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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear all,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Further to our conversation last week about the SSAD, there does seem to be some concern from ICANN org that it will be extremely expensive both to establish and to run. I’d like to throw the attached
back into our thinking; as you may remember, Alex Deacon presented this idea to the Board back in October 2020, showing that we can get a disclosure request ticketing system up and running with existing software and thus at minimal cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Perhaps it’s time to revisit this idea?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Marie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt"><b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">European Brands Association</span></b><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt"><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Avenue des Gaulois 9 · 1040
</span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B7F1"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=9+avenue+des+Gaulois+%0D%0AB-1040++Brussels&entry=gmail&source=g"><span lang="FR-BE" style="color:#00B7F1">Brussels</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">
<span lang="FR-BE">· Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">T: +32 2 736 03 05
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">M: +32 496 610 395<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B7F1"><a href="mailto:marie.pattullo@aim.be"><span style="color:#00B7F1">marie.pattullo@aim.be</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">EU Transparency Register:
</span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#00B7F1"><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=1074382679-01"><span style="color:#00B7F1">1074382679-01</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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