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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Thick Whois Policy Implementation Review Team,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached for your review is our initial draft of the Thick Whois Transition Policy for .COM, .NET and .JOBS. The draft Policy includes the various elements discussed in our recent meeting on this topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you review the draft, you will find bracketed text in four sections: sections 2.9, 2.10, 3.4 and 3.5. These sections are bracketed because they reference the Registry Registration Data Directory Services<b>
</b>Consistent Labeling and Display Policy and the Registration Data Access Protocol gTLD Profile. As you may be aware, a Request for Reconsideration (RfR) was submitted by the Registries Stakeholder Group in August regarding the
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rdds-labeling-policy-2016-07-26-en">
Registry Registration Data Directory Services Consistent Labeling and Display Policy</a><u><span style="color:blue">
</span></u>that was published on 26 July 2016. The RfR objects to the inclusion of RDAP in the Consensus Policy. While the RfR goes through its own process, we thought it was important to continue progressing the implementation project with the goal of opening
Public Comment in September and announcing the Transition Policy by 1 February 2017 per our schedule. Therefore, the text is bracketed as it may need to be revisited pending the resolution of the RfR and we wanted to directly call the IRT’s attention to it.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will review all contents of the document at our next IRT meeting as a team but please provide your comments in advance via email if possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your support!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dennis S. Chang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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