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<div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>The ICANN Board of Directors has responded to our letter from August on the NCSG charter. </div><div><br></div><div>Please see the attached and it is also posted here:</div><div> <a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/</a></div><div><br></div><div>One misconception that we need to immediately correct is their impression that we are against the approval of any new constituencies for 2 years. That is certainly not our position, nor has it ever been. We want to see many new constituencies and we could see them next month as far as we are concerned - it just can't be done in a way that subordinates the rights of existing participants (as the staff/SIC charter does).</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>