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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear fellow councillors,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In case you may have missed seeing this, please
find the link below to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a letter addressed to Rod Beckstrom.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/smith-coble-to-beckstrom-15sep09-en.pdf">ttp://www.icann.org/correspondence/smith-coble-to-beckstrom-15sep09-en.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=ES-MX
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps at least those of us who
were part of the Council working group, that</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=ES-MX
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">spent close to three years drafting
the requirements for a new round of gTLD</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=ES-MX
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">applications, will find it of
interest.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=ES-MX
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tony Harris</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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