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<div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today the BC filed the attached comment on </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Phase II Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program.
</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> (comment page at </font><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/competitive-effects-assessment-2016-10-11-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/competitive-effects-assessment-2016-10-11-en</a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> ).</span></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This comment was drafted by</font><font face="Calibri"> Hibah Kamal-Grayson, Cecilia Smith, Waudo Siganga, Tim Smith, and Steve DelBianco.</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">It was approved in accord with the BC Charter.</div>
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
<div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div>
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<div>ICANN Business Constituency</div>
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