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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Today we <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/not-for-profit-operational-concerns-constituency-charter-amendments-04-10-2022/submissions/icann-business-constituency-bc-14-11-2022">
filed our commen</a>t on the NPOC charter amendments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks again to Arinola and Samuel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@netchoice.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 21, 2022 at 1:20 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>BC Private <bc-private@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Arinola Akinyemi (jolakin69@gmail.com) <jolakin69@gmail.com>, Samuel Dada <po@aficta.africa><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FOR REVIEW by 12-Nov: BC comment on charter for NPOC (Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">BC members, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks to Arinola and Samuel for drafting the attached BC comment on
<a href="https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/generic-names-supporting-organization-council-gnso-council/amended-npoc-charter-09-05-2022-en.pdf" title="https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/generic-names-supporting-organization-council-gnso-council/amended-npoc-charter-09-05-2022-en.pdf">
Amendments to charter</a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">for the NCSG constituency of Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns (</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/not-for-profit-operational-concerns-constituency-charter-amendments-04-10-2022" title="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/not-for-profit-operational-concerns-constituency-charter-amendments-04-10-2022">link</a><span style="color:black">). </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The BC has long supported the NPOC having more say in the NCSG, since non-profit domain registrants are concerned about the same things as business registrants (security, preventing DNS abuse and
fraud, registrant information, etc.)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">. <span style="color:black">
So we’d want to support amendments that give NPOC more legitimacy and power in the NCSG.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Also, I understand that NPOC borrowed heavily from our own
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.icannbc.org/charter">BC charter</a><span style="color:black">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Please review and reply all with edits and questions, before 12-Nov.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks again to Arinola and Samuel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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