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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As promised, I’m following up on a revised definition for consensus policies. The below is derived from language in the Registry Agreement (Specification 1, 1.1) and the Registrar Accreditation
Agreement (Consensus Policies and Temporary Policies Specification, 1.1): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Consensus Policies</span></em><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">are those policies established (1) pursuant to the procedure set forth in </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">ICANN<span style="background:white">'s Bylaws and due process,
and (2) covering those topics listed in (i) Section 1.2 of the Consensus and Temporary Policies Specifications of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement and the Registry Agreements that are modeled after the Base Registry Agreement and (ii) comparable provisions
in Registry Agreements that are not modeled after the Base Registry Agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Please let me know of any objections. If none, will add to Section 2.1 of the model document.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">Eleeza</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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