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2015 gTLD Correspondence

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

Correspondence Affiliation Date Notes
Letter from the GNSO Council to ICANN Board GNSO Council 31 December 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic Limited 22 December 2015  
Email from Rick Carnes to Stephen D. Crocker President | Songwriters Guild of America 21 December 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Constantine Roussos to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Founder | DotMusic Limited 16 December 2015  
Letter from Imogen Heap to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 16 December 2015  
Letter from Hal Ritson to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Ed O'Brien to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Rumer Shirakbari to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Katie Melua to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Fran Healy to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Roxanne De Bastion to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 15 December 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic Limited 11 December 2015  
Letter from the International Artist Organisation to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit International Artist Organisation 11 December 2015  
Letter from Alvaro Alvarez to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Donuts Inc. 10 December 2015  
Letter from Imogen Heap to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Personal Capacity 9 December 2015  
Letter from Jarvee Hutcherson to ICANN National President | American Society of Young Musicians 8 December 2015  
Letter from Thomas Schneider to Steven Crocker Chair | ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee 1 December 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Partnerships 1 December 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Volker Greimann and David Cake to Steve Crocker GNSO Council 24 November 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic 23 November 2015  
Letter from Kevin G. Rupy to Fadi Chehadé Vice President, Law & Policy | United States Telecom Association 17 November 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from the DotKids Foundation Limited to ICANN Board, CPE Panel, and ICANN Global Domains Division DotKids Foundation Limited 10 November 2015  
Letter from Paul Diaz to Steve Crocker Chair | Registry Stakeholder Group 09 November 2015  
Letter from Sophia Bekele to ICANN Execute Director/CEO | DotConnectAfrica Trust 09 November 2015  
Letter from Patrick Charnley to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Senior Legal Policy Adviser | IFPI 09 November 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic 09 November 2015  
Letter from Jason Schaeffer to Steve Crocker et al. Counsel | DotMusic Limited 03 November 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic 31 October 2015  
Letter from Esa Mohamed to Akram Atallah President | International Union of Architects 28 October 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Heather Diaz to Akram Atallah Director, Compliance and Policy | fTLD Registry Services, LLC 26 October 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Issah Yahaya to ICANN Chief Director | Ministry of Communications, Republic of Ghana 16 October 2015  
Letter from Fred Matiang'i to ICANN Board and Geographic Names Panel Cabinet Secretary | Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, Republic of Kenya 15 October 2015  
Letter from Helen Smith to Steve Crocker et al. Executive Chair | Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA) 13 October 2015  
Letter from Sophia Bekele to the Director of the New gTLD Program, Geographic Names Panel, New gTLD Program Committee Chair, Stephen Crocker, and Chairperson of the Governmental Advisory Committee Executive Director/CEO | DotConnectAfrica Trust 13 October 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 12 October 2015  
Letter from Jim Mahoney to Steve Crocker et al. General Manager, USA | Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network (MERLIN) 12 October 2015  
Letter from Alison Wenham to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Chairman and Chief Executive | Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) 6 October 2015  
Letter from Benoît Machuel to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit General Secretary | International Federation of Musicians (FIM) 5 October 2015  
Letter from Molly Neuman to Steve Crocker et al. Vice President/Interim President | American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) 1 October 2015  
Letter from Cherine Chalaby to Jonathan Robinson Chair, Board New gTLD Program Committee 30 September 2015  
Letter from Dr. Elham M.A. Ibrahim to Geographic Names Panel Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy | African Union Commission 29 September 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Thomas Schneider Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 29 September 2015  
Letter from Thomas Schneider to Steve Crocker Chair | ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) 26 September 2015  
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to Steve Crocker Chair | GNSO Council 21 September 2015  
