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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear GNSO Council,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please find attached the
<i>Revised Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: Policy Status Report</i>. This version includes feedback received from public comments and associated survey, updated information from the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data, and presents
possible options for next steps. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN org requests that the Council review the revised report and provide guidance on how to proceed. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We thank the Council and its members in advance for reviewing the revised report, and look forward to your feedback. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All best,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Brian Aitchison, PhD
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Lead Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Operations and Policy Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Global Domains Division (GDD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Los Angeles, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">p. 424 353 9041<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">e. <a href="mailto:brian.aitchison@icann.org">
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