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    <p>The ISPCP Constituency respectfully submits the following
      comment:</p>
    <p>On the basis of internal deliberations of the constituency as
      well as an exchange with the Business constituency the ISPCP joins
      with full support the public comment provided by the BC, in
      particular with respect to the conclusion of this comment.</p>
    <p>In addition, regarding Bylaws Art. 11, ยง3(j)vii ("Approval of a
      petition to remove a director holding seat 13 or 14) we would like
      to draw attention to a potential inconsistency with Annex 6 of the
      GNSO Procedures ("<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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        Stakeholder Group and Registrars Stakeholder Group Process to
        Select ICANN
        Board Seat #13 Candidates"): the selection of the Board Seat #13
        Candidate is done by the Stakeholder Groups of the Contracted
        Parties House, not including the Nominating Committee Appointee
        belonging to this house, but the approval of a petition to
        remove the Board Seat #13 Director requires a vote of the full
        house, </span><br>
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        belonging to this house.</span></p>
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      lang="EN-US">Wolf-Ulrich Knoben<br>
      <i>Chair of the ISPCP constituency</i><br>
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