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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Working Group members and Work Track 4 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'>Please see the attached response from the SSAC to the Working Group’s request for input on root zone scaling. This document is also posted on the correspondence page of the Working Group wiki: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/3B5yB">https://community.icann.org/x/3B5yB</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'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org><br><b>Date: </b>Friday 22 December 2017 at 16:46<br><b>To: </b>Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org><br><b>Cc: </b>Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>, avri doria <avri@apc.org>, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@nic.br>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@gmail.com>, Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Andrew Mcconachie <andrew.mcconachie@icann.org>, Steve Sheng <steve.sheng@icann.org>, Patrik Fältström <paf@frobbit.se></span><span style='font-family:"PMingLiU",serif;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='color:black'>Subject: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Re: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG: Request for Input Related to the Maximum Delegation Rate for New gTLDs<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><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Steve,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On behalf of Patrik Fältström, SSAC Chair, please see the attached response from the SSAC concerning your request below.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We wish you all a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Julie</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Julie Hedlund, Director, SSAC Support</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 8:00 PM<br><b>To: </b>"paf@frobbit.se" <paf@frobbit.se><br><b>Cc: </b>Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>, avri doria <avri@apc.org>, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@nic.br>, Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@gmail.com>, Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org>, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG: Request for Input Related to the Maximum Delegation Rate for New gTLDs</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>** Sent on behalf of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Co-chairs, Avri Doria and Jeff Neuman. The co-leaders of Work Track 4, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Rubens Kuhl, are copied on this message. **</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Patrik,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG is seeking input from the community in regards to the maximum delegation rate of 1,000 TLDs per year. Please see the attached letter for details. As the letter notes, the WG co-chairs welcome your feedback and are available to answer any questions you may have about this request.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steve</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steven Chan</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif'>
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