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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Andy:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Point of information &#8211; when you state &#8220;&nbsp;For disclosure purposes, we no longer have strings that are the subject of GAC advice on exclusive generics&#8221; are you
 saying that Google (via Charleston Road) no longer proposes to be the exclusive registrant in any of the strings it has applied for, or just that it no longer has such plans for strings that appear on the non-exhaustive &nbsp;list of exclusive registration strings
 included within the GAC Beijing Communique?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">(Full disclosure: I formerly did some work on behalf of a client that is in contention with Charleston Road on one string, but that relationship no longer exists.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Abrams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Rodenbaugh<br>
<b>Cc:</b> jscottevans@yahoo.com; icann@rodenbaugh.com; Laura Covington; svg@stephanevangelder.com; sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com; Elisa Cooper; Steve Delbianco; bc - GNSO list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to all who have worked on these comments. &nbsp;For disclosure purposes, we no longer have strings that are the subject of GAC advice on exclusive generics, but we still believe in the principle that&nbsp;<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">such
 registries are not&nbsp;inherently problematic and can improve the gTLD program by allowing for&nbsp;innovative business models. &nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">My vote would be to go back to Steve's original language, which strikes a balance between the BC's existing non-position on this issue and respecting the GAC's advice by asking the Board to
 consider the meaning of &quot;public interest.&quot; &nbsp;However, if enough members feel strongly about giving some substantive guidance to the Board on this interpretation (and some clearly do), I would not be opposed to adding our varied viewpoints in the document. &nbsp;I
 appreciate that Sarah, J.Scott and Laura have already given their written input, and would be interested in others' opinions on the specific conditions where exclusive generics should be allowed. &nbsp;For our part, we respectfully believe that the GAC envisions
 at least some subset of exclusive generics being permitted, as otherwise, requiring a registry to open up to all competitors in the industry would no longer render the registry &quot;exclusive.&quot; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Andy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 1:20 PM, &lt;<a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="13ed317c5d64e5b3_13ed310144a36b9e__MailE"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">All of my clients, and my law firm, have business
 interests much&nbsp; broader than the domain industry.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Who are these people expressing grave concerns?&nbsp; Because I am only hearing competitors to so-called
 closed generic TLD applicants expressing concerns (including indirectly through their ICANN-connected government reps), with no evidence or any real specifics as to the parade of horribles they seem to envision.&nbsp; And certainly no counter-argument to the points
 I am raising.&nbsp; Do you or anyone else have any substantive response to any of those points?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:jscottevans@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jscottevans@yahoo.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:jscottevans@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jscottevans@yahoo.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com" target="_blank">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>; <a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com" target="_blank">
svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>; <a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com" target="_blank">
sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com" target="_blank">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs<o:p></o:p></p>
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We appreciate your pov. However, there are many of us in this constituency that have business interests broader than the domain industry. In my discussions with these non-ICANNers, they have voiced grave concerns and want assurances similar to those put forward
 by Sarah and Laura in the latest draft. Do others gave perspective here?<br>
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Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a> &lt;<a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>&gt;;
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<b>To: </b>'Laura Covington' &lt;<a href="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com" target="_blank">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>&gt;; &lt;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com" target="_blank">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&gt;; 'Deutsch, Sarah B' &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com" target="_blank">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt;;
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<b>Cc: </b>'Elisa Cooper' &lt;<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com" target="_blank">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>&gt;; 'Steve DelBianco' &lt;<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;; &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&gt;;
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<b>Subject: </b>RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs
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<b>Sent: </b>Thu, May 23, 2013 7:21:46 PM </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 Integration WG.&nbsp; Then again recently in the IPC.&nbsp; It can&#8217;t be done, as far as I know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com" target="_blank">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a>;
<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com" target="_blank">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>; 'Deutsch, Sarah B'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Elisa Cooper'; 'Steve DelBianco'; <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">
bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br>
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 in including &#8211; or at least considering - language on closed generics rather than being silent. &nbsp;It seems clear &#8211; and understandable - what your point of view is. &nbsp;Anybody else?&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;<a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Organization: </b>Rodenbaugh Law<br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:mike@rodenbaugh.com">mike@rodenbaugh.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:13 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>&quot;Yahoo! Inc.&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&gt;, &quot;'Deutsch, Sarah B'&quot;
 &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Cc: </b>'Elisa Cooper' &lt;<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>&gt;, 'Steve DelBianco' &lt;<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&quot;
 &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 as such somewhere (e.g. Benelux, in advance of the EU land rush).&nbsp; My examples are all registered at the USPTO.&nbsp; Any of those registrations could be purchased or even be previously registered by any so-called &#8216;closed generic&#8217; TLD applicant.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 may have a legitimate use for a .apple domain name?&nbsp; (Maybe better examples are other new TLD applicants Abbott, Active, AFamilyCompany, Amazon, AmericanFamily&#8230;&nbsp; and the list goes on past Apple&#8230;.) &nbsp;Yet it would not be legitimate for Weather.com to operate
 .weather that way?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Rodenbaugh; <a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>; Deutsch, Sarah B<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Elisa Cooper; Steve DelBianco; <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Reply-To: </b>Mike Rodenbaugh &lt;<a href="mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com">icann@rodenbaugh.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:42 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>&quot;Yahoo! Inc.&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&gt;, &quot;Deutsch, Sarah B&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Cc: </b>Elisa Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>&gt;, Steve DelBianco &lt;<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Then what about all the trademarks that exist for 'generic words'. &nbsp;Not just Apple, but also Sex, Drugs and even Rock 'n Roll (all registered at the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Beyond that, what about the broader notion that closed generic business models are more in the public interest than open copycat business models?
