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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><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><div><div>ICANN is gathering responses to questions posed by the Whois review team. </div><div><br></div></div></div><div>Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper. (Steve DelBianco added a bit about Whois studies) </div><div><div><br></div><div>On our last member call, several others also volunteered to add to this response, so we're looking forward to your additions:</div><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div>Sara Deutsch</div><div>Berry Cobb</div><div>Lynn Goodendorf</div><div>Janet O'Callaghan</div><div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">ICANN's Comment period closes 17-Apr. Today (7-Apr) begins an 8-day review period for this discussion draft. We can submit this response later if members feel they need the entire 14-day review and discussion period. </span></div><div><br></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 17-Apr, this response will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN.</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 </span></font><a href="http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#whois-rt">http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#whois-rt</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again to Elisa Cooper for serving as BC Rapporteur on this. </div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote><div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Steve DelBianco</div><div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>