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Attached are Business Constituency (BC) comments on the status report from EWG (Expert Working Group) on gTLD Directory Services.</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Jimson Olufuye and Tim Chen led drafting of these comments, and many BC members contributed as well. These comments were approved in accordance with the BC Charter.</font></div>
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
<div>Vice Chair for Policy Coordination</div>
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<div>ICANN Business Constituency</div>
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