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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Philippe Blankert is well known in this alternate
root context and he is working on it for years.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Maybe he just entered the game because of the
presence of the TLD issue these times.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One can buy a alternateroot TLD for about 50.000
USD. Maybe this will be a good way for a new</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>sort of defensive registrations :D</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Matthias</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fahd.batayneh@gmail.com href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com">Fahd A.
Batayneh</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">IG Caucus</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [governance] Alt Root Foundation
- New TLD's</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://altrootfoundation.org/docs/icann%20altrootfoundation%205%20nov%202012.pdf">http://altrootfoundation.org/docs/icann%20altrootfoundation%205%20nov%202012.pdf</A><BR><BR>I
am not sure to what extent this is genuine? Any thoughts from
anybody?<BR><BR>Fahd<BR></DIV>
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