Dear Councillors, Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on the 15 December 2016 for your review. If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure [gnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_council_op-2Dprocedures-2D24jun15-2Den.pdf&d=DgMFAg&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=nV8F5nMcNtTyJ-JpQ5j-MzfIBttjDMSkldrz2RoFuqk&s=mgX49bnJ8bk_5hI3k4ThtnpjLUnwnukeyql_36CA-1Y&e=> section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 2nd January 2017. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Nathalie -- Nathalie Peregrine Specialist, SOAC Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm#newcomers>