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<div>My apologies for the delay in sending the attached message to the group, I used the incorrect email address for WT5 when I previously sent this.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
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<div>Martin<br>
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<div><b>From:</b> BRG <<a href="mailto:martin@brandregistrygroup.org">martin@brandregistrygroup.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> 29 March 2018 at 17:37:08 BST<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ntfy-gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org">ntfy-gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>WT5 Update and Next Meeting</b><br>
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WT5 held a public session at ICANN61, providing a brief background and summary of progress, presenting the timeline the group is working towards to deliver an Initial Report in July (see further information below for timeline). Slides, transcript and video
stream can be accessed via the ICANN61 Meeting Schedule page - <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__61.schedule.icann.org_meetings_647704&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mBQzlSaM6eYCHFBU-v48zs-QSrjHB0aWmHuE4X4drzI&m=9hZtlLcQOELtRr-rWR8_KmkrK6psv6S3UZ2tgOQzfBw&s=L31rLnhbLZ_rIlEidFFNn-3lW-x4VT_SPJ1hUOSAc84&e=" style="color: purple;" class="">https://61.schedule.icann.org/meetings/647704[61.schedule.icann.org]</a> (transcript
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The main part of the session focused on future treatment of geographic terms contained within the 2012 Applicant Guidebook (AGB). By way of summary, the general direction of discussions and comments were:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Support for maintaining the status quo, reserving all 2 letter-letter ASCII combinations for existing and future country codes.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Support for maintaining the status quo, i.e. not available, and may be appropriate to defer broader questions about which entity/entities can <font class="">apply for</font> these strings <font class="">and how they may be treated (for instance, as a gTLD,
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Support for maintaining the status quo, i.e. not available, and may be appropriate to defer broader questions about which entity/entities can <span class="">apply for</span> these strings <span class="">and how they may be treated (for instance, as a gTLD,
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The spreadsheet has been updated to reflect the comments and discussion points and is available here - <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_spreadsheets_d_1FuPEq0y-2DcdSUQ1nvhWKhVnG8PLaC2RYXsCpQu91FDqo_edit-23gid-3D358523414&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mBQzlSaM6eYCHFBU-v48zs-QSrjHB0aWmHuE4X4drzI&m=9hZtlLcQOELtRr-rWR8_KmkrK6psv6S3UZ2tgOQzfBw&s=ex9SC1DN3VrBGttw9uOUWJnP9-xPcUf5sxc8LfP_nLE&e=" style="color: purple;" class="">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FuPEq0y-cdSUQ1nvhWKhVnG8PLaC2RYXsCpQu91FDqo/edit#gid=358523414[docs.google.com]</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Some practical issues were raised in respect of using the working document. This is currently a spreadsheet within Googledocs, with some members unable to access or edit the document. It can also be difficult to track changes. We would be happy to hear suggestions
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A copy of the timeline leading to the publication of the Initial Report is below. This will lag the PDP WG Initial Report, as previously discussed with WT5. <o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Some concerns were raised during the ICANN61 session regarding the challenges of working to the timeline. The co-leaders reminded the group that WT5 is focused on a single issue, whereas WT1-4 have had multiple topics to cover. In addition, there has already
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Our next meeting will focus on working through all the remaining 2012 AGB terms to consider their future treatment. As a reminder, WT5 needs to consider the gap between policy and what was actually implemented in the AGB, so even if WT5 concludes that the AGB
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