<div dir="ltr">SVGC also supports. Thanks to the drafters and to Steve for coordinating this effort.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Stéphane Van Gelder<br>Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2014 21:56, Ron Andruff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com" target="_blank">randruff@rnapartners.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks to those who worked on this comment. RNA Partners supports it as written.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">RA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ron Andruff<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">RNA Partners<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">www.rnapartners.com</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:54<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:bc-GNSO@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-GNSO@icann.org</a> GNSO list'<br><b>Cc:</b> Andy Abrams; Stephanie Duchesneau<br><b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] LAST CALL FOR REVIEW: BC comment on Proposed Specification 13 to Registry Agreement for .Brand gTLDs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Just 2 days left before we finalize and post this comment to ICANN.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mike Rodenbaugh signaled his agreement. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Any other comments from members?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 9:03 PM<br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org" target="_blank">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a> GNSO list'" <<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Andy Abrams <<a href="mailto:abrams@google.com" target="_blank">abrams@google.com</a>>, Stephanie Duchesneau <<a href="mailto:stephanie.duchesneau@fairwindspartners.com" target="_blank">stephanie.duchesneau@fairwindspartners.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FOR REVIEW: BC comment on Proposed Specification 13 to Registry Agreement for .Brand gTLDs<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Attached is the draft BC comment on Proposed Specification 13 to the Registry Agreement for ".Brand" new gTLDs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Brand Registry Group (<a href="http://brandregistrygroup.org" target="_blank">link</a>) has proposed a new Spec 13 for .brand registries (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/spec13-06dec13-en.htm" target="_blank">link</a>). On our 9-Jan call, Andy Abrams and Stephanie Duchesneau volunteered to draft a BC comment. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Their draft was discussed on our 16-Jan call. Andy and Stephanie suggest 2 amendments for benefit of business users, regarding affiliates and sunrise periods. They also note that the BC addressed several dot-brand registry issues in pages 9-12 of our 2010 Comments (<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC%20on%20Final%20App%20Guidebook.pdf" target="_blank">link</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Comments close 31-Jan, and last Thursday’s call began our 14-day review period. Please REPLY ALL with edits (TRACK CHANGES) as soon as possible, since the comment deadline is 31-Jan-2014.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks again to Andy and Stephanie for taking the lead on this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Steve DelBianco<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Vice chair for policy coordination<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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