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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Dear NCSGers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Please find attached the NCSG position paper on the work we are
currently doing in the STI. For those of you who were in Seoul, you will see
that the paper reflects what we have agreed on our constituency day. So far we
have held 4 telephone meetings (2 on the Clearinghouse and 2 on the URS) and so
far discussions have been very interesting with much debate and strong
positions. For us, representing registrants and non-commercial groups, some
principles, like due process and fairness is of pivotal importance and all of
us in the STI are trying hard to ensure that any proposals put in place will
reflect these basic concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>The proposals attached is our starting point for moving forward and
away from what the staff has recommended. What we all need to bear in mind is
that the default position is the staff recommendations which NCSG is fully opposing
as they do not address our concerns nor do they respect due process and
fairness. Since this is the case, we need to ensure that we will reach
consensus as we don’t want to go back to the staff recommendations. All the
communities will have to come together to suggest something that takes us away
from the current set of recommendations .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Please let the STI team know whether you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Konstantinos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Law Lecturer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>University of Strathclyde,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Law School,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Lord Hope Building,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>141 St. James Road,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Glasgow, G4 0LT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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