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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>ICANN is gathering responses to the proposed renewal of .NET registry contract.</div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue" style="word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper (with edits by Mikey O'Connor and Steve DelBianco) </div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div>On our 21-April BC member call, we discussed our approach for this comment, and there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service in .NET</div></div></span></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></span><div>Elise and Mikey added two additional requests based on new gTLD registry contract requirements:</div><div> - Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.</div><div> - Add URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue" style="word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="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 p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">eriod closes 10-May. Our member call on 21-Apr was 21 days before deadline, and today's draft is circulated 8 days before deadline.</span></div></span></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">We can submit this response later if members feel they need the entire 14-day review and discussion period. </span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue" style="word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><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 10-May, 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/#net-renewal">http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#net-renewal</a></div></span></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></span><div>Thanks again to Elisa Cooper and Mikey O'Connor for drafting this comment.</div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue" style="word-wrap: break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Steve DelBianco</div><div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div></div></span></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>