Hi all

Attached are a set of notes from Paul’s interview, which Kurt has very kindly tidied-up and enhanced. If anyone had made any edits to the Google doc version please let me know so I can incorporate. Otherwise, I think this is a pretty stable record of Paul’s interview.

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From: John Emery via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org>
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Subject: [Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam] SubPro Interview Notes Paul McGrady

Dear Board Readiness Small Team,

I have attached here the notes taken by Susan from the Paul McGrady interview for others to add to/edit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2N7WEsSwpbXANS0BeWqhIZ_hx-ez1ObQON6yHaCTR4/edit?usp=sharing

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