<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c77b20d2-74dc-7742-c0a9-0a1257806548"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;display:inline!important"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear ICANN, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please find attached and below our comment​ on the Community gTLD Change Request process now open for public comment. </span></p>

<b id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c77b20d2-74dc-7742-c0a9-0a1257806548" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-weight:normal"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jacob</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jacob Malthouse-Ogilvie</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-founder & Director, The .eco Registry</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://go.eco/">https://go.eco/</a></span></p></b>

<div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3/29/2018</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear ICANN,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Re: .eco Registry Comment on Draft Procedure for Community gTLD Change Requests</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The .eco Registry is pleased to see progress towards full implementation of the process envisioned in the Applicant Guidebook for ongoing accountability to our community.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Accountability is a key aspect of ICANN’s work. Implementing the mechanisms for community TLDs to make it a priority for their members should also be a matter of course.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The .eco Registry recalls that section 4.2.3 of the Applicant Guidebook (AGB) states:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The restrictions and corresponding enforcement mechanisms proposed by the applicant should show an alignment with the community-based purpose of the TLD and demonstrate continuing accountability to the community named in the application.” (emphasis added)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A critical aspect of demonstrating ongoing accountability is a means to respond to requests from the community to align the registration policies of a registry with the community, especially when those requests are driven by the community served by that TLD.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Further, section 2.19 of the Registry Agreement States:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Registry Operator shall operate the TLD in a manner that allows the TLD community to discuss and participate in the development and modification of policies and practices for the TLD.” (emphasis added)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is clear from these statements that implementation of this Change Request Procedure currently under public comment is a matter that was agreed on by the ICANN Board when the AGB was adopted in June 2012.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Indeed, the Board has contractually obliged community registries to make use of it over time. We therefore support this process and encourage ICANN and the community to conclude it efficiently and successfully.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap">/END COMMENT</span></font></p></b>

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