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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear BC Members, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please find below the Proposed Final 2013 RAA open comment period link.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'><a href="bc-secretariat@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>bc-secretariat@icann.org</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'><a href="www.bizconst.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.bizconst.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposed Final 2013 RAA<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=fieldset-legend><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment / Reply Periods (*)</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment Open Date:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>22 April 2013</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comment Close Date:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>13 May 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reply Open Date:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>14 May 2013</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reply Close Date:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date-display-single><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4 June 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=fieldset-legend><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Important Information Links</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>Public Comment Announcement</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:comments-proposed-raa-22apr13@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>To Submit Your Comments (Forum)</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-proposed-raa-22apr13/"><span lang=EN-US>View Comments Submitted</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=fieldset-legend><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brief Overview</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Originating Organization:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Categories/Tags:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contracted Party Agreements<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Purpose (Brief):&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN is seeking public comments on the Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). This is the culmination of 18 months of intensive negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Current Status:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team commenced negotiation on amendments to the RAA in October 2011. Since the 7 March 2013 version was posted, ICANN and the Registrars (through the Registrar Negotiating Team) continued to reach agreement on the proposed text of the 2013 RAA, which is now posted for community comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Next Steps:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After review of the comment received, the Proposed Final 2013 RAA will be reviewed to determine if further changes are warranted. Input on the areas that have changed since the 7 March 2013 posting will be of particular help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff Contact:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:samantha.eisner@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Proposed%20Final%202013%20RAA%20public%20comment%20period"><span lang=EN-US>Email Staff Contact</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=fieldset-legend><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Detailed Information</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After an extended period of negotiations, ICANN is posting a proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 7 March 2013, ICANN posted its version of the 2013 RAA for public comment, noting some areas of disagreement between ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team (NT). In addition, some of the specifications posted for comment were ICANN versions only. Since the 7 March posting, the Registrar NT has engaged in frequent negotiation sessions with ICANN in order to bring to closure to all of the open negotiation topics and to consider the community comments received from the 7 March posting. As a result, at ICANN's public meeting in Beijing, ICANN and the Registrar NT announced that they had reached agreement in principle on each of the outstanding items highlighted in the March posting version. The documents posted today reflect ICANN and the Registrar NT's agreements and are the Proposed Final 2013 RAA. This proposed 2013 RAA is a cornerstone of ICANN's efforts to work to improve the image of the domain industry and to protect registrants through a further updated contractual framework. It is ICANN's intention to have the 2013 RAA completed and approved in the near future for use in the New gTLD Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To allow for transparency into the proposed final version of the 2013 RAA and community input on the changes from the 7 March posting, ICANN is opening a full comment forum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN thanks the Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) for its continued engagement in good faith negotiations on the RAA. The RAA posted today reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues raised throughout the negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of difference is available in </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 65 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section II: Background:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The current round of negotiations over the RAA began in October 2011. ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation Team have presented updates to the community at each of ICANN&#8217;s public meetings since that time. Information on the history of the negotiations, including previously released documentation, is available at the community wiki at <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement">https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement</a>. This includes the group of documents posted in June 2012, which demonstrated the progress to date in the negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section III: Document and Resource Links:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There are multiple documents for review as part of this posting. The new RAA is anticipated to be a base document with a series of specifications attached. Each specification is an integral, enforceable component of the RAA. This posting includes all documents that are currently anticipated to be part of the 2013 RAA. As noted above, a fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of difference is available in </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 65 KB]. A </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/le-recommendations-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>summary</span></a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[PDF, 59 KB] of how the 12 law enforcement recommendations are incorporated into the RAA is also provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The base RAA documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-22apr13-en.pdf">Proposed 2013 RAA</a> [PDF, 311 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and 7 March 2013 RAA Posting</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 293 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-21may09-redline-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and the 2009 RAA</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 343 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary-changes-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Summary of Changes from the 2009 RAA</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 496 KB] is also available.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Proposed Specifications and Addendums:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td rowspan=2 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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-22apr13-en.pdf">Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification</a> [PDF, 90 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting</a> [PDF, 145 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 161 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan=2 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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-22apr13-en.pdf">Data Retention Specification</a> [PDF, 77 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting</a> [PDF, 113 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 120 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan=2 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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-22apr13-en.pdf">Whois Accuracy Program Specification</a> [PDF, 86 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting</a> [PDF, 121 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 115 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-22apr13-en.pdf">Whois SLA</a> [PDF, 93 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 169 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-22apr13-en.pdf">Specification on Proxy/Privacy Services</a> [PDF, 57 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 110 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-22apr13-en.pdf">Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Specification</a> [PDF, 50 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No changes since March 2013 posting</span></em><span 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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operation-22apr13-en.pdf">Additional Registrar Operation Specification</a> [PDF, 73 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No changes since March 2013 posting</span></em><span 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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-22apr13-en.pdf">Registrar Information Specification</a> [PDF, 64 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 128 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-22apr13-en.pdf">Compliance Certificate</a> [PDF, 55 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 92 KB] <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/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-22apr13-en.pdf">Transition Addendum</a> [PDF, 61 KB] <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"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf">Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting</a> [PDF, 105 KB] <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Section IV: Additional Information:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Report of the Public Comments submitted in response to the 7 March 2013 posting of the RAA is available </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-proposed-raa-22apr13-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>here</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 178 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br><b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></b><br><b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/">http://gnso.icann.org</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>