 &nbsp;The BC is on record with the position that restricted registries are preferred over open registries, because abuse and consumer harm are far less likely.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Laura Covington &lt;<a href="mailto:lhc@yahoo-inc.com">lhc@yahoo-inc.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>To:</b> &quot;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:svg@stephanevangelder.com">svg@stephanevangelder.com</a>&gt;; &quot;Deutsch, Sarah B&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt;
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<b>Cc:</b> Elisa Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>&gt;; Steve DelBianco &lt;<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;; &quot;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&gt;
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:23 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I don&#8217;t know of any official definition of a closed generic TLD, but perhaps a starting place would be to say that it is a TLD that:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Consists of a generic term/phrase which&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Is not intended to represent a pre-existing trademark, and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
The registry operator does not intend to sell/grant/give second level domains to the (general?) public&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Laura Covington<o:p></o:p></p>
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VP, Intellectual Property Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From: </span>
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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:49 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>&quot;Deutsch, Sarah B&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Cc: </b>Elisa Cooper &lt;<a href="mailto:Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com">Elisa.Cooper@markmonitor.com</a>&gt;, Steve DelBianco &lt;<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Thanks Sarah, J. Scott and Laura for this work. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Failing that, what is to stop the criteria suggested in this text being imposed on, say, a brand that has a term resembling a generic term as its brand name and that would understandably like to operate it for its own exclusive use?<o:p></o:p></p>
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Le 22 mai 2013 à 22:58, &quot;Deutsch, Sarah B&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com">sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com</a>&gt; a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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To follow up on our BC call this morning, &nbsp;we discussed why the existing draft asking ICANN to develop a non-specific public policy exemption in the Registry Code of Conduct for closed generics was not a good idea.&nbsp; Steve had encouraged me, J. Scott Evans and
 Laura Covington from Yahoo to put pen to paper and propose specific ideas (building on the Australia&#8217;s earlier GAC recommendations on closed generics) rather than for the BC to remain silent on this issue.&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Verizon Communications&nbsp;<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>]&nbsp;<b>On
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<b>Sent:</b>&nbsp;Monday, May 20, 2013 3:34 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b>&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><br>
<b>Subject:</b>&nbsp;[bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 position:</span><a href="http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC%20Comment%20on%20Closed%20Generic%20TLDs.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:purple">http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC%20Comment%20on%20Closed%20Generic%20TLDs.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span>&nbsp;[<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span>]&nbsp;<b>On
 Behalf Of&nbsp;</b>Deutsch, Sarah B<br>
<b>Sent:</b>&nbsp;Monday, May 20, 2013 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b>&nbsp;Steve DelBianco;&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><br>
<b>Subject:</b>&nbsp;[bc-gnso] RE: FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Thanks for your work on this draft. My comments are attached.&nbsp; &nbsp;One big issue I would flag for members is the paragraph dealing with closed generics.&nbsp;&nbsp; Various BC members have grave concerns about certain closed generics and formal objections have been filed.&nbsp;
 The focus on applying for an exemption in the Final Guidebook does not fix these fundamental concerns for the reasons outlined in the attached.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I&#8217;d suggest that the BC either (a) refrain from taking a position on the closed generic issue altogether or (b) support the GAC&#8217;s concerns about closed generics and the need to
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span>&nbsp;[<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span>]&nbsp;<b>On
 Behalf Of&nbsp;</b>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b>&nbsp;Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b>&nbsp;<span style="color:purple"><a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a></span><br>
<b>Subject:</b>&nbsp;[bc-gnso] FOR REVIEW: draft BC comment on GAC Advice on safeguards for new gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The BC has have held 3 conference calls on this topic (see minutes and transcripts on the BC&nbsp;</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:purple">Wiki</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">).
 &nbsp;Several BC members provided input, including text from Ron Andruff, Marilyn Cade, and Andrew Mack. &nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Comment period closes 4-Jun. &nbsp;&nbsp;That allows our regular 14-day review and approval period. &nbsp;So,&nbsp;please REPLY ALL with your suggested edits and comments regarding this draft,&nbsp;before 29-May-2013.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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