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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:45 AM, John Poole <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jp1@expri.com" target="_blank">jp1@expri.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><i>&quot;We support a process where all ideas are welcome and where participants are able to test fully all transition options.&quot;--Larry Strickling, NTIA, January 27, 2015</i><br><br></div>Dear Greg<i> et al:</i><br></div>I would appreciate the courtesy of a reply or response to my email yesterday concerning Legal Scoping Document (Version 3).<br></div>Best regards,<br></div>John Poole<br></div>
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