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<div>If any individual members would like to submit a comment on the IPC-BC's proposals, the email address to send your comment to is < <a href="mailto:tmch-strawman@icann.org">tmch-strawman@icann.org</a> ></div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow (15 January) is the deadline for comments. Any individual statement of support would be appreciated. (INTA has encouraged their members to send in comments supporting the IPC-BC's proposals, so it would be good to get a little balance in the <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/tmch-strawman/">comment forum</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Robin Gross <<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 14, 2013 1:21:23 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:tmch-strawman@icann.org">tmch-strawman@icann.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Statement of ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) on Staff's "Strawman" Model and IPC-BC's Blocking Proposal</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Attached herewith please find comments from ICANN's Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) regarding the Trademark Clearinghouse talks including staff's "strawman" model and the IPC-BC's blocking proposal.<div><br></div><div>We urge ICANN to take the concerns expressed by noncommercial users into account as it considers its path forward on this matter. Thank you.<br><div><br></div><div>Respectfully submitted,</div><div>Robin Gross</div><div>NCSG Chair<br><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div><span></span></div></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>