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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With 11 out of 15 ALAC Members having voted in the recent vote on the ALS application from Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet du Benin In we can confirm that both result is quorate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Report date:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Tuesday
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<span style="background:white">Poll ID: 130285</span><br>
<span style="background:white">As at Poll close: Monday 17 October 2016 23:59 UTC</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Number of voters: 11 · Group size: 15 · Percentage voted: 73.33</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Ranked by votes</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You may verify the results independently under:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=6249D7NwjKygcgtfN3P7pD87">https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=6249D7NwjKygcgtfN3P7pD87</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You can find all the results of closed ALAC votes under</span><span style="color:blue">:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097">https://www.bigpulse.com/m7097</a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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