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2014 gTLD Correspondence

This section is for formal letters with ideas and comments for the new gTLD program.

Correspondence Affiliation Date Notes
Letter from Torsten Bettinger to Akram Atallah Attorney | Bettinger, Schneider, Schramm 23 December 2014 ICANN's Response
Cherine Chalaby to Alan Greenberg ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 19 December 2014  
Craig Schwartz to Stephen Crocker fTLD Registry Services, LLC 19 December 2014  
Letter from Brigitte Zypries to Akram Atallah Parliamentary State Secretary| German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy 19 December 2014 ICANN's Response
John Tanzella to ICANN Board Governance Committee IGLTA 18 December 2014  
Letter from Rashi Rai to Akram Atallah Associate Director | Merck & Co., Inc 18 December 2014 ICANN's Response
David Gudelunas to ICANN and the Board Governance Committee Associate Professor of Communication and Chair, Department of Communication, Co-Director of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | Fairfield University 15 December 2014  
Letter from Akram Atallah to Rashi Rai to Torsten Bettinger President, Global Domains Division | ICANN 11 December 2014  
Donuts Inc. to the Community Priority Evaluation Panel Donuts Inc. 10 December 2014  
Thomas Schneider to Steve Crocker Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) 9 December 2014 ICANN's Response
Elisa Cooper to Fadi Chehadé, Steve Crocker and the ICANN Board ICANN Business Constituency 9 December 2014  
Caren Marks to Fadi Chehadé Parliamentary State Secretary and Member of the German Bundestag | Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany 5 December 2014 ICANN's Response

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Shweta Sahjwani Asher to the Community Priority Evaluation Panel Radix Registry 5 December 2014  
gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group to Steve Crocker and ICANN Board gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) 5 December 2014  
Tina Vinney to the ICANN Board Aesthetics Practitioners Advisory Network 4 December 2014  
Les Johnson to the ICANN Board Governance Committee Federation of Gay Games 28 November 2014  
Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 24 November 2014  
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to the ICANN Board Governance Committee National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) 17 November 2014  
Renato Sabbadi to the ICANN Board Governance Committee International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 17 November 2014  
Paul Diaz to Steve Crocker and the ICANN Board gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group 7 November 2014  
Patrick Weber to the ICANN Board, Stephen Crocker and Fadi Chehadé NI2016 6 November 2014  
Patrick Weber to the ICANN Board, Stephen Crocker and Fadi Chehadé European Federation for Medical Informatics 6 November 2014  
Stephen D. Crocker to Thomas Schneider ICANN Board of Directors 3 November 2014  
Letter from Cyrus Namazi to Jonathan Robinson Vice President, Domain Name Services & Industry Engagement | ICANN 30 October 2014  
Antoine Geissbuhler, Mukesh Haikerwal, Peter Murray, and S. Yunkap Kwankam to Fadi Chehadé, Stephen Crocker, and Cherine Chalaby Health On the Net Foundation, World Medical Association, International Medical Informatics Association, International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth 30 October 2014  
Emilie Dessens to Fadi Chehadé Domainoo 28 October 2014 ICANN's Response
Statton Hammock to Cherine Chalaby Rightside Registry 24 October 2014  
Don Moody to Community Priority Evaluation Panel Donuts Inc. 22 October 2014  
Fadi Chehadé to The Honorable Axelle Lemaire ICANN 22 October 2014 Français
Shweta Sahjwani Asher to Community Priority Evaluation Panel Radix Registry 20 October 2014  
Cherine Chalaby to Steve Crocker ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 14 October 2014  
Independent Community Bankers of America, Global Federation of Insurance Associations & Financial Services Roundtable to Cherine Chalaby Independent Community Bankers of America, Global Federation of Insurance Associations, & Financial Services Roundtable 13 October 2014 ICANN's Response
Sally Scutt to Cherine Chalaby International Banking Federation 10 October 2014 ICANN's Response
Jonathan Robinson to Cherine Chalaby and Chris Disspain ICANN GNSO Council 7 October 2014  
