<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Maureen and all, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">On behalf of the ICANN68 host committee, I respect and understand this decision, although (and, honestly) it's a difficult one for us to accept.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We understand the decision was ultimately made that prioritises the health and safety of our ICANN community, the international guests travelling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and, most importantly, mitigates the risk of spreading the Covid-19. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our sympathies at this time are with those affected by Covid-19 all around the world.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We hope ICANN would consider Kuala Lumpur again as host of ICANN meeting in the future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Suhaidi Hassan</div><div class="">ISOC Malaysia Chapter</div><div class=""><br class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Apr 2020, at 2:29 AM, Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" class="">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-04-09-en" class="">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-04-09-en</a> <br class=""></div></div>
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