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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BC members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Today we filed the attached BC comment on “</span><a href="https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/internationalized-domain-names-idn/string-similarity-review-guidelines-19-march-2024-19-03-2024-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">String
Similarity Review Guidelines 19 March 2024.</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks to drafting by Hafiz Farooq.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--Steve DelBianco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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