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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It is possible that my question is out of scope of the DG, but I&#8217;d be interested in the thoughts of others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Given the potential for substantive changes to be made to the New gTLD Program as a result of the work of the DG and
 other reviews that are being undertaken, will any consideration be given to the disparity that may result between registry operators from this round and future rounds?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I raise this question mostly in the context of the Registry Agreement. I would envisage a number of challenges in terms
 of compliance and for ICANN more generally in managing clients on different platforms in the event of a significantly revised Registry Agreement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This issue may have already been discussed by this group and I apologise if I missed it, but I would welcome thoughts
 of others about whether they foresee any problems or how this meta issue will be addressed in the reviews and other work moving forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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