<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dear BC Members,</div><div><br></div><div>Please find below a link to the recently opened public comments which are approaching closing date:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03aug12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03aug12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Period of 02 - 12 August 2012: Public Comment Periods Recently Opened and Approaching Closing Date<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 August 2012</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Following Public Comment periods are <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Recently Opened</span></strong> or are approaching their <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comment or Reply Period Close</span></strong> dates <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">between 02 - 12 August 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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information please refer to the ICANN Public Comments page at: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Title</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Comment Period Close Date [UTC Time]</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Reply Period Close Date [UTC Time]</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ssr-fy13-01jun12-en.htm"><span lang="EN-US">ICANN's FY 13 Security, Stability and Resiliency Framework</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2 July 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 August 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/name-renewal-2012-03jul12-en.htm">.name Registry Agreement Renewal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2 August 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">23 August 2012 [23:59]<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote>Kind regards,<div><br></div><div>Benedetta Rossi</div><div>BC Secretariat</div></body></html>