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    Dear BC Members,<br>
    <br>
    Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding Public Comment
    Periods Approaching closing date.<br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10may12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10may12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Period of 10-20 May 2012: Public Comment Periods
          Approaching Closing Date<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
      <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
            lang="EN-US">10 May 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">The Following Public Comment periods are
          approaching their <strong><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Comment
              or Reply Period Close</span></strong> dates, <strong><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">May 10-20
              2012</span></strong>. As a member of the ICANN community,
          your timely feedback is critical to our accountability and
          transparency efforts. For your convenience, we have included
          direct links below to comments that will soon close.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">During the Reply period for Public Comments,
          participants should only address previous comments submitted
          and new posts concerning the topic should not be introduced.
          When constructing Replies, contributors are asked to cite the
          original poster's name, comment date, and any particular text
          that is pertinent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">Please note that comments submitted after the
          posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in
          any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making
          that takes place once that period ends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
      <p><span
          style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
          lang="EN-US">For more information please refer to the ICANN
          Public Comments page at: </span><span
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            moz-do-not-send="true"
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                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ssrt-draft-report-15mar12-en.htm"><span
                      lang="EN-US">Security, Stability &amp; Resiliency
                      of the DNS Review Team (SSR RT) - Draft Report</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
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                    Renewal Notices Report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  April 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  May 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    Registry Agreement Renewal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">26
                  April 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">17
                  May 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a
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                    Agreement Amendment</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">9
                  May 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">30
                  May 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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