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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks for this posting, Phil, but can you
add some context to it? Is this one of a number of regular review
sessions or is it something that is unique and we need to watch closely…
or something else completely?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks in advance for any further light
you, or other members, can shed on this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>RA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Phil Corwin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:31
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [bc-gnso] House Judiciary
Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on gTLD Program</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FYI--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html">http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_05022011.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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auto'><b><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Hearing on: </span></font></b><font size=1
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>"ICANN
Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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auto'><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>Wednesday 5/4/2011 - 10:00 a.m.<br>
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2141 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rayburn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">House</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Office</st1:PlaceName>
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Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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By Direction of the Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>--As
of yet, no witnesses listed --<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Philip
S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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