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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi Thomas,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for your submission to the Public Comment forum regarding the Draft Procedure for Community gTLD Change Requests. In response to your question, I encourage you to review the Description and Explanation section and the Background section of the Public Comment webpage: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_community-2Dgtld-2Dchange-2Dprocedure-2D2018-2D02-2D14-2Den&d=DwMDaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=COOtpAlJhmRYySF8-1prDgPVfNzP46rUTigRs5xmuy69vqJdGi22dBc6vrB8FwZ8&m=dd1jMV0QZ4KIBLAZ2RCl_KS9mxOAHY6j8yCukXM1SFA&s=fd8NfX9BQZx2hZbnG8hAP6KPzsZlmMaKzxiaVfFTVIs&e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/community-gtld-change-procedure-2018-02-14-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To summarize, the origin of this effort comes from the development of the New gTLD Program. The ICANN organization originally published an explanatory memo in 2011 to facilitate community (GNSO) discussions of a potential procedure to consider change requests of Community Registration Policies. However, there had been no subsequent work on this topic that resulted in a process by which ICANN org can approve or deny change requests to Specification 12 of the Registry Agreement. More recently, community gTLD registry operators saw the need for a process and criteria to enable evolution of their registration policies with the changing needs of a TLD community. In 2016, they formed a working group to develop a draft procedure by collaborating with the ICANN organization and seeking input from members of the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG). The draft procedure is a result of that collaboration with the goal of permitting a community gTLD registry operator to seek modifications to Specification 12 without removing the Community Registration Policies, excessively broadening or narrowing registrant eligibility and/or name selection requirements or resulting in significant negative impact to the TLD Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have additional questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Amanda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Amanda Fessenden</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Registry Services & Engagement Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>ICANN – Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(m) +1 424 353 1911<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>