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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear WG Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This message is to remind you all that your response to the consensus call, initiated on 25 May, must be sent to the email list by <b><span style='color:red'>Friday, 8 June </span></b>in order for it to be taken into proper account in the WG Chair’s assessment of consensus levels. Please see the original message below for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Note, due to availability issues, we are expecting to move the WG’s next meeting, originally intended for Thursday, 14 June, to Tuesday, 12 June. You can anticipate receiving a meeting invitation in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Gnso-igo-ingo-crp <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, May 25, 2018 at 3:19 PM<br><b>To: </b>"gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] CONSENSUS CALL on the WG's Recommendations and Remaining Options<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear WG Members,</span><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Attached, please find the compilation of the Working Group’s recommendations and six (6) options related to Recommendation 5. <i>This message is intended to kick of the consensus call process for the WG’s recommendations and remaining options under Recommendation 5.</i> For those WG members who wish to participate in the consensus call, we ask that you respond on the email list to note your support or non-support for all recommendations (i.e., recommendations 1-4) AND the six (6) remaining options under recommendation 5. <b><span style='color:red'>Please provide your response on or before Friday, 8 June.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subsequently, the WG Chair will consider response to the consensus call and seek to designate final consensus levels on the recommendations and options, which will be published to the WG’s email list for WG consideration. WG members will then have the opportunity to object to the designations and the WG may choose to conduct another call on Thursday, 14 June to discuss; WG members will also have the opportunity to file minority statements if applicable, which will be incorporated into a Final Report for the Council by 17 June.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Note, based on the discussion on the WG’s call held on Friday, 25 May, a handful of changes were made to the attached recommendations/options document, highlighted in yellow (e.g., Recommendation 2, Recommendation 4, Option 4). In addition, footnotes were added, linking to the original rationale and suggestions made by Zak Muscovitch (Option 4), George Kirikos (Option 5) and Paul Tattersfield (Option 6). The same was not done for the first three options as those had been discussed extensively before the additional three options were added and are included unchanged from the text presented in the October 2017 poll.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you have any questions, please let us know.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Steve & Mary</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Steven Chan</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"'>
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