<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>ICANN published today as expected, since the related working group finalized its work during Panama meeting, a public comment on Initial Report on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (Overarching Issues & Work Tracks 1-4). </div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">This public comment is definitel interesting and crtitical as it concerns the first deliverables from an important GNSO Working Group: the new gTLD subsequent procedures. The WG was tasked to review the new gTLD program and the applicant guidebook and to suggest any changes or amendments. It organized its work via 4 working tracks (WT), in additon to late and particular one WT5 for geonames issue. This report concerns WT1 to WT4 only.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can find more details about the background of this public comment and the initial report here <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gtld-subsequent-procedures-initial-2018-07-03-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gtld-subsequent-procedures-initial-2018-07-03-en</a> . <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I will try to see more detailled summary to the mailing list in coming days to explain the issue we may need to cover in our background and also to elicit any initial comments from NCSG members on the report that can be used for NCSG comment drafting.</span></div><div><br></div><div>To kick-off the discussion I created this google doc: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxCa4cn-NEiS_tea-jUP02DSG6IEzf_O4_MBPLUtxZs/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxCa4cn-NEiS_tea-jUP02DSG6IEzf_O4_MBPLUtxZs/edit</a> . </div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know offlist if you want to volunteer for the drafting. It is good to have several people to volunteer together and work as team so they can share the burden in particular for this report. I will support you during the drafting if you need any help. For this comment, we will also ask for help and input from those involved in the working group as participants to give us inisght and ideas. I can not stop from repeating that is an important and critical public comment to cover and so influencing the content of the recommendations.<br></div><div><br></div><div>You can find previous public comment submitted by NCSG here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018</a> and listing those who drafted them.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik Dammak</div><div><br></div><div>NCSG Policy Committee Chair </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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