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(Updated 3-Mar-2017 by Jimson Olufuye, to correct the description of Africa outreach events and General Counsel duties)</div>
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<div>The public comment period on the proposed BC charter recently concluded (<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bc-charter-amend-2017-01-06-en">link</a>). There were 4 comments posted, plus our reply to Afnic’s comment.</div>
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<div>As we discussed at the Iceland meeting, the BC has prepared a point-by-point response to the public comments. We provide these responses in order to help facilitate Staff’s report to the ICANN Board. </div>
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<div>If Staff has further questions regarding the Charter or these responses, please do not hesitate to contact us.</div>
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Steve DelBianco</div>
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ICANN Business Constituency</div>
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