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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Timo,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It doesn’t matter whether or not ccTLDs are run as non-profits; or gTLDs are run as for-profits:<br><br>Yes, the ccNSO is made up of ccTLDs operators.<br><br>No, the gNSO is not made up of only gTLD operators! They represent themselves in the RySG (Registry Stakeholder Group). But that is just ONE of many stakeholders with a seat at the table of the gNSO:<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>    Commercial Stakeholder Group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>        Commercial Business Users<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>        Intellectual Property<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>        Internet Service Providers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>    Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>        Non-Commercial Users<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>        Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>    Registrars Stakeholder Group </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>    Registries Stakeholder Group   </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'>&lt;-  THAT’s the RySG!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>So while most gNSO stakeholders are indeed “for-profit” orientated; it’s a completely different setup than the ccNSO. And the gTLD registries are just one amongst many stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Timo Võhmar<br><b>Sent:</b> Freitag, 26. August 2016 16:11<br><b>To:</b> Susan Payne &lt;susan.payne@valideus.com&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> ctn-crosscom@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctn-crosscom] post-Helsinki strawman paper: next call scheduled for Monday 29 August, 21 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Susan<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes I referred to gNSO with this statement as gTLDs are mostly run for profit and ccTLDs by non-profits with other ideals in mind. Of course there are exceptions to this rule on both sides.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Balanced CWG is the way forward.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Timo Võhmar<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Head of development<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Estonian Internet Foundation<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.internet.ee" target="_blank">www.internet.ee</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Susan Payne &lt;<a href="mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com" target="_blank">susan.payne@valideus.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Timo</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Could you explain please who and what you mean by “give the power of decision over these strings to group with solely commercial goals in mind”?&nbsp; From the context it seems you refer to the GNSO, so I would like to be sure if I understand you correctly.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>thanks</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Susan</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#76923C'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Timo Võhmar [mailto:<a href="mailto:timo.vohmar@internet.ee" target="_blank">timo.vohmar@internet.ee</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 26 August 2016 13:04<br><b>To:</b> Susan Payne<br><b>Cc:</b> Annebeth Lange; Heather Forrest; Joke Braeken; <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctn-crosscom] post-Helsinki strawman paper: next call scheduled for Monday 29 August, 21 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>First of all thank you all for accepting me to this CWG - this has been my first experience with such processes. It has been educational.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Anyhow, I would like to express my strong disagreement with the recommendation to even mention GNSO PDP as a viable solution to move forward with these issues. In my view this can be solved only in the balanced cross community workgroup with representatives from all the necessary groups (ccnso, gnso, gac etc). WIth that said I am very sad that this CWG was not able to achieve more. We are still talking about country names and codes here so for me it seems the worst idea possible to give the power of decision over these strings to group with solely commercial goals in mind. Please do not do that!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Let's specifiy what was lacking with this CWG and propose to form new one.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Timo Võhmar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Head of development<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Estonian Internet Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="http://www.internet.ee" target="_blank">www.internet.ee</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Susan Payne &lt;<a href="mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com" target="_blank">susan.payne@valideus.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I would like to add my thanks to Joke for her excellent draft progress report.&nbsp; Thanks also to Heather and Annebeth for their comments and suggestions – here are a couple from me.&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Regarding the recommendations section I note that in Annebeth’s version, which I worked from as I thought it was the latest, some of the recommendations Heather proposed were not included.&nbsp; In full, those recommendations are:</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In light of the need for further work, the complexity of the issue at hand, the aforementioned inconsistencies between various ICANN policies, and the limited mandate of the CWG on the use of Country and Territory Names as TLDs, the CWG recommends that:</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>1)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The ICANN community consolidate all policy efforts relating to geographic names (as that term has traditionally very broadly been defined in the ICANN environment to this point) to enable in-depth analyses and discussions on all aspects related to all geographic-related names at all levels of the DNS. This is the only way, in our view, to determine whether a harmonized framework is truly achievable.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Future work should take place with the authority of a policy development process under ICANN’s Bylaws, with a clearly drafted Charter or scope of works that sets out how conclusions and recommendations will inform that policy development process. This addresses a key deficiency of this CWG, as it has not been made clear how the group’s work can or will be incorporated in policy-making pursuant to ICANN’s Bylaws. In this regard, we note that the use of geographic names in future new gTLDs falls within the scope of issues to be addressed by the now-formed and operative GNSO PDP on Subsequent Procedures.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>3)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Future policy development work must facilitate all-inclusive dialogue to ensure that all members of the community have the opportunity to participate. Again, we believe that this is the only way to determine whether a harmonized framework is truly achievable.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I am strongly in favour of including these recommendations.&nbsp; If we are to recommend that all policy work on geographic terms be consolidated to ensure harmonisation (which I agree that it should) then I think we must also address the question of where that consolidation should happen and make our recommendation.&nbsp; The PDP has a formalised status under the ICANN Bylaws and a clear process.&nbsp; The treatment of the outcomes of the PDP by the Board are also clearly set out, with a process of consultation to be followed where the <span style='background:white'>Board determines that the recommendations “are not in the best interests of the&nbsp;</span>ICANN<span style='background:white'>&nbsp;community or&nbsp;</span>ICANN”<span style='background:white'>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'>In addition, as Heather has pointed out, the issue of geo names in future “rounds” of New gTLDs also already within the Charter of the Subsequent Procedures PDP which has a large number of participants (133) and is not limited to the GNSO but includes members of the ALAC, GAC and unaffiliated individuals.