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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sent by ICANN staff on behalf of the Working Group co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Working Group members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As we near completion of our work on this PDP, we as the co-chairs of our Working Group wish to make the following suggestions for a path forward. Noting that we are now four (4) meetings out from ICANN60
in Abu Dhabi, our plan is to present the draft final text of all our proposed consensus recommendations to the community there for discussion and feedback, prior to filing our Final Report in November. To that end:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(1) we particularly request that members who have not been able to participate actively or recently, now take a moment to respond to the staff’s messages regarding your continuing
participation in this Working Group; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(2) we propose discussing the three options in the attached document on the Working Group call this Thursday, concerning the scenario where a losing respondent challenges the initial
UDRP/URS determination in court, with a view toward seeing whether it will be possible to get group consensus on one of them. We understand that there are additional details regarding these options that are not fully discussed in the document, and on which
further consensus will be sought if a specific option has consensus support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We hope that all Working Group members will make every effort to join this final stage of deliberations. Following the community discussion at ICANN60, we will again confirm the level of consensus among our
members on each of the proposed final recommendations and report, and send the Final Report to the GNSO Council for its review and, hopefully, approval.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Philip and Petter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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