My remarks are already written. Just waiting for gTLD comments to end and open comments to start. ICANN should not be allowed to make written commitments and then renege. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VLawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade@hotmail.com<mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com>> wrote: Phil, this is an important issue to raise. I hope you are doing this? Steve is at the microphone and not aware of this email at this point. as he is not online. ________________________________ From: psc@vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com> To: bc-gnso@icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: ICANN "Misspoke" about URS Contracts Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:17:09 +0000 FYI--I thought BC members would want to know that ICANN's written commitment to enter into contracts with URS providers is something they now appear to have no intention of carrying out. I believe this creates serious policy and credibility issues. http://internetcommerce.org/URS_Truth_Breach Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey