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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My name is Susan Payne and I am Head of Legal Policy at Valideus, supporting
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">applicants for over 120 new gTLD registries, all of whom are owners of global brands. I’m also currently secretary of the NTAG. Prior to joining Valideus earlier this
year, I worked for a UK media company and was one of the team managing its application for a dotBrand, as well as being responsible for the protection of the company’s brands across the new TLDs at the second level. I would like to see some of the lessons
from the first round actually addressed and in particular a recognition that one size does not fit all and is not the most efficient way to proceed either for applicants or ICANN staff.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#76923C">Susan Payne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Chan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 31 July 2014 01:40<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and are inclined to do so, to respond to the list whenever you have a moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">My name is Steve Chan and I will be leading the ICANN policy staff support for this Discussion Group. Previously, I spent a number of years with the New gTLD
Program, so I hope that my experiences there will be beneficial to this effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Jeffrey Eckhaus <<a href="mailto:jeff@rightside.co">jeff@rightside.co</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-newgtld-dg] Introductions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Great to see the introductions and the group starting to form, so I guess it is a good time to jump in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">My name is Jeffrey Eckhaus and I am with Rightside Group. The parent company of eNom and
<a href="http://Name.com">Name.com</a> both registrars as well as United TLD the registry for 30+ new TLDs as well as Rightside Registry, the back end service provider for 150+ new TLDs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As you can see, we are a vertically integrated entity with an interest in the rollout of another round of new TLDs and will hopefully be able to give perspective
on all parts of the value chain. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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