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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have just received notice from the Chairman of the Registries Stakeholder Group that they will be unable to meet with us tomorrow afternoon. The RySG sends its apologies, and notes that with all the GAC-Board work, the new gTLDs and the “rules of the road” are now their top priority at this time. They very much look forward to meeting us in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kathy Kleiman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Director of Policy</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>.ORG, The Public Interest Registry</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Direct: +1 703-889-5756 | Mobile:+1 703-371-6846| </span><a href="http://www.pir.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>www.pir.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Find us on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pir.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Facebook</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'>| </span></span><a href="http://www.pir.org/orgbuzz" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>.ORG Blog</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | </span><a href="http://flickr.com/orgbuzz" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Flickr</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'>| </span></span><a href="http://youtube.com/orgbuzz" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>YouTube</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> | </span><a href="http://twitter.com/ORGBuzz"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Twitter</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> |<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'>Confidentiality Note:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'> Proprietary and confidential to .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. If received in error, please inform sender and then delete.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>