<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 25, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Bruna Martins dos Santos <<a href="mailto:bruna.mrtns@gmail.com" class="">bruna.mrtns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">Hi everyone, </span><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">Given the amount of discussions regarding geographic names that took place in the Johannesburg meeting, the NCSG has decided to start a little Ad-hoc groups to discuss the work performed by the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group on the theme, of which some of us are members! <br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">After the cross-community discussions that happened during ICANN59, the co-chairs of the PDP WG are in the process of developing a fifth Work Track in the PDP dedicated exclusively to the discussions around the use of Geographic Domain Names at the top-level. The new work track will adopt a shared leadership model with balanced representation from the GAC, ALAC, ccNSO, and GNSO. </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">Given the relevance of the subject, we are now kicking-off the the NCSG now an ad-hoc group dedicated to geographic names. And, in order to provide more information on the subject to you, here follows a list of useful documents: </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">- <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2017-04-25+Geographic+Names+Webinars" target="_blank" class="">All the information on the Geographic Names Webinars</a> (also the background paper provided for the webinars) </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">- <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/jVPwAw" target="_blank" class="">Transcripts for ICANN59 Cross-Community Sessions on Geographic Names at the Top Level</a></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">- <a href="https://www.ncuc.org/2017/08/24/icann59-report-geographic-names-and-new-gtlds-in-the-center-of-internet-policymaking/" target="_blank" class="">A blog post on the theme for the NCUC Blog</a></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px" class="">Looking forward to get this discussion going! </div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class="">Best, </i></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">+55 61 99252-6512</div><div class="">Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos<br class=""></div><div class="">@boomartins<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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