[council] FW: [Correspondence] Letter from Steve Crocker to James Bladel, Chair, GNSO Council

[James M. Bladel]

Councilors -

Attached, please find a letter form Steve Crocker/ICANN Board to the Council, regarding the work on subsequent rounds of New gTLDs.   (Per Wendy's note, the letter has not yet been posted on the ICANN Correspondence page, but expected soon).

Note that the letter contains a specific request to the GNSO:

'For example, assuming all other review activities are completed, it would be helpful to understand whether the GNSO believes that the entirety of the current Subsequent Procedures PDP must be completed prior to advancing a new application process under the current policy recommendations. The Board is cognizant that it may be difficult to provide a firm answer at this stage of the process as the reviews are still underway and the PDP is in its initial stages of work, but if any consideration has been given in relation to whether a future application process could proceed while policy work continues and be iteratively applied to the process for allocating new gTLDs, or that a set of critical issues could be identified to be addressed prior to a new application process, the Board would welcome that input.

 The Board would also welcome any elaboration on the expected time frame outlined in the PDP Work Plan, as well as any additional points the GNSO might wish to clarify for the Board in its efforts to support the various areas of work underway in the multistakeholder community'.

I propose that we add this question/topic, and the letter itself, to our 1 SEP meeting agenda as a discussion item, and that we examine ideas on how to proceed on responding to this question. If this is amenable, I would also ask Staff to draft a brief note to Steve, acknowledging the receipt of this letter and noting that it would be discussed during our next meeting.

Thoughts on this approach?

Thank you,

J.




From: Wendy Profit <wendy.profit at icann.org<mailto:wendy.profit at icann.org>>
Date: Friday, August 5, 2016 at 14:19
To: James Bladel <jbladel at godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel at godaddy.com>>, Glen de Saint Géry <gnso-secretariat at gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso-secretariat at gnso.icann.org>>, Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org<mailto:marika.konings at icann.org>>
Cc: Steve Crocker <steve.crocker at board.icann.org<mailto:steve.crocker at board.icann.org>>, Icann-board ICANN <icann-board at icann.org<mailto:icann-board at icann.org>>, board-support <board-support at icann.org<mailto:board-support at icann.org>>, Akram Atallah <akram.atallah at icann.org<mailto:akram.atallah at icann.org>>, Erika Randall <erika.randall at icann.org<mailto:erika.randall at icann.org>>, Daniel Halloran <daniel.halloran at icann.org<mailto:daniel.halloran at icann.org>>, Eleeza Agopian <eleeza.agopian at icann.org<mailto:eleeza.agopian at icann.org>>, Jamie Hedlund <jamie.hedlund at icann.org<mailto:jamie.hedlund at icann.org>>, Karen Lentz <karen.lentz at icann.org<mailto:karen.lentz at icann.org>>, Cyrus Namazi <cyrus.namazi at icann.org<mailto:cyrus.namazi at icann.org>>, Cristina Flores <cristina.flores at icann.org<mailto:cristina.flores at icann.org>>
Subject: [Correspondence] Letter from Steve Crocker to James Bladel, Chair, GNSO Council

Dear James Bladel,

Please find the attached letter from Steve Crocker, Chair, ICANN Board of Directors regarding subsequent New gTLD rounds.

The letter will be posted shortly to the ICANN Correspondence and New gTLD Correspondence pages:

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence
https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/correspondence

With warm regards,

Wendy Profit
ICANN Board Operations Specialist


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