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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Dear NCUC members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">I am writing to You as a NCUC Representative to the NCSG Executive Committee, to provide
summaries of the decisions and discussion that have taken place within our meetings.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-image: initial; background-">By the way of background, the NCSG Executive Committee is responsible for working with the NCSG Chair to make sure the NCSG functions according to its mission and
principles. The NCSG-EC is responsible for supervising and monitoring the NCSG Chair’s performance of executive functions, and the NCSG-EC may call for a new chair election. The NCSG‑EC is also responsible for establishing and overseeing membership criteria,
rules, as well as reviewing and approving applications to form new Constituencies in accordance with the Section 2.3 of the NCSG Charter and any applicable Constituency Recognition Process approved by the ICANN Board of Directors. The NCSG-EC’s formation, functions,
composition and duties within the NCSG are set out in Section 2.4 of the NCSG Charter.
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The NCSG EC had a face-to-face meeting today, on the 28<sup>th</sup> June in Johannesburg,
and I am writing to update You all on what has been discussed and decided. <o:p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">The following EC members participated in the meetings:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Joan Kerr, NPOC Rep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Monika Zalnieriute, NCUC Rep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Tapani Tarvainen, NCUC (NCSG Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">As EC operates on a basis of full consensus,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Segoe UI";color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">decisions made on the 28<sup>th</sup> June are pending Robing Gross (NCUC) and Poncelet Ileleji (NPOC) approval/possible objection, as they were not participating in the meeting and could not express their
opinion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">During this meeting, the EC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Discussed and approved a number of new membership applications;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Discussed the NCSG
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">election reform, before the upcoming NCSG elections in August 2017. Discussion about ways to modify/clarify our election procedures are taking place on the dedicated NCSG mailing list, those interested please join the mailings
list. <a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-May/000002.html" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk265794" previewremoved="true">
https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/election-reform/2017-May/000002.html</a>. It is important that the views of the NCUC are represented in this process.
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Discussed a Constituency Review, that NCSG Executive Committee is conducting as required</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">by NCSG Charter 2.3.3, to determine if any recommendation should be made</span><br>
<span style="background-image: initial; background-">to the Board regarding a change in status of any Constituency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="background-image: initial; background-">Thank you all,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-image: initial; background-">Monika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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