Celia Boyer, Mukesh Haikerwal and Peter Murray to Fadi Chehadé Health On the Net Foundation, World Medical Association, International Medical Informatics Association 6 October 2014 ICANN's Response
gTLD Registries Stakeholders Group to Steve Crocker gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) 30 September 2014  
François Bourrier-Soifer to John Jeffrey Scemla, Loizon, Veverka & De Fontmichel 26 September 2014  
Julien Dedier to Fadi Chehadé, Steve Crocker and Christine Willett International Radio Emergency Support Coalition 24 September 2014 ICANN's Response
Rick Carnes to ICANN Song Writers Guild of America 24 September 2014  
Philipp Metzger to Fadi Chehadé Swiss Confederation 23 September 2014 ICANN's Response
ICANN's Response
Lucky Masilela to Christine Willett ZA Central Registry 20 September 2014 ICANN's Response
Boubker Seddik Badr to Fadi Chehadé, Steve Crocker and Cherine Chalaby Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Government of Morocco 17 September 2014 ICANN's Response
ICANN's Response
Martin Sutton to Akram Atallah Brand Registry Group 17 September 2014  
Stephen Crocker to Heather Dryden ICANN Board 10 September 2014  
August Ortmeyer and Stephan Wernicke to Fadi Chehadé The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry 8 September 2014 ICANN's Response
Tom Reed to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker House of Representatives, 23rd District, New York 5 September 2014 ICANN's Response
Stephen Crocker to Heather Dryden ICANN Board 2 September 2014 ICANN's Response
Stephen Crocker to Heather Dryden ICANN Board 2 September 2014  
Arif H. Ali to John O. Jeffrey Weil, Gotshal, & Manges, LLP 28 August 2014  
Helen Smith to the ICANN Board and Staff Members IMPALA 27 August 2014  
Bärbel Vogel-Middeldorf to Fadi Chehadé Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany 25 August 2014  
Andrew Merriam to Russ Weinstein Top Level Design LLC 22 August 2014 ICANN's Response
Rich Bengloff to Fadi Chehadé et al American Association of Independent Music 20 August 2014  
Jason Schaeffer to Robin Bew, Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Akram Atallah, and Christine Willett DotMusic Limited 19 August 2014 ICANN's Response
Statton Hammock to Cherine Chalaby United TLD Holdco Ltd. t/a Rightside Registry 12 August 2014 ICANN's Response
Frances Beinecke to ICANN The Natural Resources Defense Council 29 July 2014  
Anschelika Smoljar to Cherine Chalaby I-REGISTRY Ltd. 27 July 2014 ICANN's Response
Cherine Chalaby to Steve DelBianco ICANN 24 July 2014  
Bruce MacPherson to Cherine Chalaby International Trademark Association 18 July 2014 ICANN's Response
Elisa Cooper, Keith Drazek, and Kristina Rosette to Cherine Chalaby and New gTLD Program Committee Intellectual Property Committee 17 July 2014 ICANN's Response
Rubens Kühl to the ICANN Board and New gTLD Program Committee NTAG Name Collision Framework Working Group 17 July 2014 ICANN's Response
Steve Israel to Steve Crocker House of Representatives, Congress of the United States 14 July 2014 ICANN's Response
Mohammed Al Ghanim to Fadi Chehadé Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, United Arab Emirates 9 July 2014 ICANN's Response
John Frankenheimer to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Loeb & Loeb LLP 3 July 2014  
John M. Genga to the Economist Intelligence Unit and CPE Panel The IP and Technology Legal Group, P.C. 2 July 2014  
Ger Hatton to ICANN ICMP 2 July 2014  
Constantine Roussos to Steve Crocker et al. DotMusic Limited 1 July 2014  
Johan Vande Lanotte to Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker Minister of Economy and Consumer Affairs and North Sea 1 July 2014 ICANN's Response
John W. Styll to Christine Willett .music LLC 27 June 2014  
Ichiro Matsui to ICANN Osaka Prefectural Government 26 June 2014  
NTAG to Akram Atallah New TLD Applicant Group (NTAG) 25 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Anna G. Eshoo to Fadi Chehadé House of Representatives, Congress of the United States 25 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Keith Besgrove to Stephen Crocker Department of Communications, Government of Australia 20 June 2014  
Antonello Giacomelli to Fadi Chehadé and Stephen D. Crocker Ministry of Economic Development, Government of Italy 19 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Susan Payne to Akram Atallah Valideus 18 June 2014  
Nuno Crato to the ICANN Board Government of Portugal 18 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Axelle Lemaire to the ICANN Board France 18 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Benji Rogers to Steve Crocker et al. PledgeMusic 17 June 2014  
