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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Proposal for Thai script Root Zone LGR is now released for public comment.  See </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/thai-lgr-2016-12-15-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/thai-lgr-2016-12-15-en</a>.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regards,<br>Sarmad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div style='border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt 8.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=_mymqIadpwzFGZBiczwWjRSMadR_BG1kjG0D2Pa7l9w&amp;e="><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-logo-94x94-en.png" alt=ICANN></span>[icann.org]</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2016-2D12-2D15-2Den&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=9MdELsvLhf5ui0686Kguijg4r42XWgMQeMqtTYEF41Y&amp;e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-12-15-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposal for Thai Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules (LGR)<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>15 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="96%" style='width:96.0%;margin-left:16.3pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Open Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>15 December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Close Date:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>29 January 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Originating Organization:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Global Domains Division<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Categories/Tags:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Top-Level Domains<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Brief Overview:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Thai script community has formed the Thai script Generation Panel (GP), which in turn has developed a <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Proposal for the Thai Script Root Zone Label Generation Rules</span></em> (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_proposal-2Dthai-2Dlgr-2D15dec16-2Den.xml&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=BpvNNd0Qu1p8IO3U4rGwIjxxKiPTMuSXURrL3m51frc&amp;e=">Proposal[icann.org]</a> and <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_proposal-2Dthai-2Dlgr-2D15dec16-2Den.pdf&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=xxiLDUA6NIqA9IpcazQaqfK7oV3ojd-43sW-OMA7ae8&amp;e=">Proposal Documentation[icann.org]</a> [PDF, 1.7 MB]). As per the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_system_files_files_lgr-2Dprocedure-2D20mar13-2Den.pdf&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=oD1bmOpM1JZJ1--PbgD1vNq3XYSsq9EfBgXUCXZwtCw&amp;e=">LGR Procedure[icann.org]</a> [PDF, 772 KB], this proposal is being posted for public comments to allow those who have not participated in the Thai script GP to make their views known to the GP. Based on the feedback, the Thai script GP will finalize the proposal for submission for integration into the Label Generation Rules for the Root Zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F8F8F8;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Link:</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td colspan=3 style='border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;border-right:solid #D8D8D8 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_thai-2Dlgr-2D2016-2D12-2D15-2Den&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=KTETvEaGPwPcawI-QmNa-kiv-ZBvdgyyLm-mxd028M4&amp;m=Cs4RjGPvbZ9mjE64rzzRp9dWR-RO9tBZHaFzJryyY8c&amp;s=wcBDOhdipQUjgV-UB-5KeN8ZflwYIkUqxa3PKINBAWU&amp;e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/thai-lgr-2016-12-15-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>