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Date confirmation: GNSO Council dinner and development session ICANN60
by Nathalie Peregrine Sept. 8, 2017

Sept. 8, 2017

Dear all, The GNSO Council dinner during ICANN60 will take place on Sunday, 29 October 2017 (time and venue to be confirmed). The GNSO Council development session will take place on Wednesday 1 November 2017 after the end of the meetings, dinner will of course be included. Further details will be communicated once available, but please add these dates to your schedules. Please also let us know if you are unavailable to attend either of these events. Kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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Agenda Item for discussion during 20 September 2017 Council call
by Austin, Donna Sept. 8, 2017

Sept. 8, 2017

Dear Councilors Over the past six months or so a number of community gTLD registry operators have been developing a Draft Community gTLD Change Request Process. This has been done under the guidance of GDD staff and in consultation with the RySG. Attached is a copy of the draft process for information. Craig Schwartz from fTLD Registry, and who has been leading this effort, has requested an opportunity to brief the Council on the process and this will be done during the 20 September 2017, Council call. Background In September 2016, fTLD submitted a request to ICANN to amend Specification 12 of our Registry Agreements for .BANK and .INSURANCE to add another class of regulated entities to our respective Registrant Eligibility Policies. fTLD submitted the request after following our Policy Development Process Policy available at https://www.ftld.com/policies/ and with approval from our Advisory Council and Board of Directors, which are both comprised solely of banks, insurance companies and financial services trade associations. ICANN denied the request in September 2016, stating in part that they are "not currently in a position to approve requests to amend community restrictions in Specification 12 of the New gTLD Registry Agreement." In follow-up discussions with ICANN GDD and Legal staff, fTLD was told that ICANN could not consider the requested changes because there was no community-developed/supported process to enable them to do so. There was a procedure discussed in the New gTLD Program Explanatory Memorandum Discussion Draft: Community gTLD change request handling, but because it had not been approved nor was it included in the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN could not use this as the basis for considering our request. As a result, ICANN asked fTLD if we would help lead the way in creating a Community gTLD Change Request process. fTLD agreed to undertake this effort and formed a working group comprised of fTLD and several community-based Registry Operators and New gTLD Applicants to develop a draft Community gTLD Change Request process. The working group also sought input from the RySG on various iterations of the proposal and the current draft incorporates the feedback provided as a result of this exercise. The working group has also been working closely with ICANN's GDD team. Thanks Donna

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Fwd: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] Introducing the New Accountability Indicators - ICANN Blog by Susanna Bennett
by James M. Bladel Sept. 8, 2017

Sept. 8, 2017

Councilors - Please see below for an announcement from David Olive. I apologize for the delay, as this was stuck in my holiday inbox. But hopefully you and your SG/C members may have already seen this news. Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Olive <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Aug 29, 2017, 07:15 -0500 Subject: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] Introducing the New Accountability Indicators - ICANN Blog by Susanna Bennett https://www.icann.org/news/blog/introducing-the-new-accountability-indicato… Have you ever wondered how many events ICANN participates in by region and how many people we engage with? Or what is the state of ICANN's financials? Or how much is being spent on travel and meetings? Now you can find all of these answers and more on the beta version of our new Accountability Indicators page<https://www.icann.org/accountability-indicators>. It's a place where you can keep track of progress made against ICANN's strategic and operating plans. This is an evolution from our previous Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Dashboard. Based on feedback from the ICANN community, organization, and Board over the last couple of years, we have transformed the KPI Dashboard to better demonstrate the organization's accountability and transparency to the community. We recognize that ICANN is a unique organization, so market trends and industry benchmarks do not always apply. Other measures better demonstrate our progress, including perception measures such as satisfaction surveys and non-performance measures such as Board composition. We will update these indicators monthly. Initially, the page is in English, as we want to get your feedback right away. In the coming months, we will make the page available in the six U.N. languages. What's New? We've made several improvements to the data itself and are introducing a new interactive platform that makes the data easier to work with and understand. You can drill down to see data in more detail. For example, if you click a column in a chart, you'll see a cross-section of data, so you can hone in on what matters most to you. You can also download the underlying data. Your Feedback Is Important This page serves provides a central place where you can clearly see progress made against the goals and objectives you set in ICANN's strategic and operating plans. We will continue to improve it, and your feedback is important. Please email questions or comments to accountabililty-indicators-feedback(a)icann.org<mailto:accountabililty-indicators-feedback@icann.org>. Author: Susanna Bennett, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ICANN David A. Olive Senior Vice President Policy Development Support Managing Director ICANN Regional Office –Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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FW: Notes and action items from meeting between Göran and GNSO Council Leadership Team
by James M. Bladel Sept. 7, 2017

