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<DIV>Carlos:</DIV>
<DIV>Doesn't your proposal reward the BC/IPR by giving them exactly what they
really want -- no new domain names for a long time, if ever? </DIV>
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<DIV>Kathy</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Sorry to
be "systematic" (in some regions of Brazil, it means "crazy"), <BR>but I take
advantage of yet another clever manipulation of the issue by <BR>the BC/IPR
community to insist on NCUC discussing (and hopefully <BR>approving for
submission to ICANN) my proposal of a temporary freeze on <BR>any gTLD move
(new/deleg/redeleg) until an independent, qualified <BR>pluralist working
group (far away from Washington) prepares a detailed <BR>report with
recommendations.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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