Letter from Howard M. Stupp to Steve Crocker International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Director of Legal Affairs 17 September 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and EIU EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic 16 September 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Thomas Schneider Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 04 September 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 03 September 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 03 September 2015  
Letter from Sikelela F. Dlamini to Fadi Chehadé and Thomas Schneider GAC Representative from the Kingdom of Swaziland 02 September 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economic Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic 02 September 2015  
Letter from Crystal Ondo to Akram Atallah Director, Legal Affairs and Compliance | Donuts Inc. 28 August 2015  
Letter from Sarah Gardner to Steve Crocker et al. Executive Director | International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies 26 August 2015  
Letter from Dr. Florian Drücke and René Houareau to Dr. Steve Crocker et al. Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V. 18 August 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 18 August 2015  
Letter from Paul Zamek to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit EVP: Communications & Strategic Relationships | DotMusic Limited 17 August 2015  
Letter from Jason Schaeffer to Steve Crocker et al. DotMusic Limited 12 August 2015  
Letter from Constantinos Roussos to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Founder & CEO | DotMusic Limited 12 August 2015  
Letter from Statton Hammock to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, and Akram Atallah Vice-President, Business & Legal Affairs | Rightside Group Ltd. 12 August 2015  
Letter from Robin Gross to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chahadé Executive Director | IP Justice 12 August 2015  
Letter from Don C. Moody to Stephen D. Crocker, Fadi Chahadé, Christine Willett, and the CPE Panel Counsel | Donuts Inc. 12 August 2015  
Letter from Jason Schaeffer to Steve Crocker et al. Counsel | DotMusic Limited 12 August 2015  
Letter from Casey Rae to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Akram Atallah, Christine Willett, Cherine Chalaby, Thomas Schneider, Cyrus Namazi, John Jeffrey, CPE Panel CEO | Future of Music Coalition 11 August 2015  
Letter from Ed Nash to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chahadé, and Akram Atallah President | NashStrutton, LLC 11 August 2015  
Letter from Javree Hutcherson to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chahadé, and Akram Atallah National President | American Society of Young Musicians 07 August 2015  
Letter from Akram Atallah to Thomas Schneider ICANN 06 August 2015  
Letter from Akram Atallah to Thomas Schneider ICANN 06 August 2015  
Letter from Gilles Daigle to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé General Counsel | SOCAN 06 August 2015  
Letter from Alain Artero to Christine Willett TLDs Project Manager .RADIO | European Broadcasting Union 05 August 2015  
Letter from Thomas Theune to Steve Crocker et al. Director Broadcasting and Online | GEMA – Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte 05 August 2015  
Letter from Arjun Nair to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Akram Atallah Rang 04 August 2015  
Letter from Joe Lamond to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Akram Atallah, Christine Willett, Cherine Chalaby, Thomas Schneider, Cyrus Namazi, John Jeffrey, Community Priority Evaluation Panel President/CEO | The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) 30 July 2015  
Letter from Thomas Schneider to Akram Atallah Chair | ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) 30 July 2015  
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to the ICANN Board Chair | ICANN GNSO Council 29 July 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 27 July 2015  
Letter from Athen O'Shea to Akram Atallah, Christine Willett, Cherine Chalaby Chair | Q Center Board of Directors 25 July 2015  
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to ICANN SO & AC Chairs, GNSO SG & C Chairs, Steve Crocker Chair | GNSO Council 22 July 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Sophia Bekele to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Executive Director/CEO | DotConnectAfrica Trust 21 July 2015  
Letter from Angel Gurría to Fadi Chehadé Secretary-General | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 20 July 2015  
Letter from Thomas Schneider to Akram Atallah Chair | Government Advisory Committee (GAC) 16 July 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Alain Artero to Christine Willett European Broadcasting Union 16 July 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Lucky Masilela to Steve Crocker CEO | ZA Central Registry (NPC) 15 July 2015  
Letter from Dr. Elham M.A. Ibrahim to Steve Crocker Commissioner Infrastructure and Energy | African Union 14 July 2015  
