<div dir="ltr"><div>I agree it would be great to have Kathy provide some background on the topic to start the conversation. I think it will also help fairly new folks be empowered to contribute to the conversation.</div><div><br></div><div><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" tabindex="-1">@Stephanie Perrin</a> also check out this <a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20200216_icann_do_not_allow_closed_new_gtlds_with_generic_strings">blogpost</a> by George Sadowsky, it might help with why it is coming to council. In a nutshell, the decision by the board to not accept closed generics in the last round was not a consensus policy. <br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Tomslin<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">@Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tomsleen" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tomsleen</a></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">@LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomslin/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomslin/</a><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 01:15, Stephanie E Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie@digitaldiscretion.ca">stephanie@digitaldiscretion.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Personally, I think it would be great if you could explain some
of the background on this issue Kathy. I for one need a whole lot
of info to understand why this is coming up at Council. <br>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<p>Hi Tomslin and All,</p>
<p>I've spent many years on the Closed Generics issue. I would be
happy to give a quick overview of issues/concerns to help
provide some background at the start of our discussion of this
issue in our Policy meeting. <br>
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<p><b>NCSG Policy Meeting schedule is today in a few yours,
right? Mon, 3/7, at 11:30 Eastern, ___UTC?</b></p>
<p>Best and tx, Kathy<br>
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<div>Please below the draft agenda for our ICANN73 PC call.
Let me know please if you have any item you'd like to see
added to the agenda.</div>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span>GNSO Council Agenda walk-through<span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span>Discussion: SubPro – Closed Generics<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span> a.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span>The Board has proposed for the GAC
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span>Administrative updates & any
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span><span>a.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span>Call for volunteers on the Policy
Status Report on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (UDRP) public comment.<span></span></span></p>
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