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<DIV>I think a while ago we tried starting to disuss the implications of active
variant TLDs on ISP related activities.</DIV>
<DIV>The item was picked up at the last council meeting. It was requested that
the respective SGs/Const’s should provide comments on the analysis prepared by
staff (<A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-11apr13-en.htm#2.a"><FONT
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with focus on the following questions:</DIV>
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recommendations if any, are pre-requisites to the delegation of any IDN variant
TLDs (i.e., delegation of IDN Variant TLDs should not proceed until these
recommendations are implemented),</FONT></SPAN></P>
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recommendations, if any, can be deferred until a later time,
and</FONT></SPAN></P>
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recommendations, if any, require additional policy work by the ICANN community
and should be referred to the relevant stakeholder group for further policy
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">If I recall
correctly then Mikey provided already some comments. I’d like to join this
effort and would encourage others to do so but would like to find those basics
from Mikey who I’m sure would help??<BR><BR>Best
regards<BR><BR>Wolf-Ulrich<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>