Keith Drazek and Jacob Malthouse to Akram Atallah Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) & New gTLD Applicant Group 17 June 2014  
Victor Calvo-Sotelo Ibáñez-Martín to Fadi Chehadé, Stephen Crocker, and Cherine Chalaby Government of Spain 17 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Neelie Kroes to the ICANN Board European Commission 17 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Cherine Chalaby to Jonathan Robinson Board New gTLD Program Committee 16 June 2014  
Rami Schwartz to the ICANN Board Latin American Telecom LLC 16 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Lawrence E. Strickling to Stephen D. Crocker United States Department of Commerce 13 June 2014  
Constantine Roussos to Stephen Crocker, the ICANN Board, GAC Chair, Ombudsman, and General Counsel to ICANN DotMusic Limited 13 June 2014 ICANN's Response
Peter J. Murray to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) 2 June 2014  
Dr. Elham M. A. Ibrahim to Mr. Fadi Chehadé African Union 2 June 2014  
Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 27 May 2014  
Mike Thompson to Steve Crocker U.S. House of Representatives 21 May 2014  
Joshua S. Wattles to Christine Willett deviantART, Inc. 21 May 2014  
Anton Vidokle to Christine Willett EFLUX.ART, LLC 21 May 2014  
Lawrence E. Strickling to Stephen D. Crocker United States Department of Commerce 21 May 2014 ICANN's Response
Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny to Dr. Stephen Crocker, Mr. Fadi Chehadé, and Mr. Cherine Chalaby World Health Organization 16 May 2014  
Jean-Sébastien Lascary to the ICANN Board, NGPC, and Fadi Chehadé Personal Capacity 14 May 2014  
Jonathan Robinson to Cherine Chalaby ICANN GNSO Council 9 May 2014  
Keith Besgrove to Stephen Crocker Digital Services, Department of Communications, Australian Government 8 May 2014 ICANN's Response
Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 7 May 2014  
Bob Wiegand to Russ Weinstein and Allen Grogan Web.com Group LLC 5 May 2014  
Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 5 May 2014  
Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 5 May 2014  
Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 5 May 2014  
Scott Seitz to ICANN dotgay LLC 5 May 2014  
Scott Seitz to ICANN dotgay LLC 5 May 2014  
Riccardo Ricci Curbastro to Jean-Jacques Sahel and Andrea Beccalli European Federation of Origin Wines (EFOW) 5 May 2014  
Christian de Barrin to Cherine Chalaby HOTREC 2 May 2014 ICANN's Response
David Gudelunas to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Evaluators Fairfield University 30 April 2014  
Bruce Parkes to Stephen Crocker New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment 30 April 2014 ICANN's Response
Riccardo Ricci Curbastro to Nigel Hickson European Federation of Origin Wines (EFOW) 18 April 2014  
Scott Hayden to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Cherine Chalaby, and the New gTLD Program Committee Amazon 14 April 2014  
Benedicto Fonseca Filho and Virgilio Fernandes Almeida to Stephen D. Crocker Government of Brazil 14 April 2014 ICANN's Response
Fernando Rojas Samanez to Mr. Stephen D. Crocker Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 11 April 2014 ICANN's Response
Morgan McLaughlin to Members of the NGPC, Members of the ICANN Board, Members of the GAC, and Country Representatives of the GAC Santa Barbara Vintners 7 April 2014  
Cherine Chalaby to Ms. Lorna Jean Gradden ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 7 April 2014  
Jacob (Changjie) Chen to Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Christine Willett, and the ICANN Board Governance Committee Lusheng Law Firm 4 April 2014  
Leslie Reynolds to ICANN National Association of Secretaries of State 4 April 2014  
Cherine Chalaby to Mr. Jonathan Robinson ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 3 April 2014  
Manuel de Novaes Cabral to ICANN Board of Directors Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto 3 April 2014  
Steven L. Bate to ICANN Board of Directors Long Island Wine Council 3 April 2014  
Linda Reiff to Stephen D. Crocker Napa Valley Vintners 3 April 2014  
César Saldaña to ICANN Board of Directors Consejo Regulador of the "Jerez-Xérès-Sherry" Denomination of Origin 3 April 2014  
Brian J. Winterfeldt to the ICANN Board Governance Committee Kosher Marketing Assets, LLC 2 April 2014  
