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<div class="">My apologies for not being able to make yesterdays WT4 meeting.</div>
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<div class="">As part of the groups discussions on name collisions, the following letter from Akram to applicants of .home, .corp and .mail may be of interest. It doesn’t say much other than the Board continues to review this but they remain in limbo for now
- <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-home-registry-inc-et-al-06mar17-en.pdf:" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/atallah-to-home-registry-inc-et-al-06mar17-en.pdf:</a></div>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'" class="">Thank you for your letter of 24 August 2016, regarding name collisions and their impact on the new gTLD applications for .HOME, .CORP, and .MAIL.</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; vertical-align: 4.000000pt" class="">1
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<p class=""><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'" class="">As you are aware, on 30 July 2014, the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) adopted the “Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework” and indefinitely deferred the
delegation of the strings identified within the framework as high risk (.HOME, .CORP, and .MAIL).</span><span style="font-size: 8.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; vertical-align: 4.000000pt" class="">2
</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'" class="">The applications for these strings have been “On-Hold” as a result of this resolution since 2014.
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<p class=""><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'" class="">We acknowledge your request that the “Board take formal action to commission an examination of mitigation measures that will enable the release of .HOME, .CORP, and .MAIL.” Please
note that the topic of name collision continues to be considered by the ICANN </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Board. For updates regarding Board activity, please visit the 2017 Board Meetings page on the ICANN website (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2017-board-meetings" class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2017-board-meetings</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">).</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;" class="">We will update affected applicants if there is activity that directly impacts their application. Please do not hesitate to contact me or a member of Global Domains Division leadership
with any questions.</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'" class=""> </span></p>
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