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<div style="font-size: 16px; ">Attached are comments of ICANN's Business Constituency (BC) regarding the Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Laura Covington prepared the initial draft and several BC members contributed to the comment before i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">t
was properly approved by BC membership on 6-Sep-2013</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 16px; ">Steve DelBianco</div>
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<div>Vice chair for policy coordination</div>
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