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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please find attached the
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-oSGBg">ALAC Statement on Registry Agreement Renewals .org, .biz and .info</a>.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The statement is accordingly being submitted to the .org, .biz and .info public comment emails.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On 28 April 2019, a formal request for extension to submit the statement was approved by staff, as two of the three
Registry Agreement public comments were to close on 29 April, before the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/WIOGBg">
CPWG would finalize the statement on its weekly call</a> (today at 20:00 UTC). </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The At-Large workspace related to this comment may be viewed
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/-oSGBg">here</a>. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In the interest of time, the ALAC Chair requested that the statement be transmitted to the ICANN public comment process with a note that the statement
is </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">pending</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> ALAC </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">ratification</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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