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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@netchoice.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 10 July 2020 at 15:25<br>
<b>To: </b>"comments-ccnso-pdp3-retire-cctlds-05may20@icann.org" <comments-ccnso-pdp3-retire-cctlds-05may20@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>BC List <bc-gnso@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Business Constituency (BC) comment on ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attached is the comment of ICANN’s Business Constituency (BC) regarding</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This comment was drafted by Jimson Olufuye and Lawrence Olawale-Roberts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It was approved in accord with our Charter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Steve DelBianco</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Vice Chair for Policy Coordination </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ICANN Business Constituency (BC) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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