<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Ayden,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I read the doc and have no objection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Apr 2018, at 14:54, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Yes, this is a part of the compromise, we are the only Stakeholder Group that is not advocating such a position, so have asked the SCBO to remain silent here. Similarly, in the SCBO comment we are not expressing a position on whether any application fees from the expansion of new gTLDs should be returned.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ayden <br class=""></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br class=""></div><div class=""> On 10 April 2018 2:25 PM, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" class="">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks, Ayden for the explanation, happy to see that we are not supporting touching the auctions funds at least.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">as the comment is quite simple, I don't see any reason to not support it.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="">Rafik<br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">2018-04-10 21:23 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>:<br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="">Hi Rafik,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That is correct; we are remaining silent on alternatives, as it is unlikely that there is a common GNSO position on them. However we do think there is a common GNSO view that raising fees on the contracted parties would be the wrong approach. We all have different rationales as to why that would be so.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="m_-242168343479014143protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-242168343479014143protonmail_signature_block-user"><div class="">Ayden <br class=""></div></div><div class="m_-242168343479014143protonmail_signature_block-proton m_-242168343479014143protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br class=""></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="">On 10 April 2018 1:17 AM, Rafik Dammak <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" class="">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="m_-242168343479014143protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Ayden,<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">thanks for the work done on SCBO comment. <br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">I reviewed the previous version and fine with the latest one. so we are not exploring other options but only objecting to increasing fees? sorry I didn't join the SCBO confcall and didn't check yet the proceedings.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="">Rafik<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">2018-04-10 2:35 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>:<br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="">Hi all,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy to get comments here from the PC re: the SCBO comment on reserve fund replenishment. If you have any concerns, please raise them on our list or with me directly. Thanks!<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="m_-242168343479014143m_4483495789277684213protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-242168343479014143m_4483495789277684213protonmail_signature_block-user"><div class="">Ayden <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br class=""></div><div class="m_-242168343479014143HOEnZb"><div class="m_-242168343479014143h5"><div class="">On 9 April 2018 5:14 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="m_-242168343479014143m_4483495789277684213protonmail_quote"><div class="">Dear all,<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for joining our call today. Please find attached a revised statement encompassing the requested edits. We are using the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UU-rQfCLjJ_mTNRN0EdA2b5zivJGUfbaHa6imRuKZIo/edit?usp=sharing" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UU-rQfCLjJ_mTNRN0EdA2b5zivJGUfbaHa6imRuKZIo/edit?usp=sharing" class="">same Google Doc</a> as before.<br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Could you please review this statement as a matter of priority, and indicate if you have any concerns regarding the contents? The hope is to submit this to the Council mailing list by Wednesday 11 April in order to ascertain Councillor's comfort level with the text. The final date for comment submissions on this issue is <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-replenishment-2018-03-06-en" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/reserve-fund-replenishment-2018-03-06-en" class="">25 April</a>.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also - there is one unresolved edit, whether we would like the Reserve Fund replenishment period to be "five or less years" (ICANN org proposal) or "three to five years" (BC proposal). Can you please indicate if you have a preference either way? Thanks.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ayden Férdeline<br class=""></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">______________________________<wbr class="">_________________<br class=""></div><div class="">NCSG-PC mailing list<br class=""></div><div class=""><a target="_blank" href="mailto:NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is" class="">NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://lists.ncsg.is/mailman/listinfo/ncsg-pc" class="">https://lists.ncsg.is/mailman/<wbr class="">listinfo/ncsg-pc</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">NCSG-PC mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is" class="">NCSG-PC@lists.ncsg.is</a><br class="">https://lists.ncsg.is/mailman/listinfo/ncsg-pc<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>