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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><div><div><div>Per discussion on our 21-Apr member call, here is a draft framework for BC comments on the 15-Apr-2011 Guidebook.</div><div><br></div><div>This comment period and docs are described at <a href="http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm">http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm</a> </div><div>These comments are due 15-May, giving us 18 days for edits, review, and approval.</div><div><br></div><div>For this initial draft, I updated our Dec-2010 Guidebook comments in several ways:</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>- Acknowledged areas where ICANN made changes consistent with BC recommendations.</div><div>- Moved all our RPM concerns to Module 5</div><div>- Asked several questions for BC members (in red) </div><div>- Added a proposed definition for "Single-Registrant TLD". We may hold a separate call on this.</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>All BC members are invited to suggest edits. Please use track changes and circulate to BC list. </div><div>I will assemble another draft version with all changes received as of May 1. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Below are the primary contributors from our Dec-2011 comments, organized by module. </div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>Module 1: Introduction to New gTLD Application Process and Fees. (Berry Cobb, Ron Andruff )</div><div><br></div><div>Module 2: Evaluation Procedures. (Philip Sheppard, Jon Nevett, Adam Palmer, Zahid Jamil, Sarah Deutsch )</div><div><br></div><div>Module 3: Dispute Resolution. ( John Berard, Ron Andruff )</div><div><br></div><div>Module 4: String Contention. ( Ron Andruff )</div><div><br></div><div>Module 5: Transition to Delegation; Registry Agreement, Code of Conduct, RPMs</div><div>( Philip Sheppard, Fred Fellman, Berry Cobb, Jon Nevett, Sarah Deutsch )</div></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Other notes:</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>In our SFO comments, the BC said the new gTLD communications plan should help the world's businesses and users understand changes coming in the DNS. But I didn't see anything in the latest Guidebook about the Communications Plan. So that comment was not reflected in the attached draft. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Steve DelBianco</div><div>vice chair for policy coordination</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><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-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><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; "></blockquote></div></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>