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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">+1 from me too Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">But my next question was whether there was now any need for any of the second paragraph? Just move onto to the next para where we take account of the previous work and the current rules as set out
in AGB2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 [mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Neuman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 30 November 2017 14:51<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Comment on Paragraph 1 of the Scope of Terms of Reference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With respect to the Scope of the Terms of Reference, please keep in mind that this section refers only to what will be discussed. It is intended to make sure the right questions are being asked and the right topics are
being covered. It should also be neutral in nature to allow all sides of an issue to be discussed.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Therefore, may I suggest a slight rewording of that first paragraph to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Work Track 5 will focus on developing proposed recommendations regarding the treatment of geographic names at the top level (both in ASCII and IDN form), including whether
such names require consent or non-objection from applicable governmental authorities, evaluation criteria and potential grounds for objection.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This shorter rewording moves the consent or non-objection part up in the paragraph from where it is now. The new wording does not preclude any discussions on “approvals” nor does it implicitly endorse an approval-based
model. It (hopefully) is neutral and by virtue of having the word “consent” in the paragraph will naturally lead to discussions on how one obtains consent or non-objection if required. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In addition, the term consent is already in the Applicant Guidebook, so it is a term that we are all familiar with. And finally, according to
<a href="http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/consent">http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/consent</a>, the term “Consent” is synonymous with, “approval, assent, authorization, permission, allowance, acquiescence”, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This is being provided as a suggestion only to move forward the conversation. It is not being provided in any official capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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