Dear BC Members, Please find below an ICANN announcement of relevance to the BC regarding the Public Comment Periods Recently Opened and Approaching Closing Date from 12-22 July 2012. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-13jul12-en.htm *Period of 12 – 22 July 2012: Public Comment Periods Recently Opened and Approaching Closing Date* 13 July 2012 The Following Public Comment periods are*Recently Opened*or are approaching their*Comment or Reply Period Close*dates*between 12 – 22 July 2012*. As a member of theICANNcommunity, your timely feedback is critical to our accountability and transparency efforts. For your convenience, we have included direct links below to comments that will soon close. During the Reply period for Public Comments, participants should only address previous comments submitted and new posts concerning the topic should not be introduced. When constructing Replies, contributors are asked to cite the original poster's name, comment date, and any particular text that is pertinent. Please note that comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes place once that period ends. For more information please refer to theICANNPublic Comments page at:http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment *Title* *Comment Period Close Date [UTC Time]* *Reply Period Close Date [UTC Time]* WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey - Draft <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey-...> 20 June 2012 [23:59] 16 July 2012 [23:59] Public Comment Solicitation for FY13 Community Travel Support Guidelines <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/travel-support-2013-01jun12-en.h...> 22 June 2012 [23:59] 13 July 2012 [23:59] Interisle Consulting Group's WHOIS Proxy/Privacy Reveal & Relay Feasibility Survey <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp-survey-04jun12-en.htm> 25 June 2012 [23:59] 16 July 2012 [23:59] PreliminaryGNSOIssue Report on the Protection of International Organization Names in New gTLDS <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/prelim-protection-io-names-04jun...> 25 June 2012 [23:59] 16 July 2012 [23:59] Security, Stability & Resiliency of theDNSReview Team (SSR RT) Final Report <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ssr-rt-final-report-21jun12-en.h...> 30 July 2012 [23:59] 29 August 2012 [23:59] Proposed Modifications toGNSOOperating Procedures <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/gnso-operating-procedures-2012-0...> 30 July 2012 [23:59] 20 August 2012 [23:59] .name Registry Agreement Renewal <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/name-renewal-2012-03jul12-en.htm> 2 August 2012 [23:59] 23 August 2012 [23:59] -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat@icann.org