Sept. 7, 2017

Councilors – Last week, the Council Chairs (Donna, Heather and I) met with Göran for our regular discussion with the CEO. Notes & action items are captured below. Please be aware that these are relatively informal discussions, and the notes below are being circulated “as-is”, and may be missing some detail. Thank you, J. From: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 22:29 Subject: Notes and action items from meeting between Göran and GNSO Council Leadership Team All, As requested, please find below some high-level notes from today’s discussions as well as action items. I hope this provides an accurate reflection of your conversation today. Best regards, Marika High level notes and action items from meeting between Göran and GNSO Council Leadership Team (James Bladel, Heather Forrest, Donna Austin) on Wednesday 30 August 2017 * Hubba Bubba – before Abu Dhabi web-site and manual will be published. Now for the community to take this project and decide what to do next. * Long term financial planning process – Executive team have started talking more about the mechanics. James observes contraction in the industry – needs to be factored into revenue projections. How to have discussion with community on how to prioritize. For example, currently 14 million $ is spent on meetings. Growth in domain name registrations is contracting, smaller registries / registrars are suffering from high fees. May result in some looking at some of the other sources available like auction proceeds or requesting increase in fees to keep up current spending. Executive team to discuss with the Board mechanics of budget and prioritization and then take it to the community. * SO/AC Chairs Workshop at ICANN60 - How to prioritize the work that is front of us? What is important for GNSO may not be important for ALAC. Proposal to re-establish meeting between SO/AC Chairs and Göran – sharing information, not a decision-making mechanism. Invitation and ‘charter’ for that meeting will go out shortly for meeting to take place on Friday prior to ICANN60. Board members also expected to participate in this meeting. * Meetings going forward – update on current discussions provided. David and his team are working on a paper that reflects what can be done about the existing meeting structure, but only focused on low hanging fruits e.g. moving days between meetings. Staff will not open up the recommendations of the meetings strategy, unless SO/ACs ask for it, for example idea of having two policy meetings and one AGM. GNSO Leadership to consider adding it to the agenda for upcoming Council meeting to discuss input as well as possible next steps. Action item #1: David to share paper on improvements to ICANN meetings with GNSO leadership team when available. Action item #2: GNSO leadership team to consider adding the topic of meetings and possible modifications to the agenda for one of the upcoming Council meetings to discuss input as well as possible next steps. * GDPR – update by Göran on Task Force activities. Assembling different use cases, with idea of publishing those early September. Are in the process of engaging legal counsel in Europe. Have appointed internal data protection officer, focused on controlling of in house data. Meetings taking place in Brussels. ICANN invited to Art. 29 WP who are writing a reference paper which will be used for interpretation of the law – October/November timeframe to publish this. Three different layers of possible outcomes of the DPA discussion: nothing happens as recognized important for stability and security, something that will have an effect on the policy as they are today, decide what kind of info could be in the system. Good thing is that a discussion is starting on this, but don’t know the outcome yet. ICANN Org neutral in this regard – just supporting the discussion, protect status quo until someone directs that it should be done differently. James requests to step away from being neutral – a decision needs to be taken shortly, whatever scenario prevails, in order to have any hope to meet a compliance deadline. Consider including industry reps for any meetings that ICANN is involved. Also consider engaging industry associations so they can also have these conversations separately – the more people that raise these issues the more likely is that we’ll be heard. Importance of having transparency and openness in communication. Any suggestions are welcome. Action item #3: ICANN Org to consider involving industry representatives in meetings that are held with legislators / DPAs to discuss GDPR. * Role of the GAC and involvement in PDP discussions – possible collision coming up in relation to IGO/INGO Curative Rights. PDP is about to finalize its recommendations that are expected to be in contradiction with GAC Advice. Leadership team hereby providing a heads-up. Important for ICANN Org to encourage dialogue and championing the process, not a particular outcome. Need to improve information flow across SO/ACs. How can ICANN Org help inform others of discussions that are ongoing and appreciate context? Will not solve all the problems, but may facilitate mutual understanding. Make sure to support the process instead and avoid short-cuts. The Board seems to understand well the position of the GAC/governments, is there a need for additional information to Board members on the GNSO position and how these have been arrived to. PDP WG will organize a 90-minute session at ICANN60 to brief the community on its Final Recommendations as well as rationale for those recommendations - would be really helpful to have Board members to attend this session to understand the context and the rationale for the recommendations. Also need Board to support the integrity of the process. Also consider briefing newer Board members on the status of ongoing PDPs so that they are informed about the deliberations as well as potential contentious issues. More and more legislation at national / local level that has a direct impact on ICANN. Action item #4: Marika to share timing of presentation of Final Report on Curative Rights for IGO/INGOs at ICANN60 so that Board members can be invited to this session. (Note this session is currently scheduled for Wednesday 1st November 2017 from 17:00 – 18:30 local time). Action item #5: Göran to work with Board Support to see how to work this session into the Board Schedule. * Board meetings & schedule – there is little information currently available with regards to the Board meeting schedule as well as agenda’s for Board workshops. Would it be possible to ensure that this information gets posted in a timely manner? Project underway to improve this. Action item #6: ICANN Org to check where this information can be found and/or encourage the Board the publish this information in a timely manner Marika Konings Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings(a)icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-…>.