&nbsp; I believe members of the ccNSO also already participate (even if not identified as such on the list of participants), since many ccTLD operators also have an interest in new gTLDs.&nbsp; The PDP work has been underway for some months considering overarching issues, and the working group is now breaking into work tracks &nbsp;to focus on specific groupings of related issues.&nbsp; Country and territory names fall within the Legal/Regulatory work track and would sensibly be dealt with by that work track when it considers other, related, issues around the reservation of names, including <u>other</u> geographic names which are not within the scope of this CWG, and names with other sensitivity (which are not geo names).&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'>thanks</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Susan</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",san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pan lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I join Heather in thanking Joke for her excellent work in producing this draft for a progress report. I have gone through it with special attention to your comments and input, Heather, and enclose a version with my questions and comments.&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I encourage my fellow colleagues to read the document and give input. We have to decide how to go forward with this, and it would be great to have opinions and suggestions from WG members.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Annebeth</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&lt;<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt; on behalf of Heather Forrest<br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 04:40<br><b>To: </b>Joke Braeken, &quot;<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a>&quot;<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Ctn-crosscom] post-Helsinki strawman paper: next call scheduled for Monday 29 August, 21 UTC</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear Joke, CWG colleagues,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Tremendous thanks to Joke for her work on producing the first draft of our status report and recommendations, particularly while Steve Chan&nbsp;recovered on medical leave and Emily Barabas&nbsp;transitioned in temporarily as GNSO support staff.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>In my view this paper is a good start, and there is a bit more we can do. It is important that we keep this document relatively short, clear and to the point - otherwise we risk losing the community's attention.&nbsp;With this in mind, I propose that we add&nbsp;footnotes and names of earlier documents, groups, etc. to ensure the community has the complete picture of the work in this area (as indeed this is one of our key justifications for terminating our efforts - the multiplicity of policy initiatives on&nbsp;geo names) while&nbsp;streamlining this progress report by pushing the reader to those other documents for more detail/substance.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I also suggest that we amend&nbsp;references to ISO 3166 from &quot;list&quot; to &quot;standard&quot;, as that is a lesson we've very helpfully&nbsp;learned from Jaap.&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Finally, I believe we should be more clear and direct on our recommendations at the end, as ultimately we're in the best position to advise as to what should happen next and, crucially, what is needed for that to succeed (ie, we know best what our deficiencies were as a CWG, and have a view as to how to fix them). </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I look forward to our meeting next week and the opportunity to discuss this progress report in more detail.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best wishes,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Heather</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a> &lt;<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt; on behalf of Joke Braeken &lt;<a href="mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org" target="_blank">joke.braeken@icann.org</a>&gt;<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 23, 2016 21:39<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctn-crosscom] post-Helsinki strawman paper: next call scheduled for Monday 29 August, 21 UTC</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear all,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>A short reminder that the next call for the CWG-UCTN WG &nbsp;is scheduled for next week Monday 29 August, at 21 UTC.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>You are kindly invited to provide us with your input, comments and feedback on the attached strawman paper by the end of this week. </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Thank you!</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Joke Braeken</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>ccNSO Policy Advisor&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org" target="_blank">joke.braeken@icann.org</a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Follow @ccNSO on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ccNSO" target="_blank"><span style='color:#954F72'>https://twitter.com/ccNSO</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Follow the ccNSO on Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#954F72'>https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org" target="_blank">http://ccnso.icann.org</a>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Joke Braeken &lt;<a href="mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org" target="_blank">joke.braeken@icann.org</a>&gt;<br><b>Date: </b>Friday 19 August 2016 at 11:57<br><b>To: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:ctn-crosscom@icann.org" target="_blank">ctn-crosscom@icann.org</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject: </b>post-Helsinki strawman paper: next call scheduled for Monday 29 August, 21 UTC</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear All,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Following the events at ICANN56 in Helsinki, staff drafted a strawman paper, as requested by the CWG-UCTN co-chairs. The attached paper </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>lays out the Group’s discussion to-date, and provides the working group’s conclusions and recommendations in relation to the Group’s main objective.&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>This document aims at generating a discussion among the group, regarding the next steps, taking into account that the main objective of the WG is to provide advice regarding the feasibility of developing a consistent and uniform definitional framework that is applicable across the respective SO's and AC's defining rules guiding the use of country and territory names as top-level domains that, ideally, can be applied objectively to alpha-2 and alpha-3 ISO 3166-1 codes as well as full country and territory names.</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Next meetings:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>1.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday 22 August, 21 UTC.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'>CANCELLED.&nbsp; </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The co-chairs preferred to allow WG members sufficient time to review the post-Helsinki strawman paper, and to comment on it</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>2.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday 29 August, 21 UTC.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> A calendar invite will follow. On the agenda: discussion of the post-Helsinki strawman paper</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>3.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday 19 September, 21 UTC.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> A calendar invite will follow</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Joke Braeken</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>ccNSO Policy Advisor&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='backgrou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