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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>This email services as notice of information to the Council that ICANN has posted a new Registry Service proposal on behalf of NeuStar for the .BIZ 1 and 2 Character Marketing Proposal (see <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#2008010">http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#2008010</a>). This request is currently in ICANN’s 15-calendar day preliminary determination period.<BR>
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Although public comments can be submitted at any time on a registry services proposal to registryservice at icann.org, this is not notification of a formal comment period. Information on the Registry Services Evaluation Process can be found at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/">http://www.icann.org/registries/rsep/</a></U></FONT>. <BR>
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Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope to arrive in Cairo this afternoon.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Patrick<BR>
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Patrick L. Jones<BR>
Registry Liaison Manager &<BR>
Staff Manager, ICANN Nominating Committee<BR>
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers<BR>
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330<BR>
Marina del Rey, CA 90292<BR>
Tel: +1 310 301 3861<BR>
Fax: +1 310 823 8649<BR>
<a href="patrick.jones@icann.org">patrick.jones@icann.org</a> <BR>
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