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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks Jamie. Subject to further comment from the full WG, I think this is where we are as to AGB language:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">“deemed necessary to verify the community status of the applicant (the “Limited Research”), provided, however, that the evaluator shall disclose the results of such Limited Research
to the applicant and the applicant shall be provided 30 days to respond before the evaluation decision is rendered. When conducting any such Limited Research, panelists are cautioned not to assume an advocacy role either for or against such community status.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 30, 2020 6:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aikman-Scalese, Anne <AAikman@lrrc.com>; McGrady, Paul D. <PMcGrady@taftlaw.com>; gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (cheryl@hovtek.com.au) <cheryl@hovtek.com.au>; Kathy Kleiman <kathy@kathykleiman.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">Hey Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">I have spent some time thinking about this and I think the edit you provided to Paul’s original text would suffice. It’s not to say I won’t continue to be uneasy with the
notion of evaluator advocacy going forward, especially in cases when its counter-intuitive to the larger interests of the community being evaluated. Ensuring a more transparent CPE process and holding evaluators accountable is the key to improvement, and it
appears that is the direction this PDP group is moving in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">Jamie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 24, 2020 at 7:17 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Jamie Baxter <<a href="mailto:jbaxter@spimarketing.com">jbaxter@spimarketing.com</a>>, "McGrady, Paul D." <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>"
<<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>)" <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>>, Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks Jamie. I don’t think the CPE scoring system that we are supposed to be modifying for use in the next round is geared to only the verification of applicant statements.
The scoring system goes to applicant’s community status. You might want to check that document again to see if there are edits you would like to make to the scoring language.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">On the second point, I think that goes to the question of the weight of the evidence and that is a question relative to the standard on appeal. It’s one of the reasons I was
trying to be careful about how to measure the“clearly erroneous” standard for appeal., i.e. panelist failed to consider material evidence. We could potentially say “evaluator failed to consider and/or accord proper weight to material evidence”?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Jamie Baxter <<a href="mailto:jbaxter@spimarketing.com">jbaxter@spimarketing.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 24, 2020 4:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aikman-Scalese, Anne <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>>; McGrady, Paul D. <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>) <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">Hey Paul & Anne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">I think both your edits are improvements.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">Ideally I would like to see something that limits the independent research activity to “verifying statements or claims made in the application” and not just to “verify the
community status of the applicant.” The later seems to introduce opportunity for advocacy.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">I would also like considered a requirement by the evaluators to produce an equal or resounding body of research when countering claims or statements made in an application.
This avoids single sourced or fringe views from impeding the larger community interests, and it helps ensure balance and perspective are considered in the decisions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Muli;color:windowtext">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Gnso-newgtld-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of "Aikman-Scalese, Anne" <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 24, 2020 at 5:01 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"McGrady, Paul D." <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>)" <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>>, Jamie Baxter <<a href="mailto:Jamie@dotgay.com">Jamie@dotgay.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">Paul,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">I think you could use this language in the AGB, but I would change the last sentence to “When conducting such Limited Research, panelists are cautioned not to assume an advocacy
role either for or against such community status.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">I think “especially aware” is tough to measure and “evidence which a party should have included in its filings” is impossible to judge. I am mindful of the fact that these
determinations will now be subject to appeal and that we are laying groundwork for an appeal with this language, e.g. appeal on the grounds that the panelist acted as an advocate in conducting independent research.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">Do you intend to set up grounds for appeal with your proposal? Should we be avoiding those grounds and stick to the substance of the community priority decision as demonstrated
via objective evidence/research rather than setting up grounds based on a charge of improper conduct on the part of the evaluator?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#993366">Anne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> McGrady, Paul D. <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 24, 2020 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Aikman-Scalese, Anne <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>; Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>) <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>>; Kathy Kleiman
<<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>>; Jamie Baxter (<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thanks Anne.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I think your language is a good start to a compromise. The concern is both knowing what the panelist is looking at and relying on as well as making sure that panelists don’t
slip into an advocacy role s/he believes that a particular party is not being very well represented. Even the best of us are vulnerable to confirmation bias from time to time. How about:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">“deemed necessary to verify the community status of the applicant (the “Limited Research”), provided, however, that the evaluator shall disclose the results of such
<u>Limited Research</u> to the applicant and the applicant shall be provided 30 days to respond
<s>to such research</s> before the evaluation decision is rendered. <u>When conducting any such Limited Research, panelists must be especially aware not assume an advocacy role, such as searching for evidence which a party should have already included in its
filings.</u>”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thanks in advance for your thoughts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> Aikman-Scalese, Anne <<a href="mailto:AAikman@lrrc.com">AAikman@lrrc.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>; McGrady, Paul D. <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jeff Neuman <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>; Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>) <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>>; McGrady, Paul
D. <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>; Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>>; Jamie Baxter (<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You wanted to start a small group on this topic, but we have not heard from you as to a counter-proposal. Jamie and Kathy are copied.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Anne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2020 7:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Jeff Neuman' <<a href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</a>>; Cheryl Langdon-Orr (<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>) <<a href="mailto:cheryl@hovtek.com.au">cheryl@hovtek.com.au</a>>; McGrady,
Paul D. <<a href="mailto:PMcGrady@taftlaw.com">PMcGrady@taftlaw.com</a>>; 'Kathy Kleiman' <<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>>; Jamie Baxter (<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:jamie@dotgay.com">jamie@dotgay.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Community Applications - Independent Research by panelist standards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_GoBack"></a>Dear WG,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In light of the short time frame, I am proposing language re the standard for Community Evaluation panelist relying on independent research (proposed limitation from 2012 by Kristine Dorrain and Paul McGrady) as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">“deemed necessary to verify the community status of the applicant, provided, however, that the evaluator shall disclose such independent research to the applicant and the applicant shall be provided 30 days
to respond to such research before the evaluation decision is rendered.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just trying to get the ball rolling on this proposed compromise – noting that a lack of consensus results in a fallback to 2012 implementation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, I think I have missed the proposed revisions to the Community Guidelines for scoring. Jeff, was this sent around again?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anne<o:p></o:p></p>
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