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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>In Mike’s posting of the Draft BC
comments, he asked a question of me in the section__. My response is
noted below. You will see I am looking for some assistance in refining
the language that gets the message across more clearly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Revised Comparative Evaluation Scoring <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2 align=left style='text-align:left'><b><i><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>The
Business Constituency welcomes the opportunity to comment on Draft Applicant
Guidebook v3 and draws ICANN’s attention to an inequity in the
comparative evaluation scoring.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<h2 align=left style='text-align:left'><b><i><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>The Expressions of Interest documentation created by ICANN to
recruit evaluators clearly states that<u> the comparative evaluation section
will require a high degree of subjectivity</u>; but, at the same time, <u>ICANN
does not allow for any subjectivity failure on the part of the reviewer</u>.
[Ron, please elaborate on this, I have read it a couple times, edited below,
and still do not see enough logic in it. Is it typical for independent
reviews to have lower thresholds for passing, to account for
subjectivity? Can we point to some examples?] </span></font><font
color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:purple'>What I am
trying to get at, but having difficulty expressing is the following: An
individual is tasked with doing what all agree is a highly subjective review.
By tight scoring, ICANN expects that this individual will do a ‘perfect’
job determining highly subjective positions? What if he has a strong
argument with his wife that day or he is in ill health – in either case
not thinking clearly – but he nonetheless takes ‘highly
subjective’ decisions that day. Should we deem fair a system that
does not allow one point of failure for the individual doing the review? Is it
not possible that he may not be thinking 100% clearly? By experience, I
know that individuals, despite the facts being otherwise, may make a decision
completely contrary to what all others agree is so. With only two points
of failure, i.e., a 87% score to prove nexus, the window of subjective scoring is
too tight and unfair to applicants. Three points of failure at least allows
for the reviewer to have a ‘bad day’ and ensure that that ‘bad
day’ does not crush an applicant that otherwise proves nexus in every
way. We need a larger window. Thirteen of sixteen is 81%.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Thanks in advance to anyone who can add
the needed clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>RA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Ronald N. Andruff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>RNA Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</st1:PersonName>] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mike Rodenbaugh<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 2009-11-12 13:51<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>bc
- GNSO list<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [bc-gnso] <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DRAFT</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">BC</st1:State></st1:place>
Comments re New gTLD DAG v.3</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi
all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>With
many thanks to Ron Andruff, David Fares and Zahid Jamil for their inputs thus
far, here is a DRAFT of BC comments to be submitted by the comment deadline of
Nov. 22 if possible. Please indicate any objections, questions, suggested
edits or adds, etc. ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mike
Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>RODENBAUGH
LAW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>548 Market Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>San Francisco</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94104</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://service.ringcentral.com/ringme/callback.asp?mbid=57178438,0,&referer=http://rodenbaugh.com/contact">(415)
738-8087</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://rodenbaugh.com/">http://rodenbaugh.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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