(Updated 3-Mar-2017 by Jimson Olufuye, to correct the description of Africa outreach events and General Counsel duties) Rob, The public comment period on the proposed BC charter recently concluded (link<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bc-charter-amend-2017-01-06-en>). There were 4 comments posted, plus our reply to Afnic’s comment. As we discussed at the Iceland meeting, the BC has prepared a point-by-point response to the public comments. We provide these responses in order to help facilitate Staff’s report to the ICANN Board. If Staff has further questions regarding the Charter or these responses, please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards, Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination ICANN Business Constituency