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    <p>Sure Jeff, but according to the Implementation Review Team
      Principles & Guidelines there are strict limits to what an IRT
      can do:<br>
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    <br>
    <p>"As provided in the PDP Manual, the IRT is convened to assist
      staff in developing the implementation details for the policy to
      ensure that the implementation conforms to the intent of the
      policy recommendations."</p>
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    <p>We can't create new policy here... <br>
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    <p>Best, Kathy</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/29/2019 10:37 PM, Jeff Neuman
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        Thank you Kathy for this text.  The questions I will be asking
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          <li> Are there elements of the Predictability Model that can
            be used or modifications we can make to the model to handle
            the issues raised?</li>
          <li>If we do not use the Predictability model, then what do we
            use?  </li>
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        <div>Although we appreciate comments of opposition and need to
          consider them, we also need real solutions to the very real
          issues that have been identified by the community.  Much of
          the community has responded to the comments stating that the
          existing procedures contained in the Guidebook as well as the
          current GNSO processes are not sufficient to handle all of the
          issues (especially after the launch of the application
          window).  The Board has acknowledged this as well in their
          comments (eg., that a process is needed so that it is not the
          Board resolving every issue in a top-down manner).</div>
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        <div>So, please be ready to discuss solutions.</div>
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              Gnso-newgtld-wg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org"><gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org></a>
              on behalf of Kathy Kleiman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com"><kathy@kathykleiman.com></a><br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 10:05 PM<br>
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              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Proposed Agenda -
              New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG meeting - Tuesday,
              30 April 2019 at 03:00 UTC</font>
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            <p>Hi All,</p>
            <p>The meeting coming up in an hour will be discussing the
              Predictability Framework.  In preparation, I would like to
              share the full text of the NCSG comment on this matter,
              since I expect we will be discussing it at some length.
              Having the full text (not long, approx 500 words) will
              hopefully provide valuable background as to the nature and
              basis of our concerns.</p>
            <p>Best, Kathy</p>
            <p>---------------------<br>
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            <p><u>NCSG Comment</u><u><br>
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font size="3"><b>"2.2.2
                    The Predictability Framework Proposal is Not Fair,
                    Balanced, or Consistent with our Policy Development
                    Process</b></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">The
                  Predictability Frame is concerning to the NCSG because
                  it gives inordinate and</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">unprecedented
                  power to the Implementation Review Team (IRT) of the
                  Subsequent</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">Procedures
                  Policy Development Process Working Group. The proposal
                  creates a Super-IRT</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">not just
                  to roll-out the details of the implementation — but to
                  judge and rule on all issues that</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font size="2"><font
                    face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">arise.
                      To quote the Initial Report,
                    </font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT,
                    cursive"><font size="3"><i>“as part of the
                        Predictability Framework, a Standing</i></font></font></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, cursive"><font size="3"><i>Implementation
                    Review Team (IRS) should be constituted after the
                    publication of the</i></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, cursive"><font size="3"><i>Applicant
                    Guidebook to consider changes in the implementation,
                    execution and/or operations</i></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, cursive"><font size="3"><i>of
                    the new gTLD program after its launch, and the
                    introduction of any further evaluation</i></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, cursive"><font size="3"><i>guidelines
                    not available to applicants when applications were
                    submitted.”</i></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font size="3"><b><br>
                  </b></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font size="3"><b>"Disproportionate
                    representation in IRTs</b></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">We note
                  that IRTs are mostly small groups, disproportionately
                  represented by registries and</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">registrars
                  — those knowledgeable and concerned about the
                  technicalities of the technical</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">policy we
                  have created at ICANN. Rarely does the NCSG, for
                  example, have the ability or</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">bandwidth
                  to serve on an IRT — and such service should not be
                  needed if the IRT remains to</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">be the
                  technical implementation arm of a community-driven,
                  community-consensus policy</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT,
                serif"><font size="3">development process.</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><br>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font size="3"><b>"IRT
                    cannot be used as a tool for bypassing GNSO PDPs</b></font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">As
                  highlighted above, such groups are often composed by
                  members of the technical</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">community
                  - or people who are expert in the technical
                  implementation details of the field -</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">and lack
                  a more proportional representation of the ICANN
                  Community. Their job is to</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">execute
                  what the Community as a whole (or a Supporting
                  Organization such as the GNSO)</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">have
                  adopted in time-consuming Policy Development Processes
                  that often take years, and to</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">assess
                  any technical barriers offered to the implementation
                  of such policies. Unfortunately,</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">IRTs have
                  already massively overreached in other areas, and
                  engaged in policy changes and</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">policy
                  interpretation. For instance, the original Rights
                  Protection Mechanisms IRT for the</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">first
                  Applicant Guidebook has been severely criticized in
                  the current Review of All Rights</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">Protections
                  Mechanisms PDP Working Group for its overreach in this
                  area.</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">Once a
                  policy hits a post-launch problem, it is not a matter
                  for any Implementation Review</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">Team
                  (IRT) to resolve, even this Super-IRT, because that
                  would be highly unfair.</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">Implementation
                  Review Teams “implement” — they absolutely don’t
                  create new policies or</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">even
                  interpretations with overwhelmingly policy-oriented
                  interpretations. That’s simply not</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">their
                  mandate, goal, or expertise</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><br>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">"This
                  attempt to create this “third element,” this
                  Predictability Framework, is and will become</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">a policy
                  bypass and overreach mechanism. It is created as such
                  to handle newly-arising issues</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">in the
                  New gTLD Program — and ones, as noted above, likely to
                  involve far-reaching or</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">international
                  policy issues. it is not for the industry to resolve
                  (or likely remove) the issue by</font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">seeking
                  to set it aside, or interpreting it away, under the
                  guise of “operations and execution.”</font></font><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3"><br>
                </font></font></p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font
                face="TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif"><font size="3">"For all
                  the reasons above, the
                </font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><font
                  size="3"><b>NCSG strongly rejects the proposal of a
                    Framework and the massive expansion of the scope and
                    breadth of the Subsequent Procedures Implementation
                    Review Team
                  </b></font></font><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT,
                serif"><font size="3">. IRTs should retain their limited
                  mandate and not be given super powers to change
                  policies through process innovation, and especially
                  not in the midst of new rounds of gTLDs."</font></font>
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              Chan wrote:<br>
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                  <span style="color:black">Please find below the
                    proposed agenda for the upcoming call on Tuesday, 30<span
                      class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>April 2019
                    at 03:00 UTC for 90 minutes:</span></p>
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                  <span style="color:black">Draft Agenda:</span></p>
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                    Welcome/Review of the Agenda/Updates to Statements
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                    Review of Summary Documents – (see: <a
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R4zXTH3hIgfbqoxyqsSp19Bl6J96NNeV7oCgxsXKD-w/edit?usp=sharing</a>)</li>
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                      2.2.1 Continuing Subsequent Procedures</li>
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                      2.2.2 Predictability / 2.2.2.2 Clarity of
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                  <span style="color:black">Note, in relation to agenda
                    item 2, WG leadership and staff have tried to
                    prepare summary documents for each topic that seeks
                    to help you review some of the background material,
                    consider a high-level summary of what we believe the
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