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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear WT2 Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>As a follow-up to the email below, I would note that some of the questions in WT2’s follow-up request on vertical integration were directed at GDD. While you already received the additional responses from Contractual Compliance, you can find the responses to the specific questions directed at GDD in the attached document. The document has also been added to the Wiki </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RT2AAw">https://community.icann.org/x/RT2AAw</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steve</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2 <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 4:23 PM<br><b>To: </b>"gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2@icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2] Response From ICANN Contractual Compliance Re: Vertical Integration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear WT2 Members,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On 22 February 2018, WT2 submit several follow-up questions to ICANN Org (</span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58735941/Contractual%20Compliance%20Request%2022%20Feb%202018.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1519323858000&api=v2"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/58735941/Contractual%20Compliance%20Request%2022%20Feb%202018.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1519323858000&api=v2</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>) related to vertical integration. Attached, please find a response from Contractual Compliance to the questions within its purview (note that the original questions and responses from May 2017 are also included in this document). The remaining questions will be responded to by GDD. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The response can also be found on the Wiki here: </span></span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/RT2AAw"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://community.icann.org/x/RT2AAw</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steve</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steven Chan</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"'>
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