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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hello Becky,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The proposed bylaws language change with respect to the timing of an IRP proceeding:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“A request for
</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">A request for independent review must be filed within thirty days of
</span><s><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:red">the posting<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><s><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:red">of the minutes of the Board meeting (and the accompanying Board Briefing<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><s><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:red">Materials, if available) that</span></s><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:red">
</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">the requesting party
</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:red">becoming aware of the action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">contends demonstrates that ICANN violated its Bylaws or Articles of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">Incorporation. Consolidated requests may be appropriate when the causal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">connection between the circumstances of the requests and the harm is the same<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">for each of the requesting parties.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">How would you determine when a “requesting party” becomes aware of an action? I expect it would be hard to determine when that event would happen – so this feels a little
like that a party can file at any time after a decision – potentially years later. This could have quite negative effect on a third party. E.g if a new gTLD was allocated to an applicant, and then the requesting party complains years later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">Shouldn’t there be some limit based on what is reasonable – e.g 30 days after the requesting party would reasonably become aware … etc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">Alternatively – maybe leave the current language and increase the time period – e.g. from 30 to 60 or 90 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir-Book","sans-serif";color:#333333">Bruce Tonkin</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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