<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">hi all,<div><br></div><div>i’ll speak personally, i haven’t checked with the constituency on this. i would go a notch further than Jonathan — this item seems premature. partly because of external events, partly because the rollout *is* taking longer than the framers of the Applicant Guidebook envisaged. i’m not ruling it out, but my immediate reaction is quite muted.</div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 18, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks Bret,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think this item may have got eclipsed by all of the other activity on Friday and over the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In any case, the point is noted and currently I think we can aim to fit this into the weekend sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The draft agenda for Wednesday is looking full-ish for a two hour meeting but I am open to persuasion as to whether we discuss this on Wed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bret Fausett [<a href="mailto:bret@nic.sexy">mailto:bret@nic.sexy</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 14 March 2014 15:39<br><b>To:</b> Council<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] Singapore Agenda Item: New gTLDs, Subsequent Application Rounds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to propose that we add some time on our Singapore agenda for discussing next steps in preparation for Round 2 of the new gTLD launch. As you may know, in the Applicant Guidebook, ICANN wrote the following about subsequent new gTLD rounds:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>1.1.6 Subsequent Application Rounds</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">ICANN’s goal is to launch subsequent gTLD application<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">rounds as quickly as possible. The exact timing will be<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">based on experiences gained and changes required after<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">this round is completed. The goal is for the next application<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">round to begin within one year of the close of the<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">application submission period for the initial round.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">ICANN has committed to reviewing the effects of the New<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">gTLD Program on the operations of the root zone system<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">after the first application round, and will defer the<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">delegations in a second application round until it is<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">determined that the delegations resulting from the first<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">round did not jeopardize root zone system security or<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">stability.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It is the policy of ICANN that there be subsequent<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">application rounds, and that a systemized manner of<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">applying for gTLDs be developed in the long term.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The "the close of the application submission period for the initial round” was May, 2012, so the goal for the launch of Round 2 has already been missed, by a material amount of time. I think we all would agree that many aspects of the program, from the application process to the review and implementation, should be reviewed and revisited. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Let’s spend some time discussing “subsequent application rounds" and see if we can come to a shared understanding of what the proper next steps would be, including the role of the Council and the GNSO in the review process. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Bret<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="">--<br>Bret Fausett, Esq. • General Counsel, Uniregistry, Inc. <br>12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 200 • Playa Vista, CA 90094-2536<br>310-496-5755 (T) • 310-985-1351 (M) • <a href="mailto:bret@uniregistry.com">bret@uniregistry.com</a><br>— — — — — <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="">--<br>Bret Fausett, Esq. • General Counsel, Uniregistry, Inc. <br>12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 200 • Playa Vista, CA 90094-2536<br>310-496-5755 (T) • 310-985-1351 (M) • <a href="mailto:bret@nic.sexy">bret@nic.sexy</a><br>— — — — — <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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