>Subject: [council] FW: Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC <br>To: council@gnso.icann.org <council@gnso.icann.org>, haforrestesq@gmail.com <haforrestesq@gmail.com>, Donna.Austin@team.neustar <donna.austin@team.neustar>, claudia.selli@intl.att.com <claudia.selli@intl.att.com>, wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de>, joankerr@fbsc.org <joankerr@fbsc.org>, bruna.mrtns@gmail.com <bruna.mrtns@gmail.com>, stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca>, Graeme Bunton <gbunton@tucows.com><br>Cc: gnso-secs@icann.org <gnso-secs@icann.org><br></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">During the 16 April GNSO Council meeting, we will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on ICANN, the ICANN Community, and around our ability to conduct Council work. This will include an evolving discussion on planning
and prioritization, as our prior discussions in January have been overtaken by events. Please work with your respective SGs and Cs to develop any input to this important conversation. I have included the Chairs of our GNSO SGs and Cs so we are all on the same
page in these unprecedented circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">Thanks in advance, and I hope everyone is keeping healthy and safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"> council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Terri Agnew<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-secs@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [council] Final Proposed Agenda GNSO Council Meeting - 16 April 2020 at 12:00 UTC<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: #111111">Dear all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;color: #111111">Please find below the final proposed agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting on
</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Arial",sans-serif">16 April<span style="color:#111111"> 2020 at
</span>12<span style="color:#111111">:00 UTC.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:24.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-size: 23.0pt;color: black">Draft GNSO Council Agenda 16 April 2020</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Please note that all documents referenced in the agenda have been gathered on a Wiki page for convenience and easier access:
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/myWJBw"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://community.icann.org/x/myWJBw</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">This agenda was established according to the
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">GNSO Operating Procedures</span></a><span style="color:black"> v3.3, updated on 30 January 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">For convenience:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">GNSO Council meeting held at 12:00 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Coordinated Universal Time: 12:00 UTC:
</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">https://tinyurl.com/vau3jkd</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 17:00 Islamabad; 21:00 Tokyo; 22:00 Melbourne </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:#333333">GNSO Council Meeting Webinar Room</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://icann.zoom.us/j/895774606"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://icann.zoom.us/j/895774606</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if they will not be able to attend and/or need a dial out call.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">___________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 1: Administrative Matters (10 mins)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.1 - Roll Call</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.2 - Updates to Statements of Interest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.3 - Review / Amend Agenda</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">1.4 - Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meetings per the GNSO Operating Procedures: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2019/minutes/minutes-gnso-council-20feb20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">
of the GNSO Council meeting on the 20 February 2020 will be posted on 6 March 2020</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2019/minutes/minutes-council-11mar20-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white">Minutes</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> of
the GNSO Council meeting on the 11 March 2020 were posted on 27 March 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">2.1 - Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics, to include review of
</span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/project"><span style="color:#1155CC">Projects List
</span></a><span style="color:black">and </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RgZlAg"><span style="color:#1155CC">Action Item List</span><span style="color:black">. </span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 3: Consent Agenda (0 minutes) </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">None<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 4: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (10 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Everyone is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, including members of the Council, members of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, and staff. The impact is substantial
for some, who in addition to their regular job are now also playing additional roles as day care provider and educator. For some, their work may be directly related to the effort to combat coronavirus. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will have a brief discussion about how the coronavirus pandemic may impact the capacity of the GNSO Council and the SG/Cs as well as ICANN Org’s operations
and staff, and that it should be accounted for in discussing all of the subsequent agenda items during this meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">4.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 5: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Work Prioritization - 2020 Work Plan / Impact >From Coronavirus (25 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">After the GNSO Council’s Strategic Planning Session in January 2020, the Council acknowledged that there are limited resources available for policy development activities
and related work. This resource limitation means that the GNSO Council must efficiently complete its current work, but also prioritize the new work waiting in its pipeline. At the Strategic Planning Session, Councilors participated in an informal and non-binding
ranking survey, which was used as a “sense of the room.” This informational survey result was shared with Councilors to then share with their respective Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, to gain a better sense of the various groups’ top priorities. The
Council touched on this topic briefly during the February Council meeting and again during its March meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Council leadership and staff developed a draft work plan for the Council’s consideration. Previously, the focus was on prioritization of the GNSO’s work, which implies that
the work should be ranked in order of priority. However, Council leadership determined that it might be more practical to think of this exercise more simply as establishing a work plan, which does still consider the urgency of the work, but also looks at each
element of work in a more granular fashion and identifies potential dependencies. What this allows the Council to do is to potentially carve out pieces of work from a project that might be initiated in the near-term, some of which may then serve as the preparatory/informational
basis for Council next steps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">While this topic is focused on a relatively long-term work plan for the GNSO, the landscape has changed significantly since the Strategic Planning Session in late January
of 2020. It is possible that capacity within the community, as well as Policy staff, is or may be diminished by the impact from the coronavirus pandemic.<b> For instance, the Council had anticipated initiating the IGO Work Track just after ICANN68, but Council
