<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>As a follow-up, since a schedule conflict has just appeared for me in the later part of the GNSO Council call, I'm withdrawing my request for an AOB item in this call and moving it to a discussion item request for a later call before Abu Dhabi. I'm available on the list for clarifications on the topic. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Em 17 de ago de 2017, à(s) 16:43:000, Rubens Kuhl <<a href="mailto:rubensk@nic.br" class="">rubensk@nic.br</a>> escreveu:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>Hi all. I would like to add something at either agenda or AOB of the next GNSO Council meeting: an episode where ICANN staff deliberately guided applicants into not allowing a GNSO PDP WG to access information that was supposed to be public in the first place, by using a non-neutral language that described public information as "not foreseen to be published". <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Início da mensagem encaminhada:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">De: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">ICANN Global Support <<a href="mailto:noreply-globalsupport@icann.org" class="">noreply-globalsupport@icann.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Assunto: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Notification Regarding GNSO PDP Working Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Work Track 4 Request for Clarifying Questions and Answers</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Data: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">17 de agosto de 2017 16:22:14 BRT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">17 August 2017<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Rubens Kuhl Junior ,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We are writing in regards to a request for information related to your application ******. Members of Work Track 4 (WT4) of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP Working Group have requested the Global Domains Division (GDD) of the ICANN Organization to provide the full text of Clarifying Questions (CQs) asked and answers provided for application questions 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30a (see here for more information on the PDP and the Working Group:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/new-gtld-subsequent-procedures" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/new-gtld-subsequent-procedures</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As you may be aware, Questions 24 through 30a are the public questions of the Technical and Operational Capability section of the New gTLD application as per the 2012 Applicant Guidebook. The initial responses to these questions were published before the evaluation period began. However, neither the CQs nor applicant responses to the CQs were published.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As it was not foreseen that this information would be published and there may be sensitive data included in the CQ responses or attachments, we are writing to obtain your feedback before proceeding with fulfilling the request from WT4.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We would kindly request you to please respond via ICANN’s Customer Service Portal or email<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:globalsupport@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">globalsupport@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with any feedback that you may have regarding the sharing and publication of the CQs and responses for application questions 24-30a.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The ICANN organization is committed to supporting the efforts of WT4 and intends to publish the CQs and applicant responses for questions 24-30a pending multiple considerations, including feedback from applicants such as yourself.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We thank you for your time and attention to this matter and for your continued participation in the New gTLD program.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Sincerely,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Christine A. 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