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class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri'>Dear All, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal
style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri'>This is to let you know
that the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ag6bAw">ALAC Statement on the Proposed Guidelines for
the Second String Similarity Review Process</a> is now final. Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC, has asked
that the 15 ALAC members to ratify this final Statement.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri'>To read the final Statement, please visit: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ag6bAw">https://community.icann.org/x/Ag6bAw</a>.
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class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri'>Please note that the ALAC ratification
vote will start on 18 August 2016 23:59 UTC and end on 23 August 2016 23:59 UTC. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella
Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large
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