leadership believes discussion is warranted on whether the timing still remains appropriate.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss this change in approach (and draft document) to establishing the Council’s draft work plan for 2020, and potentially beyond, but will also
consider whether the coronavirus pandemic might impact that plan.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">5.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">On April 22, 2019, ICANN Org delivered the most recent version of the
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/irtp-status-30nov18-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Transfer Policy Status Report (TPSR)</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">to the GNSO Council. ICANN Org delivered the TPSR pursuant to Recommendation 17 of the</span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_46639/irtp-d-final-25sep14-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP Working Group’s Final Report</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">,
</span><span style="color:black">which provides, “[t]he Working Group recommends that contracted parties and ICANN should start to gather data and other relevant information that will help inform a future IRTP review team in its efforts.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council established the Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team to review the TPSR and consider the best approach/mechanism to conduct the review, composition of the
potential review team, and the scope of the review and future policy work related to the Transfer Policy. The team believes that the GDPR and similar national privacy legislations have rendered the Transfer Policy ineffective and unworkable as written and
recommends that a PDP, or series of PDPs, be established to conduct policy work on the Transfer Policy. Further, as a first step, the team recommends that the GNSO Council instruct ICANN Policy staff to draft an Issues Report in line with the
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/transfer-policy-review-scoping-team-06apr20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Scoping Document</span></a></span><span style="color:#172B4D">
</span><span style="color:black">delivered to the GNSO Council on 7 April 2020..</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss the report from the Transfer Policy Scoping Team and consider possible next steps, including the request of an Issue Report on the Transfer
Policy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.1 - Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">6.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Item 7: Registration Directory Service (RDS) - Program Management (35 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council has a number of Registration Directory Service (RDS) related topics to consider.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">EPDP Phase 1, Recommendation 27 Wave 1 report - The Council was provided with the
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: #172B4D"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-February/023534.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">updated version of the Wave 1 report</span></a> on 19 February 2020. On 24 March 2020, a
<a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023615.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">suggested approach</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">for addressing the Council’s work related to recommendation 27 was shared with the Council. The Council has not yet discussed how it wants to prioritize and allocate this work, which will have an impact on the
Council’s work plan.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">Whois Procedure Implementation Advisory Group (WPIAG) - At the Council’s 13 March 2019 meeting, it agreed to defer further discussion of the WPIAG for 12 months, reserving the right to revisit at any time. With 12
months having lapsed, what action, if any, should be taken?</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">Registration Directory Service Review Team (RDS-RT) - On 18 March 2020, the Council was
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: #172B4D"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2020-March/023606.html"><span style="color:#1155CC">informed</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">that the ICANN Board passed two recommendations to the Council, in whole or in part, for its consideration as documented in the</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: #172B4D">
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-board-action-rds-whois2-final-recs-25feb20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">scorecard</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">associated with the
</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: #172B4D"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-02-25-en"><span style="color:#1155CC">Board resolution</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;color: black">. The Council has
not yet discussed how it will consider the two relevant recommendations (i.e., CC1 and CC.4).</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Here, the Council will discuss the bullet points above and discuss next steps, as applicable.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.1 – Introduction of topic (Council leadership)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.2 – Council discussion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">7.3 – Next steps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="color:black">Item 8: ANY OTHER BUSINESS (15 minutes)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">8.1 - GNSO Chair election <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/proposed-council-chair-27mar20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">timeline</span></a> announced<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">8.2 - EPDP Phase 2 Initial Report and latest <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/6BdIBg">
<span style="color:#1155CC">EPDP Project Package</span></a> - Any questions?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">8.3 - RDS data accuracy - possible next steps?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">8.4 - Expectations for ICANN68 (if virtual)?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt">8.5 - <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/botterman-to-drazek-2-11mar20-en.pdf">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Letter</span></a> from the ICANN Board regarding a potential impasse concerning the implementation of EPDP Phase 1 Recommendation 7, related to Thick WHOIS Transition Policy..<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article 11, Section 11.3(i))</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">See </span>
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article11</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Appendix 2: GNSO Council Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 4.4)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">See </span>
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/op-procedures-30jan18-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">References for Coordinated Universal Time of 12:00 UTC </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Local time between October and March Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">California, USA (PDT) UTC-7 05:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">San José, Costa Rica (CST) UTC-6 06:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-4 08:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3 09:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BRST) UTC-3 09:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">London, United Kingdom (GMT) UTC+1 13:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (WAT) UTC+1 13:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Paris, France (CEST) UTC+2 14:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Islamabad, Pakistan (PKT) (+1 day) UTC+5 17:00 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Singapore (SGT) UTC+8 20:00 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9 21:00 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">Melbourne, Australia (AEST) UTC+10 22:00 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">DST starts/ends on Sunday 25 of October 2020, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) for EU countries and on Sunday 01 of November 2020 for the US.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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