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Re: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council
by James M. Bladel Sept. 7, 2017

Sept. 7, 2017

Arsène = "Arlene". Apologies on behalf of my North American auto-correcting keyboard. Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair On Sep 6, 2017, 05:13 -0500, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com>, wrote: Hi James, Thank you very much for your email. It is good to be here and looking forward to working with you in the next two years. I look forward to getting to know you all more. Best regards, Arsene 2017-09-05 19:28 UTC+02:00, James M. Bladel <jbladel(a)godaddy.com>: Apologies, but one small point of clarification to my previous announcement – Martin’s election was for the remainder of Ed’s term (1 year). The other incoming NCSG Councilors will serve 2 year terms. Thank you, J. From: <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel(a)godaddy.com Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:25 To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: Tatiana Tropina <t.tropina(a)mpicc.de>, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg(a)tapani.tarvainen.info>, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com>, Ayden Férdeline <icann(a)ferdeline.com Subject: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council Colleagues – Tapani Tarvainen has shared the results of the most recent round of elections for NCSG Councilor. Effective in our Wednesday meeting in Abu Dhabi, Arsene Tungali and Ayden Ferdeline will be joining the Council, with Stefania and Marilia stepping down. Additionally, Tatiana Tropina and Martin Silva Valent, currently serving in an interim capacity to fill Amr and Ed’s terms (respectively), have been elected to the Council for a full term beginning at ICANN60. Please join me in welcoming our new & returning colleagues from the NCSG. Also, I’d like to personally thank Stefania and Marilia for their tireless work on the Council these past few years (and for the upcoming 3 months). More Hellos and Farewells lay in store for us in Abu Dhabi, so stay tuned! Thank you, J. ------------------ James Bladel GNSO Chair -- ------------------------ **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>* Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*, CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>* Tel: +243 993810967<tel:+243%20993810967> GPG: 523644A0 *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.ht… (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programm… & Mexico <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programm…>) - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>)* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom. Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>)

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Re: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council
by James M. Bladel Sept. 7, 2017

Sept. 7, 2017

Thanks, Arlene, and welcome. Now, about those "next two years"... :) Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair On Sep 6, 2017, 05:13 -0500, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com>, wrote: Hi James, Thank you very much for your email. It is good to be here and looking forward to working with you in the next two years. I look forward to getting to know you all more. Best regards, Arsene 2017-09-05 19:28 UTC+02:00, James M. Bladel <jbladel(a)godaddy.com>: Apologies, but one small point of clarification to my previous announcement – Martin’s election was for the remainder of Ed’s term (1 year). The other incoming NCSG Councilors will serve 2 year terms. Thank you, J. From: <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel(a)godaddy.com Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:25 To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: Tatiana Tropina <t.tropina(a)mpicc.de>, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg(a)tapani.tarvainen.info>, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com>, Ayden Férdeline <icann(a)ferdeline.com Subject: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council Colleagues – Tapani Tarvainen has shared the results of the most recent round of elections for NCSG Councilor. Effective in our Wednesday meeting in Abu Dhabi, Arsene Tungali and Ayden Ferdeline will be joining the Council, with Stefania and Marilia stepping down. Additionally, Tatiana Tropina and Martin Silva Valent, currently serving in an interim capacity to fill Amr and Ed’s terms (respectively), have been elected to the Council for a full term beginning at ICANN60. Please join me in welcoming our new & returning colleagues from the NCSG. Also, I’d like to personally thank Stefania and Marilia for their tireless work on the Council these past few years (and for the upcoming 3 months). More Hellos and Farewells lay in store for us in Abu Dhabi, so stay tuned! Thank you, J. ------------------ James Bladel GNSO Chair -- ------------------------ **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>* Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*, CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>* Tel: +243 993810967<tel:+243%20993810967> GPG: 523644A0 *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.ht… (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programm… & Mexico <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programm…>) - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>)* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom. Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>)

