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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Anne,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">you mentioned in your email that a geo TLD priority will “address complaints from the 2012 round.” Can you please point us to the facts
which complaints have been made at that time?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Katrin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Aikman-Scalese, Anne<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 12. April 2019 20:26<br>
<b>An:</b> Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>; alexander@schubert.berlin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">Speaking personally (and not on behalf of the IPC or anyone else), I think the Neustar proposal was just that – a proposal to be considered and discussed by the full Working Group. I don’t think
there was any attempt at all by Neustar to circumvent that process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">In the interest of continuing that discussion (and taking into account the letter from AFRALO/AfrICANN), I personally believe the full Working Group should seriously consider fostering good will
for the new gTLD program generally by giving a priority application window (or windows) to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">1. Brand applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">2. <i>Bona fide</i> Community applications - (easier to have a window than to put these in a contention set with applications that are not community based and rely solely on CPE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">3. Geo applications by government entities (in partnership with private entities if desired) – to be defined by Work Track 5 (with public comment).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">4. IDNs and Applications from Underserved Regions (in partnership with private entities if desired)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">Advantages to this Approach:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">1. Permitting a brand application window first may calm a lot of the discussion about country-by-country legislation to address consumer protection in light of restraints imposed by the GDPR. This
is because brands could elect to operate their own TLD and advise consumers that the brand TLD is the only way to reach genuine product and/or links to sellers of genuine product. This concern is real as evidenced by the attached letter from the US Dept of
Commerce to ICANN. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">2. Permitting a priority round for Community applications would mean that unless the community criteria are somehow not met, the program will be promoting free expression for new gTLD applicants
(a goal of the program) and serving a public good. Here there will be an opportunity to correct/address issues that arose in the last round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">3. Re a “geo” priority round for governments (and their private sector partners if desired), this will also address complaints from the 2012 round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">4. IDNs and Underserved Region applications (and their private sector partners if desired) – again this gives ICANN the opportunity to express concern for the Global Public Interest and accessibility
for all Internet users worldwide <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366">Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Gnso-newgtld-wg [<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Austin, Donna via Gnso-newgtld-wg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 12, 2019 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:alexander@schubert.berlin">alexander@schubert.berlin</a>;
<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I believe there was also a suggestion by Kathy Kleiman in Kobe that some form of triage could be carried out on all applications with a view to identifying
contention sets and those could be set aside while the other applications are processed in an arrangement similar to that posed in the Neustar proposal. Kathy, I don’t want to misrepresent your idea, so please correct me if I have this wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I think Kathy’s suggestion would mean that there would be a single application window, but the concept of a phased process for evaluation may still
be workable, once contention sets are set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Donna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexander Schubert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 12, 2019 5:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Rubens,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Absolutely: We have defined a number of silos like “brand”, “geo”, “generic”, etc. The applications in each silo are NOT “unique”; there will be overlapping!
We cannot stifle contention and prioritize geo or brand applications over others.<br>
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The Neustar concept can still be utilized to a degree:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Have brands and geos putting in their applications – and have those evaluated! This alone will take a year. None of them however can ever be allocated to ONE applicant
before the “last group” (generic terms?) have applied for THEIR strings: If there is no contention with the brands and geos: GREAT! Then the already evaluated brand and geo TLDs can be contracted ASAP and go online. Thus resources are freed up for the other
applicants. But contention has to be allowed to occur from ALL phases of applications.<br>
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In theory the brands and geos could even do the “provisional” contracting and testing already: but they won’t go into the zone until the last application window has closed and no contention has been found. So the day the last window closes hundreds of cities
can go live. Brands seem to NEVER go “live” anyway (save .canon and a few others).<br>
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Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rubens Kuhl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 09, 2019 3:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] FW: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Although this theme wasn't in WT4 or SGB, I'll explicitly take my leadership hat off just in case. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">That said, I don't see the community being able to settle on a priority round. Even though Geos and Brands, the ones that asked for this so far, were perceived as the most interesting use cases of the 2012 round, and
while I believe it's likely it will be the case again in the next procedure, there are so many potential clashes in the namespace that there will be always someone disgruntled by such priority. One hypothetical would be the association of apple farmers wanting
.apple while Apple Computer also wanted .apple*; the AFRALO-AFRICANN letter is yet another example of this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We need to walk together in this case, and that means allowing every possible applicant or possible objector to have their opportunity in the upcoming procedure. While in product management it's typical to prioritise
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">of others, and a geo/brand round looks pretty much like an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) to me, I don't see how we would bring everyone onboard on this. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rubens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Yes, I know only Apple Computer applied in 2012 and they now own .apple<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On 9 Apr 2019, at 01:42, Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"><span style="color:#954F72">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</span></a>>; Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com"><span style="color:#954F72">jeff.neuman@valideus.com</span></a>>;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com"><span style="color:#954F72">langdonorr@gmail.com</span></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ICANN At-Large Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org"><span style="color:#954F72">staff@atlarge.icann.org</span></a>>; Mohamed Bashir <<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net"><span style="color:#954F72">mbashir@mbash.net</span></a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On behalf of AFRALO’s Chair Mohamed El Bashir, kindly find attached the AFRALO/AFRICANN Statement “New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round
of New gTLDs" which was discussed and approved at the ICANN 64 meeting in Kobe, Japan.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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