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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is the letter we will send to Cherine and copy Goran and Cyrus.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate your attention on short notice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keith<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Maxim Alzoba<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 30, 2019 9:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [council] TIME SENSITIVE: ICANN Board Meeting Agenda -- IDN Variant Guidelines 4.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 15:40 Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Mr Michele Neylon</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://michele.blog/" target="_blank">https://michele.blog/</a></span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:black">council <<a href="mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council-bounces@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Carlos Raul Gutierrez <<a href="mailto:carlosraul@gutierrez.se" target="_blank">carlosraul@gutierrez.se</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 02:35<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" target="_blank">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [council] TIME SENSITIVE: ICANN Board Meeting Agenda -- IDN Variant Guidelines 4.0</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-IE">Please defer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p id="m_6808997802973038761reply-intro"><span lang="EN-IE">El 2019-04-29 19:26, Pam Little escribió:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE">In light of the issues and concerns raised by the RySG and considering the fact that the discussion on </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">IDN
Variant topic </span><span lang="EN-IE">within the Council has just started and is still on-going, I support a deferral request asking ICANN Board to consider holding off on the adoption of the IDN V4 Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Date:</span></strong><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:black">2 May, 2019<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Time:</span></strong>07:30
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Hi all,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">According to the ICANN Board meeting
<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2019-05-03-en" target="_blank">
agenda</a> for 3 May 2019, the issue of "Approval of Guidelines for the Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names Version 4.0" is currently on the consent agenda.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">We have just received the communication below/attached from the Registries Stakeholder Group highlighting concerns, both procedural and
substantive, around Board approval of the guidelines at this time. Please take a few minutes to review.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">As we, the GNSO Council, have just begun our review and consideration of the IDN Variant topic, both at the TLD and second-level, and
any associated policy implications, I plan to request a deferral of the <span class="m6808997802973038761spellchecktypo">
Board's</span> approval of this motion. </span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Concurrently, we need to respond to the related 8 April 2019
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/namazi-to-sataki-drazek-08apr19-en.pdf" target="_blank">
letter</a> from Cyrus. I will work on a draft for Council review.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Best,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Keith</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Monday, April 29, 2019 8:42 PM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> Rubens
<span class="m6808997802973038761spellchecktypo">Kuhl</span> <<a href="mailto:rubensk@nic.br" target="_blank">rubensk@nic.br</a>>; Maxim Alzoba <<a href="mailto:m.alzoba@gmail.com" target="_blank">m.alzoba@gmail.com</a>>; Drazek, Keith <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com" target="_blank">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> [EXTERNAL] IDN Email for Councilors</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Dear Keith, Rubens and Maxim,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">On behalf of the RySG, I am sending along a document outlining our concerns around IDN variant
<span class="m6808997802973038761spellchecktypo">TLDs</span>, the IDN Guidelines 4.0 and the implementation of IDN tables. As stated in the attached, the RySG is requesting that the GNSO Council take a number of actions to address these concerns, including,
most urgently, requesting that the ICANN Board defer its scheduled vote on the IDN Guidelines 4.0 until the impacts of the implementation of those guidelines is better understood.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">We request that you bring these concerns to the attention of the GNSO Council and we appreciate the
<span class="m6808997802973038761spellchecktypo">Council's</span> consideration of these important matters.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Thank you,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Donna Austin</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.5pt">Chair, RySG</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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