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Fwd: Nominating Committee selections for ICANN Board Seats 7 and 8
by James M. Bladel Sept. 7, 2017

Sept. 7, 2017

Councilors - Please see below for notification(s) from the Empowered Community Administration. The ECA confirms the two new Directors recently named by NomCom to the ICANN Board. Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Deerhake <sdeerhake(a)nic.as> Date: Sep 5, 2017, 21:28 -0500 To: John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey(a)icann.org> Cc: ecadmin(a)icann.org <ecadmin(a)icann.org>, chair(a)nro.net <chair(a)nro.net>, alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca>, katrina(a)nic.lv <katrina(a)nic.lv>, James M. Bladel <jbladel(a)godaddy.com>, thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch <thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch>, Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner(a)icann.org>, Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Subject: Nominating Committee selections for ICANN Board Seats 7 and 8 Greetings, On behalf of the Empowered Community Administration, per Section 6.2(a)(i) of the ICANN Bylaws granting the Empowered Community Administration the powers and rights to (among other things) appoint and remove individual Directors, please accept the following 2 (two) letters from the Empowered Community Administration confirming the decisions of the ICANN Nominating Committee with respect to ICANN Board seats 7 and 8. Best Regards, Stephen Deerhake ccNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration ccNSO Council Member AS Domain Registry (.as) GDNS, LLC sdeerhake(a)nic.as<mailto:sdeerhake@nic.as> sdeerhake(a)gdns.net<mailto:sdeerhake@gdns.net>

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New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG newsletter - September 2017
by Emily Barabas Sept. 6, 2017

Sept. 6, 2017

Dear all, On behalf of the leadership team of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group, I am writing to share the latest edition of the Working Group newsletter: https://gnso.icann.org/en/news/working-group-newsletters/newsletter-new-gtl…. Please feel free to share this newsletter with individuals and groups who may be interested in the Working Group’s activities. An archive of previous editions of the newsletter is available on the WG wiki<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58001970> and on the GNSO website<https://gnso.icann.org/en/news/working-group-newsletters>. Kind regards, Emily Emily Barabas | Senior Policy Specialist ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Email: emily.barabas(a)icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976

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Nominating Committee selections for ICANN Board Seats 7 and 8
by Nathalie Peregrine Sept. 6, 2017

Sept. 6, 2017

Dear councilors, Please find attached the following 2 (two) letters from the Empowered Community Administration confirming the decisions of the ICANN Nominating Committee with respect to ICANN Board seats 7 and 8. ICANN Bylaws require that all Decisional Participants be notified when new Directors are designated by the Empowered Community Administration – in this case, the most recent Board selections from the NomCom. The letters will be posted shortly to the GNSO Correspondence page<https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/correspondence>. Kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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Re: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council
by James M. Bladel Sept. 5, 2017

Sept. 5, 2017

Apologies, but one small point of clarification to my previous announcement – Martin’s election was for the remainder of Ed’s term (1 year). The other incoming NCSG Councilors will serve 2 year terms. Thank you, J. From: <council-bounces(a)gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel(a)godaddy.com> Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:25 To: GNSO Council List <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc: Tatiana Tropina <t.tropina(a)mpicc.de>, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg(a)tapani.tarvainen.info>, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com>, Ayden Férdeline <icann(a)ferdeline.com> Subject: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council Colleagues – Tapani Tarvainen has shared the results of the most recent round of elections for NCSG Councilor. Effective in our Wednesday meeting in Abu Dhabi, Arsene Tungali and Ayden Ferdeline will be joining the Council, with Stefania and Marilia stepping down. Additionally, Tatiana Tropina and Martin Silva Valent, currently serving in an interim capacity to fill Amr and Ed’s terms (respectively), have been elected to the Council for a full term beginning at ICANN60. Please join me in welcoming our new & returning colleagues from the NCSG. Also, I’d like to personally thank Stefania and Marilia for their tireless work on the Council these past few years (and for the upcoming 3 months). More Hellos and Farewells lay in store for us in Abu Dhabi, so stay tuned! Thank you, J. ------------------ James Bladel GNSO Chair

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