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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Please note Peter’s thanks below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Peter Dengate
Thrush [mailto:peter.dengatethrush@icann.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 07, 2010 5:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Secretary; council@gnso.icann.org; ICANN Board of Directors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Vertical Integration Recommendations for the New gTLD
Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Chick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I acknowledge receipt of your message below, which has been
shared with the Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please convey my thanks to the Working Group, and to the
Council for its attention to this request.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>my regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Peter Dengate
Thrush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Chairman of the
Board of Directors, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>+64 4 4998959
(DDI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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21499888 (mobile)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:21 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:to the <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span lang=EN>Mr. Peter Dengate-Thrush<br>
Chair - ICANN Board</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Re: Vertical Integration Recommendations for the New gTLD
Program</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Dear Peter,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>This is in response to Section 2.11 (Vertical Integration) of
the 25 September 2010 Adopted Board Resolutions (</span><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm"><span
lang=EN>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm</span></a><span
lang=EN>) in which the ICANN Board inquired whether the GNSO has achieved a
consensus position on the topic of vertical integration with regard to New
gTLDs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Please be advised that the GNSO Council was notified by the
Vertical Integration PDP Working Group (VI WG) that it was unable to reach a
consensus position on the issue of vertical integration. Although the WG has
been diligently evaluating this issue for several months, it is unable to deliver
recommendations that are supported by a consensus of its members by the ICANN
Board’s deadline of 8 October 2010.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Chuck Gomes<br>
Chair<br>
GNSO Council</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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