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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kindly find below the informal notes as taken during the CWG-UCTN meeting today, 23 May 2017 at 20 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Notes:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Welcome&nbsp;and&nbsp;roll&nbsp;call<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Public&nbsp;comment&nbsp;summary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Analysis&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The&nbsp;comments&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;3&nbsp;categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.&nbsp;recommendations&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;CWG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.&nbsp;text&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Interim&nbsp;Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3.&nbsp;Proposals&nbsp;and&nbsp;rationales&nbsp;with&nbsp;respect&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;2-letter&nbsp;codes,&nbsp;3-letter&nbsp;codes&nbsp;and&nbsp;full&nbsp;names&nbsp;of&nbsp;country&nbsp;and&nbsp;territory&nbsp;names.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">first&nbsp;category</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The&nbsp;majority&nbsp;of&nbsp;those&nbsp;that&nbsp;commented&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;recommendations,&nbsp;were&nbsp;in&nbsp;favour&nbsp;of&nbsp;closing&nbsp;the&nbsp;group,&nbsp;and&nbsp;having&nbsp;a&nbsp;consolidated&nbsp;effort&nbsp;after&nbsp;closing&nbsp;this&nbsp;group.&nbsp;The&nbsp;work&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;group&nbsp;should&nbsp;continue,&nbsp;as&nbsp;an&nbsp;all-inclusive&nbsp;dialogue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">chartering&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;and&nbsp;broader&nbsp;group&nbsp;should&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;further&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;they&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;structure&nbsp;future&nbsp;work&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">second&nbsp;category</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">no&nbsp;suggestions&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;text&nbsp;itself.&nbsp;Suggestions&nbsp;were&nbsp;more&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;2&nbsp;and&nbsp;3-letter&nbsp;codes,&nbsp;than&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;text&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;recommendations&nbsp;themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jaap&nbsp;Akkerhuis suggested&nbsp;to&nbsp;clarify&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;framed&nbsp;text&nbsp;in&nbsp;section&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That&nbsp;suggested&nbsp;change&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;included&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;document<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">third&nbsp;category</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Diverse&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;alternatives&nbsp;or&nbsp;proposals&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;deal&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;2-letter&nbsp;codes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See&nbsp;annex&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Next&nbsp;group&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;informed&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;comments&nbsp;received.&nbsp;That&nbsp;is&nbsp;why&nbsp;we&nbsp;included&nbsp;Annex&nbsp;E.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;substance&nbsp;of&nbsp;2-letter&nbsp;codes&nbsp;is&nbsp;very&nbsp;diverse.&nbsp;Going&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;debate&nbsp;will&nbsp;take&nbsp;quite&nbsp;some&nbsp;time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Update&nbsp;interim&nbsp;report&nbsp;/&nbsp;final&nbsp;report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">executive&nbsp;summary.&nbsp;red-lined&nbsp;version&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;changes&nbsp;was&nbsp;shared.&nbsp;Questions&nbsp;are&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;via&nbsp;the&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&amp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Next&nbsp;call&nbsp;and&nbsp;Next&nbsp;steps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">first&nbsp;reading&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;changes&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;text&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;way&nbsp;forward.&nbsp;Next&nbsp;call&nbsp;is&nbsp;scheduled&nbsp;in&nbsp;2&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;time&nbsp;on&nbsp;Tuesday,&nbsp;6&nbsp;June&nbsp;2017&nbsp;at&nbsp;05:00&nbsp;UTC&nbsp;for&nbsp;60&nbsp;minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Subsequent&nbsp;procedures&nbsp;PDP&nbsp;was&nbsp;followed&nbsp;by&nbsp;Annebeth,&nbsp;however&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;tracks&nbsp;are&nbsp;very&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;follow,&nbsp;since&nbsp;they&nbsp;cover&nbsp;so&nbsp;many&nbsp;different&nbsp;aspects.&nbsp;A&nbsp;smaller&nbsp;more&nbsp;pointed&nbsp;WG&nbsp;is&nbsp;needed&nbsp;for&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;geographic&nbsp;names.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Individual&nbsp;members&nbsp;should&nbsp;consider&nbsp;whether&nbsp;this&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;way&nbsp;forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bart:&nbsp;the&nbsp;WG&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;come&nbsp;up&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;format&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;steps.&nbsp;There&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;uniform&nbsp;recommendation,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;WG.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;something&nbsp;for&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;chartering&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;respective&nbsp;communities&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You&nbsp;are&nbsp;kindly&nbsp;invited&nbsp;to&nbsp;look&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;report,&nbsp;and&nbsp;comment&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list.&nbsp;The&nbsp;report&nbsp;gives&nbsp;an&nbsp;excellent&nbsp;background&nbsp;and&nbsp;input&nbsp;for&nbsp;future&nbsp;work&nbsp;efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank&nbsp;you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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