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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear
Council members,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Attached for your information is a document entitled '<SPAN>Proposed
Changes to the Whois Service;ICANN Staff Discussion Points<SPAN
class=953125310-16032007>'. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>This document represents ICANN staff’s consideration of
the potential implementation aspects of the two major proposals considered by
the Whois Task Force. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> It has been
published on the ICANN website along with the Final Task Force Report on Whois
Services; <A
href="http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar07.htm">http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar07.htm</A> .
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=2>As ICANN staff is charged with implementing final policy decisions that
may arise after the conclusion of a policy development process, this document
has been prepared for consideration by the GNSO Council and other ICANN
participants. This staff document <SPAN class=953125310-16032007>was
</SPAN>produced for informational purposes. It has no formal status within the
Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) policy development process<SPAN
class=953125310-16032007>.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">We hope</SPAN> this document will help to
inform those deliberations and provide a useful reference point for this
debate.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=953125310-16032007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=2>Best regards,
Maria</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>