Letter from Akram Atallah to Neil Dundas | COO President, Global Domains Division | ICANN 13 July 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 24 June 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Thomas Schneider Chair | ICANN Board of Directors 23 June 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 23 June 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 22 June 2015  
Letter from J. Randy Forbes Co-Chair and Suzan DelBene Co-Chair to Fadi Chehadé and Steve Crocker United States Congressional Trademark Caucus 19 June 2015  
Letter from Lorri Christou to Cherine Chalaby Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Communications | Cruise Lines International Association 18 June 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Barry C. Melancon to the ICANN Board and Economist Intelligence Unit President & CEO | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) 12 June 2015  
Letter from Barry C. Melancon to the ICANN Board and Economist Intelligence Unit President & CEO | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) 12 June 2015  
Letter from Craig Laughton to the ICANN Board and Economist Intelligence Unit General Counsel | CPA Australia Ltd 11 June 2015  
Letter from Stefan Schnorr to Fadi Chehadé Director General | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany 10 June 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to SO & AC Chairs and Steve Crocker Chair | GNSO Council 02 June 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 29 May 2015  
Letter from Geoff Taylor to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Chief Executive | British Recorded Music Industry & BRIT Awards 27 May 2015  
Letter from Savio D'souza to Steve Crocker et al. Secretary General | The Indian Music Industry 25 May 2015  
Letter from Rakesh Nigam to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Chief Executive Officer | Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) 21 May 2015  
Letter from Jed Hilly to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Executive Director | Americana Music Association 20 May 2015  
Letter from Jo Dipple to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé CEO | UK Music 19 May 2015  
Letter from Suresh Srinivasan to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Chief Operations Officer | Phonograpic Performance Limited 19 May 2015  
Letter from Frances Moore to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Chief Executive Officer | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) 18 May 2015  
Letter from Adam Awty to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary | CPA Australia Ltd. 15 May 2015  
Letter from Steven M. Marks to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Chief, Digital Business & General Counsel | Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. 12 May 2015  
Letter from Jonathon Nevett to ICANN Board of Directors and Economist Intelligence Unit Co-Founder | Donuts Inc. 11 May 2015  
Letter from Jonathon Nevett to ICANN Board of Directors and Economist Intelligence Unit Co-Founder | Donuts Inc. 11 May 2015  
Letter from Elisa Cooper to Akram Atallah Chair | ICANN Business Constituency 08 May 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) to ICANN American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) 24 April 2015  
Letter from Todd Dupler to ICANN Board and Economist Intelligence Unit Director of Government Relations | The Recording Academy 24 April 2015  
Letter from Thomas Schneider to Steve Crocker Chair, Governmental Advisory Committee 23 April 2015  
Letter from Joeri Mol to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies | University of Melbourne 20 April 2015  
Letter from John Snyder to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Chair, Department of Music Industry Studies | Loyola University New Orleans 14 April 2015  
Letter from Danielle M. Aguirre to ICANN Board of Directors and Economic Intelligence Unit General Counsel | National Music Publishers' Association 14 April 2015  
Letter from Martin Sutton, Elisa Cooper, and Gregory S. Shatan to Steve Crocker President | Brand Registry Group (BRG), Chair | Business Constituency (BC), and President | Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) 14 April 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 14 April 2015  
Letter from William Ng to Steve Crocker, CPE Panel, and Akram Atallah Chairman | Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited 9 April 2015  
Letter from Constantinos Roussos to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Founder | DotMusic 31 March 2015  
Letter from Constantinos Roussos to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Founder | DotMusic 31 March 2015  
Letter from Constantinos Roussos to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Founder | DotMusic 31 March 2015  
Letter from Gregory S. Shatan to Akram Atallah President | Intellectual Property Constituency 27 March 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Jeffrey Smith to ICANN and Economist Intelligence Unit Commercial Connect, LLC 13 March 2015  
Letter from Registry Stakeholder Group to Akram Atallah Registry Stakeholder Group (RySG) 13 March 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Rich Bengloff to Steve Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Akram Attallah, Christine Willett, Cherine Chalaby, Thomas Schneider and John Jeffrey. President | American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) 7 March 2015  