José Luis Lapuente to Members of the NGPC, Members of the ICANN Board, Members of the GAC, and Country Representatives of the GAC Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Calificada Rioja 2 April 2014  
Jean-Luc Barbier to ICANN Board of Directors Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne 2 April 2014  
Linda Corugedo Steneberg to ICANN Board of Directors European Commission 2 April 2014  
Sergio Zingarelli to Cherine Chalaby, Fadi Chehadé and Stephen D. Crocker Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico 1 April 2014  
Gretchen M. Olive to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Corporation Service Company (CSC) 26 March 2014  
Linda Corugedo Steneberg to ICANN Board of Directors Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission 26 March 2014  
Don C. Moody to ICANN CPE Panel Little Birch, LLC 26 March 2014  
Jim Leape to ICANN WWF International 26 March 2014  
Robby Ramlakhan to Steve Crocker Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization 25 March 2014  
Heijo Ruijsenaars to Christine Willett European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 25 March 2014  
Michael Menis to Fadi Chehadé and Stephen D. Crocker Hotel Consumer Protection Coalition 24 March 2014 ICANN's Response
Brian J. Winterfeldt to ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP 21 March 2014  
Dr. Martine Berger, Garance Upham, Patti Rundall, Alan Leather, and Dr. Frederique Carrie to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Health Innovation in Practice; Safe Observer International; Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK; NGO Forum for Health, Beziers Hospital (France) 21 March 2014  
Herbert C. Wamsley to Akram Atallah Intellectual Property Owners Association 20 March 2014 ICANN's Response
Johan Vande Lanotte to Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker Minister of Economy and Consumer Affairs and North Sea 20 March 2014 ICANN's Response
Lesley Cowley to Christine Willett Nominet 20 March 2014 ICANN's Response
Emilie Dessens to Fadi Chehadé Domainoo 20 March 2014 ICANN'S Response
Jacob (Changjie) Chen to Cherine Chalaby, Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Christine Willet, and ICANN Board Governance Committee Lusheng Law Firm 20 March 2014  
Jeffrey W. Bullock to Stephen Crocker State of Delaware 20 March 2014  
Martin Schulz to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby European Parliament 19 March 2014  
Jonathan L. Nevett to Stephen Crocker Donuts Inc. 18 March 2014  
Patrick Weber to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby European Federation of Medical Information 18 March 2014  
Thomas Schwarz to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Medicus Mundi International Network 17 March 2014  
David Wright to Stephen Crocker International Organization of Securities Commissions 13 March 2014 ICANN's Response
John D. Rockefeller IV to Stephen D. Crocker Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate 12 March 2014  
Gunther Eysenbach to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Journal of Medical Internet Research 11 March 2014  
Dr. Otmar Kloiber to Dr. Stephen Crocker, Mr. Fadi Chehadé, and Mr. Cherine Chalaby World Medical Association, Inc. 11 March 2014  
Prof. S. Yunkap Kwankam to Dr. Stephen Crocker, Mr. Fadi Chehadé, and Mr. Cherine Chalaby International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth 11 March 2014  
R. Shawn Gunnarson to Christine Willett Kirton McConkie 11 March 2014  
Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Dr. Avrom Pollak, Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Rabbi Ari Senter, and Rabbi S. Adler to the ICANN New gTLD Program Committee Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU Kosher), STAR-K Kosher Certification, Inc. (STAR-K), Chicago Rabbinical Council, Inc. (cRc), Kosher Supervision Service, Inc. (K of-K), and The Kashruth Council of Canada (COR) 6 March 2014  
Philippe Laurent to Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners 6 March 2014 ICANN's Response
Brian J. Winterfeldt to ICANN Community Evaluation Panel Aremi Group S.A. 6 March 2014  
Joshua S. Wattles to Christine Willett DeviantART, Inc. 6 March 2014  
Anton Vidokle to Christine Willett E-Flux, Inc. 6 March 2014  
Qing Song to Fadi Chehadé China Organizational Name Administration Center (CONAC) 5 March 2014 ICANN's Response
George T. Bundy to Christine Willett BRS Media, Inc. 5 March 2014  
Andrés Patetta to ICANN Despegar Online SRL 5 March 2014  
