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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">ICA is fine with the final draft.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">While we do not have a formal position pro or con on the EOI, my personal view is that it is a distraction from the main game -- that every hour spent debating whether there should be an EOI, what its purpose is,
and what its terms should be is an hour that is not being devoted to resolving the key issues that would permit the new gTLD application window to open.</font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard [philip.sheppard@aim.be]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 05, 2010 3:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] BC position EOI<br>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="796002408-05032010">Thank you for the last round of comments.</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="796002408-05032010">Our 14 day process is almost complete and I wanted to send a copy of our paper so that BC colleagues in Nairobi will have a position to speak to.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="796002408-05032010">I attach a version three factoring in the last round of comments / support. This includes all substantive contributions of content though not all of the style suggestions. Us rapporteurs should
be free to retain that element!</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="796002408-05032010">For good order I also attach a clean version 3 and have entitled it "final" to facilitate any external communication in Nairobi.</span></font></div>
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