Letter from Alain Artero to John O. Jeffrey Project Manager | European Broadcasting Union 6 March 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Victoria Sheckler to Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehadé Recording Industry Association of America 5 March 2015  
Letter from Martin Sutton to Akram Atallah President | Brand Registry Group 4 March 2015  
Letter from Kent W. Oyler to Economist Intelligence Unit President & CEO | Greater Louisville Inc. 3 March 2015  
Letter from Boubker Seddik Badr to Akram Atallah Director of Digital Economy | Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Government of Morocco 26 February 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Elizabeth S. Finberg to Stephen Crocker Public Interest Registry 23 February 2015  
Letter from Patrick Collins to ICANN and EIU President & CEO | SESAC 22 February 2015  
Letter from C. Martin Harris to to Economic Intelligence Unit, CPE Evaluation Panel Chief Information Officer | Cleveland Clinic 17 February 2015  
Letter from Chetan Nage to Akram Atallah Manager Legal | Tata Sons Limited 12 February 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Donuts Inc. to ICANN Donuts Inc. 17 February 2015  
Letter from Tina O. Grande to Chris Disspain and the ICANN Board Governance Committee Healthcare Leadership Council 10 February 2015  
Letter from Carmen A. Catizone to the Economist Intelligence Unit, CPE Panel Executive Director/Secretary | National Association of Boards of Pharmacy 10 February 2015  
Letter from Thomas J. Embrescia and Vincent Huang to Akram Atallah Chairman | .JOBS, Chairman | Hu Yi Global 8 February 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN dotgay LLC 6 February 2015  
Letter from Petr Prokopík to ICANN and the EIU Charles University in Prague 5 February 2015  
Letter from Kim Lithgow to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Head of Pflag South Africa | Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays 5 February 2015  
Letter from gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group to Steve Crocker gTLDs Registry Stakeholder Group 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jamie Baxter to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Vice President of Marketing | dotgay LLC 5 February 2015  
Letter from Jeremiah Johnston to Fadi Chehade Internet Commerce Association | President 4 February 2015  
Letter from Top Level Design, LLC; United TLD Holdco Ltd.; and Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. to ICANN Board Governance Committee Top Level Design, LLC; United TLD Holdco Ltd.; Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. 3 February 2015  
Letter from Anne Stockwell to ICANN and the Economist Intelligence Unit Former Editor in Chief | The Advocate 1 February 2015  
Letter from Kelly Daniel Mukwano to ICANN and the EIU Executive Director | i freedom Uganda Network 1 February 2015  
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to Steve Crocker Chair | ICANN GNSO Council 28 January 2015  
Letter from Jonathan Robinson to Cyrus Namazi Chair | ICANN GNSO Council 28 January 2015  
Letter from Cherine Chalaby to Thomas Schneider Chair | ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 22 January 2015  
Letter from Steve Crocker to Thomas Schneider Chair | ICANN Board Of Directors 22 January 2015  
Letter from Shaun Kruger to ICANN Board Governance Committee Chairperson | KwaZulu-Natal Gay and Lesbian Tourism Association (KZNGALTA) 18 January 2015  
Letter from Stephen Coote to ICANN Board Governance Committee Director | Gay Business Association 18 January 2015  
Letter from Nikolay Nikiforov to Stephen Crocker Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications | Russian Federation 15 January 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Jason Fiddler to ICANN Board Governance Committee Festival Director | Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 15 January 2015  
Letter from Cherine Chalaby to Jonathan Robinson Chair | ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee 15 January 2015  
Letter from Eckhard Pols to Fadi Chehadé Chairman | Commission of Children's Concerns 14 January 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Tanja Ineke to ICANN Board Governance Committee President | COC Nederland 14 January 2015  
Letter from Chatan Nage to Fadi Chehadé, Steve Crocker, and Cherine Chalaby Manager - Legal | Tata Sons Limited 13 January 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Boubker Seddik Badr to Akram Atallah Director of Digital Economy | Ministry of Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Government of Morocco 09 January 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Adil El Maliki to Akram Atallah General Director | Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) 09 January 2015 ICANN's Response
Letter from Craig Schwartz to Cherine Chalaby Managing Director | fTLD Registry Services 09 January 2015  
Letter from Susan Payne to Stephen Crocker, Fadi Chehadé, Cherine Chalaby Head of Legal Policy | Valideus Ltd. 06 January 2015  
Letter from Raymond King to Christine Willett and Russ Weinstein CEO | Top Level Design, LLC 06 January 2015