<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear all,</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> has nnounced that it will begin the first phase of the process for considering comments on two-character letter/letter domain name labels. During this phase, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> will request that governments and others who commented on these labels prior to today clarify their reasons for commenting. It will then solicit a response from those registry operators whose requests for labels have received comments.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">All clarifications of previously submitted comments must be received by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; ">ICANN</abbr> by 5 December 2015. Please read more at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-10-06-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-10-06-en</a> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254); line-height: 1.4rem; ">Thanks</span></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>-</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><font face="Times" style="font-size: 12px;"><b>Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? </b></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability">LEARN MORE</a>. <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#status">STAY UPDATED</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/icann">FOLLOW</a>. <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#involved">ENGAGE</a>. </font></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>