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<div>Hi gang,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>It is pretty clear no new gtlds will ever get through this maze of restrictions.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>No "subversive propaganda", criticism of religion, "incitement to non-violent lawless action", etc. etc. in domain names. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Staff received a letter from GAC asking for special protections for IGO's, so staff decided to include that too (even though Council did not recommend this and indeed voted against a PDP to create new rights for IGOs at our last mtg).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Possibly in Oct. the board will approve a RFP on the implementation plan.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>Read it and weep.....</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-gnso-new-gtlds-09feb08.pdf">http://www.gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-gnso-new-gtlds-09feb08.pdf</a></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>Robin<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>