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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In preparation for our next call, Tuesday,
<span style="color:#003192">26</span> September 2017 @ <span style="color:#003192">
15</span>:00 UTC, please see below for our proposed agenda. We will be focusing on string similarity. In addition to the CC2 comments we received, which I am attaching for your review, I’d like us to again look at a the proposals that were submitted to our
group in February. Those are attached here as well and if you have time and inclination, feel free to start making markups or highlight specific points of concern to you that we can address on the call. Staff is working on gathering some statistics for us
on common ownership of singular and plural gTLDs as had been previously requested.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Have a great weekend and for those of you celebrating the holiday, happy new year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1.Welcome & Review of Agenda</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2. Updates to SOI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3. Plenary Update</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5. CC2 — String Similarity — Q 3.4.1 - 3.4.6
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CC2 Questions on String Similarity<span style="color:#003192">
</span></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003192">[ Themes document attached. Full responses are available for review at
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A5uaxBAgmg7QsFuqMdVvt1HxNZ4jKXnm3Hp0gZra7U0/edit#gid=1452007373">
<span style="font-weight:normal">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A5uaxBAgmg7QsFuqMdVvt1HxNZ4jKXnm3Hp0gZra7U0/edit#gid=1452007373</span></a> ]</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3.4.1</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> - There was a perception that consistency and predictability of the string similarity evaluation
needs to be improved. Do you have examples or evidence of issues? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If so, do you have suggested changes to the policy recommendations or implementation that may lead to improvement? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For instance, should the standard of string confusion that the evaluation panel used be updated or refined in any way?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3.4.2</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> - Should the approach for string similarity in gTLDs be harmonized with the way in which they
are handled in ccTLDs (ccNSO IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process is described here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fast-track-2012-02-25-en">
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/fast-track-2012-02-25-en</a>)?</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3.4.3</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> - The WG and the wider community have raised concerns specifically related to singles and plurals
of the same word. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do you have suggestions on how to develop guidance on singles and plurals that will lead to predictable outcomes? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Would providing for more predictability of outcomes unfairly prejudice the rights of applicants or others?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3.4.4</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> - Do you believe that there should be some sort of mechanism to allow for a change of applied-for
TLD when it is determined to be in contention with one or more other strings? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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