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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Greetings to all from DOH, en route to HYD.
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<div>In regard to the CRP WG, we actually devoted two sessions to reviewing the relevant portions of the IGO proposal. While we do not follow their suggested path we believe we recommend broader and more balanced protections.</div>
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<div>See many of you soon.<br>
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<div id="divRpF705672" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [owner-council@gnso.icann.org] on behalf of James M. Bladel [jbladel@godaddy.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 31, 2016 10:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Draft Response to Board - GNSO Review of IGO/INGO "Small Group" Proposal<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Council Colleagues –</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attached, please find a draft letter developed by a subteam of Councilors in response to the Board’s letter on IGO Acronyms, and the accompanying “small group” proposal. I recognize that many of you are already
en route to Hyderabad, but hopefully you’ll have a chance to review prior to our meeting on 7 NOV.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are a few highlights:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Council believes that elements of the “small group” proposal relating to IGO Acronyms were previously and effectively considered in the PDP that was adopted in 2013.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Council has no current plans to reconsider its standing recommendations to the Board.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">While the Council does have a procedure for amending policy recommendations in extraordinary circumstances, this process could have significant implications for future PDPs.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additionally, any review of previous recommendations is complicated by the nearly 3 year delay since this PDP was adopted.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Those elements that are within scope for the current Curative Rights PDP Working Group have been referred to that WG, which reviewed them during its call on 13 OCT.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Finally, we have included a staff-prepared comparison table, highlighting the differences between the PDP, the proposal, and GAC advice, including references to relevant areas of the original PDP Final Report.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I hope that these materials will help inform our discussion on 7 NOV, and our response to the Board on this topic.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Safe travels, and see you in Hyderabad!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Thank you--</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">James Bladel</span></p>
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