Brian J. Winterfeldt to ICANN Community Evaluation Panel Aremi Group S.A. 4 March 2014  
Shweta Sahjwani to Cherine Chalaby and Christine Willett Radix Registry 4 March 2014  
R. Shawn Gunnarson to Christine Willett Kirton McConkie 3 March 2014  
R. Shawn Gunnarson to Christine Willett Kirton McConkie 3 March 2014  
R. Shawn Gunnarson to Christine Willett Kirton McConkie 3 March 2014  
John M. Genga to Christine Willett Donuts Inc. 3 March 2014  
John M. Genga to Christine Willett Donuts Inc. 3 March 2014  
John M. Genga to Christine Willett Donuts Inc. 3 March 2014  
John M. Genga to Christine Willett Donuts Inc. 3 March 2014  
Reg Levy to Christine Willett Minds + Machines 3 March 2014  
Reg Levy to Christine Willett Minds + Machines 3 March 2014  
Robert Hoffman to ICANN A1 Media USA LLC 3 March 2014  
Thomas Mörz to ICANN Domain Robot Enterprises Inc. 3 March 2014  
Fernando Rojas Samanez to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peru 3 March 2014  
Dr. Imad Y. Hoballah to Cherine Chalaby, ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee, and ICANN Board Members Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Republic of Lebanon 28 February 2014 ICANN's Response
Andrew Merriam to Christine Willett Top Level Design, LLC 28 February 2014  
Andrew Merriam to Akram Atallah New TLD Applicant Group (NTAG) 28 February 2014  
Ingrid Baele to Fadi Chehadé, Cherine Chalaby, and Akram Atallah Philips International B.V. 24 February 2014 ICANN's Response
Thomas Mörz to ICANN InterNetX GmbH 20 February 2014  
Thomas Mörz to ICANN InterNetX GmbH 20 February 2014  
Thomas Mörz to ICANN InterNetX GmbH 20 February 2014  
Ron Andruff, Marilyn Cade, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Alan Greenberg, and Evan Leibovitch to Cherine Chalaby RNA Partners 14 February 2014 ICANN's Response
Robert Hoffman to ICANN 1&1 Internet Inc. 11 February 2014  
Gordon Innes to Akram Atallah London & Partners 6 February 2014  
Liz Schoff to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) 6 February 2014  
Lawrence E. Strickling to Stephen D. Crocker United States Department of Commerce 4 February 2014  
Linda Corugedo Steneberg to Stephen D. Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby European Commission 3 February 2014  
Mme Bertiie Hawa Diakite to Dr. Steve Crocker Ministère de la Communication et des Nouvelles Technologies de L'Information, Republique du Mali 3 February 2014  
New gTLD Applicant Group to Cherine Chalaby New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG) 31 January 2014  
Lawrence E. Strickling to Stephen D. Crocker United States Department of Commerce 30 January 2014  
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond to Steve Crocker At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) 30 January 2014  
Lucas Blanque Rey to ICANN Abogacía Española 29 January 2014 ICANN's Response
Urban Forsum to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Swedish Federation of Medical Informatics 29 January 2014  
Craig Schwartz to Christine Willett Community TLD Applicant Group (CTAG) 29 January 2014 ICANN's Response
Ron Andruff, Marilyn Cade, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Alan Greenberg, and Evan Leibovitch to Cherine Chalaby RNA Partners 27 January 2014 ICANN's Response
Luciano Saez Ayerra to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Spanish Society of Health Informatics 26 January 2014  
Peter J. Murray to Stephen D. Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) 21 January 2014  
Burt Kaliski Jr. and Patrick S. Kane to Akram Atallah and John Crain VeriSign, Inc. 17 January 2014 ICANN's Response
Yves Daccord and Bekele Gelata to Steve Crocker International Committee of the Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 14 January 2014  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 13 January 2014  
Stacey King to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Cherine Chalaby Amazon.com 10 January 2014  
Craig S. Schwartz to Christine Willett Community TLD Applicant Group (CTAG) 10 January 2014 ICANN's Response
Barbara McCullough-Jones to Cherine Chalaby, Akram Atallah, and Christine Willett Q Center 8 January 2014  
Rami Schwartz to Cherine Chalaby et al. Latin American Telecom LLC 7 January 2014  
Rubens Kuhl, Reg Levy, Jacob Malthouse, and Andrew Merriam to Cherine Chalaby and Fadi Chehadé [Updated version published 27 January 2014; original removed at senders' request.] New gTLD Applicant Group 6 January 2014