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<div>DEAR BC MEMBERS</div><div>The BC members had significant concerns about digital archery. As you will recall,</div><div>the Board has listened to the community and the proposed approach is below. </div><div><br></div><div>We had originally called for prioritization of IDNs and community facing applications; however,</div><div>that view is not relevant with the new approach. </div><div><br></div><div>Please share any views you have on this approach via our bc list. </div><div>If necessary, we will arrange a conference call, but I would anticipate that we can determine</div><div>continued BC support from our list interactions. </div><div><br></div><div>Marilyn Cade, BC Chair</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>ICANN Seeks Input on gTLD Batching | ICANN<br><br><div></div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29jul12-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29jul12-en.htm</a></div><div><br><h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:8px"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:17px">Opportunity for Community Input: Processing of New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">gTLD</abbr> Applications</span></h3><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px">At the Prague <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> meeting, the new<abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">gTLD</abbr> Program Committee decided to terminate Digital Archery, and instructed<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> staff to proceed with the initial evaluation of applications as quickly as possible. This evaluation is in progress based on a tentative project plan that foresees the processing of applications in a single batch, and simultaneous release of results. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:initial">ICANN</abbr> believes this approach is consistent with the constraints that various parts of the community have in performing their respective roles in the evaluation process, and with the feedback received from the community at the Prague meeting.</p><p style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:0px"><br></p></div></div> </div></body>
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