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Dear Councillors,<br>
<br>
this is to let you know that I have brought up the question on
today's ALAC call and with 10 ALAC members present (quorum achieved)
the Chair conducted a <b>consensus call</b> on the topic.<br>
<br>
Due to the importance of the Topic, the ALAC would prefer a longer
Public Comment that would respect the customary blackout periods
before, during and after an ICANN meeting. <br>
As the topic is of interest to many of ICANN's communities including
end users, the ALAC would welcome being able to discuss the topic in
Dublin - perhaps as a High Interest Community Topic, as part of the
Public Forum or at some point on Constituency Day.<br>
The work process is likely to take years - from the ALAC's
perspective, it would be imprudent to try to rush it through
consultation phases.<br>
<br>
Warm regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
ALAC Liaison to the GNSO Council<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/08/2015 22:26, Steve Chan wrote:<br>
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type="cite">
<div>Dear Councilors,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Staff is on track to be able to deliver the Preliminary Issue
Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures for public comment by
the end of August, as discussed on the previous GNSO Council
meeting. However, I wanted to note that during the meeting, the
possibility of providing for an extended public comment period
was also discussed, which would keep it open through the ICANN54
meeting. This topic is expected to be on the agenda for the next
Council meeting, scheduled for 03 September and as such, it may
make sense to delay the publication of the report by
approximately 3 days to allow for discussion during the meeting
and a decision to be made, to avoid confusion from possibly
amending the comment close date. The impact appears to be
minimal:</div>
<ul>
<li>Publish 31 August -> 40 Day Public Comment -> Close 10
October (note that this is a Saturday)</li>
<li>Publish 3 September -> 40 Day Public Comment -> <b>Close
13 October</b></li>
<li>Publish 3 September -> 60 Day (for instance) Public
Comment -> Close 2 November </li>
</ul>
<div>Staff is leaning towards waiting the three days and <u>immediately</u>
putting in the request to publish the Preliminary Issue Report
after a decision is made, but wanted to be sure there were no
strong objections to this approach.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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sans-serif;">Steven Chan</span></b><span style="font-size:
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<b>ICANN<br>
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