[NCSG-PC] Deadline Extended: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Initial Report - Public Comment

Thu Aug 23 19:46:42 EEST 2018

Super!!!! We could meet wednesday or thursday next week if you think a call
would help. I can send a doodle poll if you are interested.

E.
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On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 12:31 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> we got some time for this huge document to comment on. A big Phew.
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> Farzaneh
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Emily Barabas
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> Dear Farzaneh,
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> We are writing to let you know that the public comment period
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gtld-subsequent-procedures-initial-2018-07-03-en>
> for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Initial Report has been
> extended. Public comments will now be accepted through *26 September 2018*.
> Can you kindly assist in sharing this information with the relevant members
> of your group?
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> Best regards,
>
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Jeff Neuman (WG Co-Chairs)
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> *From: *Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine at icann.org>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 4 July 2018 at 04:50
> *To: *farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *"jeff.neuman at comlaude.com" <jeff.neuman at comlaude.com>, Cheryl
> Langdon-Orr <langdonorr at gmail.com>, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>,
> Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund at icann.org>, Emily Barabas <
> emily.barabas at icann.org>, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>, "
> gnso-secs at icann.org" <gnso-secs at icann.org>
> *Subject: *New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Initial Report - Public
> Comment
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>
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> Dear Farzaneh,
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> We write to you as the Co-Chairs of the GNSO’s New gTLD Subsequent
> Procedures Working Group (WG), which is tasked with calling upon the
> community’s collective experiences from the 2012 New gTLD Program round to
> consider potential changes that may be needed to the existing 2007
> Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains policy recommendations and
> implementation. We are pleased to share that the Working Group has reached
> an important milestone by publishing its Initial Report for Public
> Comment [icann.org]
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_public-2Dcomments_gtld-2Dsubsequent-2Dprocedures-2Dinitial-2D2018-2D07-2D03-2Den&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=4gYyCwhtEI98RlWT6m_3FasU_W94CPJVbYvXvdaDxws&s=TwT7TfmDQ6Na2XFI7TKEFTn4pi5z-7JSXypjqAP6rRE&e=>.
> We would like to strongly encourage you to review this report and provide
> feedback through public comment on the draft preliminary recommendations,
> options, and questions for community feedback. Your input is essential to
> the success of this PDP.
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> *1.    Background on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG*
>
> The GNSO’s New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group (WG), which was
> chartered by the GNSO Council to conduct a Policy Development Process
> (PDP), is seeking to determine what, if any, changes may need to be made to
> the existing *Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains*
> [gnso.icann.org]
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_issues_new-2Dgtlds_pdp-2Ddec05-2Dfr-2Dparta-2D08aug07.htm&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=4gYyCwhtEI98RlWT6m_3FasU_W94CPJVbYvXvdaDxws&s=fAYAOAlC7DqbvB0WyYMiIOXAkUC6kzqPgR62nsJhHCQ&e=> policy
> recommendations from 8 August 2007 as well as the final Applicant
> Guidebook [newgtlds.icann.org]
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__newgtlds.icann.org_en_applicants_agb&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=PDd_FX3f4MVgkEIi9GHvVoUhbecsvLhgsyXrxgtbL10DTBs0i1jYiBM_uTSDzgqG&m=4gYyCwhtEI98RlWT6m_3FasU_W94CPJVbYvXvdaDxws&s=iK3CVAc8mCe_CJRGZTBv2B_bDcoekw7F1Tg2uNLpbsI&e=>
> dated June 2012. As the original policy recommendations as adopted by the
> GNSO Council and ICANN Board have “been designed to produce systemized and
> ongoing mechanisms for applicants to propose new top-level domains,” those
> policy recommendations remain in place for subsequent rounds of the New
> gTLD Program unless the GNSO Council would decide to modify those policy
> recommendations via a policy development process. The PDP WG created 5 Work
> Tracks that are responsible for considering the subjects within its
> charter. The PDP WG sought community input through two community comment
> periods. The Working Group has produced its Initial Report, which includes
> material from the full Working Group and Work Tracks 1-4. Work Track 5,
> focused on Geographic Names at the Top-Level, was established later than
> the other Work Tracks and will produce a separate Initial Report.
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> *2.    Information about the Initial Report and the Public Comment*
>
> The objective of this Initial Report is to document the Working Group’s
> deliberations on charter issues and preliminary recommendations, potential
> options for recommendations, as well as specific questions for which the
> Working Group is seeking input. Given the large number of issues, and the
> thousands of hours spent on addressing the 2012 New gTLD Program and
> improvements that can be made to the program moving forward, unlike other
> Initial Reports, this one does not contain a “Statement of level of
> consensus for the recommendations presented in the Initial Report.” The
> Co-Chairs not only believed that it was premature to measure the level of
> consensus of the Working Group members of dozens of recommendations
> contained within the Initial Report, but that doing so could have the
> unintended consequence of locking Working Group members into positions of
> support or opposition prior to soliciting public comment from the community
> on those recommendations. To form such definitive positions at this early
> of a stage could have the adverse effect of being less open to
> modifications to those positions as a result of community input.
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> In addition, though many of the preliminary recommendations were generally
> agreed to by members that participated in the different Work Tracks,
> support has not been assessed amongst the members of the overall Working
> Group. The Overall Working Group has not sought to form definitive
> positions on each of these issues at this stage. Therefore, any language in
> this report that suggests that the Working Group or any of its Work Tracks
> is making a recommendation should be read as merely a rough assessment by
> the Working Group Co-Chairs or Work Track leads.
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> After a comprehensive review of public comments received on this report,
> the Working Group will deliberate further on the preliminary
> recommendations contained within the Initial Report. It is possible that as
> a result of the deliberations, there may be supplemental reports released
> by the Working Group seeking additional public comments. Once all of that
> is completed, the Co-Chairs will conduct any formal consensus call(s) at
> the plenary level, on all recommendations before the Working Group issues
> its Final Report.
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> Thank you for your consideration of this request. We look forward to any
> comments and any input that you and the organization you Chair are able to
> provide to our WG. While we of course welcome input on any area of the
> report, we would like to stress that given the extensive number of topics
> and preliminary outcomes, you should not feel compelled to respond to every
> single preliminary recommendation, option, and question. If possible,
> please submit your comments and input to us by 5 September 2018 so that we
> may fully consider it in our further deliberations.
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> Best regards,
>
> Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Jeff Neuman (WG Co-Chairs)
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> Nathalie Peregrine
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> Manager, Operations Support (GNSO)
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> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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> Email: nathalie.peregrine at icann.org
> <http://nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20>
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> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann
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> Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses and
> visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages
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Elsa Saade
Consultant
Gulf Centre for Human Rights
Twitter: @Elsa_Saade
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