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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">A couple of notes on Annex 5</span></u></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">We note that there are several references to the Picket Fence side-by-side comparison being &#8220;attached for reference&#8221; but we have not seen the attachment.&nbsp; &nbsp; If this comparison is to be
 attached to the Final Proposal, please send it for our review and ignore our suggested deletions of these references.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">We also note that Section 4 (pp. 12-16) does not indicate changes between the Third Draft Proposal and the Final Proposal; the focus seems to be on changes between the Second Draft Proposal
 and the Third Draft Proposal.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Also, the chart in this section indicates changes between the 3<sup>rd</sup> Draft Proposal and the Existing Bylaws; should the references to the 3<sup>rd</sup> Draft Proposal be replaced
 with the &#8220;Final Proposal&#8221;?&nbsp; In any case, consider moving this chart and the lead-in language above the heading &#8220;Changes from the Third Draft Proposal&#8230;&#8221; as these are cumulative edits, not just those made since the Third Draft Proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Consider replacing the chart beginning on page 15 with a chart indicating any changes from the 3<sup>rd</sup> Draft Proposal to the Final Proposal.&nbsp; (It is unclear what the &#8220;3<sup>rd</sup>
 Draft Supplement&#8221; is referring to.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">&nbsp;It is unclear why the current bylaws column has text in red (indicating language changes).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Paragraphs 16, 44, 49 (the 2nd Commitment):&nbsp; Adler emailed Becky Burr yesterday to confirm that the correct phrasing is &#8220;the neutral and judgment free administration of the technical
 DNS&#8221; instead of &#8220;its neutral and judgment free administration of the DNS,&#8221; as Alan Greenberg proposed on Call #83. We have not yet seen a response.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Paragraph 49: &nbsp;Staff should add paragraph numbers within the table.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Annex 6:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:black">Paragraph numbering should start at the beginning of Section 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">HOLLY</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">&nbsp;<b>J.
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