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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a lot of empathy for these (Google&#8217;s) comments.&nbsp; (My one minor reservation is on &#8220;(3) raising and addressing any persistent performance deficiencies related to naming&#8221; which I think is an over-simplified description of what we suggest.&nbsp;
 We argued that the CSC&#8217;s role was to seek remedial action in the case of service failure.&nbsp; However, the CSC should not be substituting itself for the IANA functions operator, so it is not of itself addressing, but requesting the PTI to improve its performance.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The role of the liaisons does need to be addressed and I would agree with the comment that this needs to be done now.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How about:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>We agree that the role of the liaisons in the CSC does need to be defined.&nbsp; We believe that this should be to ensure communications between the work of the CSC and the wider stakeholder community.&nbsp; In particular, the liaisons
 should:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Raise with the CSC any concerns that have been identified by their community and help address those concerns;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Ensure distribution of reports from the PTI and the CSC to their community;<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Help organise the regular meetings between the PTI and/or CSC with the wider community.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What do others think?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The other points raised by Google I think reinforce points made by DT-C, so can simply be welcomed and agreed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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