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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>ICANN is now gathering public comment on the final report from a working group on PEDNR (Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery)</div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div>Attached is a discussion draft for BC comments prepared by Berry Cobb, with help from Mikey O'Connor.</div></div></div></span><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div>(Those of you in San Francisco last week heard Berry and Mikey discuss PEDNR at the BC meeting)</div></div></div></span><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">ICANN's Comment period closes 7-April, so today (25-March) begins our 14-day review period for this discussion draft.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 31-March, these comments will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN on 7-April.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">For topic background, see <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#pednr-proposed-final-report">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#pednr-proposed-final-report</a> </span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again to Berry Cobb for his leadership on PEDNR. </div></div></div></span><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div>And please acknowledge these other BC members in the PEDNR Working Group:</div></div></div></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>Mikey O'Connor</div><div>Michael Palage</div><div>Phil Corwin</div><div><br></div></blockquote><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><br></div><div>Steve DelBianco</div><div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div><div><br></div><p></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>