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De : Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth@icann.org> Date : 10 mars 2011 14:38:14 HNEC À : "stephane.vangelder@indom.com" <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> Cc : David Olive <david.olive@icann.org> Objet : Alert To Change In Board Program For Constituency Day in San Francisco

Dear Stephane:

David Olive is traveling today and he asked me to get this message to you as soon as possible. Please see below. Looking forward to seeing you in San Francisco!

Best,

Rob Hoggarth

Dear Stephane;

I am writing to let you know of recent changes to the schedule for ICANN’s upcoming Silicon Valley-San Francisco meeting, in particular a change to the planned program for Constituency Day on Tuesday, March 15.

As a further follow up to sessions in Brussels, the Board and the GovernmentalAdvisory Committee have decided to schedule additional time during the SV-SF meeting to continue discussions on the new gTLD program. This session, open to observers, will take place from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on March 15 in the Grand Ballroom. This is in addition to the already scheduled Board-GAC consultation set for Thursday, March 17.

As a result, ICANN Board members will not be able to participate in meetings that day with stakeholder/constituency groups. The constituency meetings can still be held. I am just noting that Board members will be not available. Staff members that committed to attending your meeting will try to follow through on that commitment and you should communicate with staff members separately onthat issue.

We ask your understanding for this extraordinary change to the public meeting schedule. A public announcementdescribing these changes will be posted shortly on the ICANN website but I wished to let you know in advance of that.

Regards,

David Olive