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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Working Group members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please see below the notes from the meeting on 21 May at 0300 UTC.
<b><i>These high-level notes are designed to help WG members navigate through the content of the call and are not a substitute for the recording, transcript, or the chat,</i></b> which will be posted at:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2020-05-21+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+PDP">
https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2020-05-21+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+PDP</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kind regards,<br>
Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Notes and Action Items:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. Updates to Statements of Interest: No updates provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">2.2.2 Predictability:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vBckhFQCCQ-zyvfGGcDB3NWQhodVsffdqbyb6kTwXL4/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vBckhFQCCQ-zyvfGGcDB3NWQhodVsffdqbyb6kTwXL4/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vBckhFQCCQ-zyvfGGcDB3NWQhodVsffdqbyb6kTwXL4/edit?usp=sharing</a>,
start at page 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Process Flow Chart (see attached):<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Top swim lane is the SPIRT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Three groups are: ICANN Board, ICANN Org, GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Type A, B, C, D, and E – correspond to the chart in the Annex on page 8:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">C - Operational - new process [or significant change to internal process]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It is a SPIRT task to recommend when an otherwise operational change has a possible policy implication</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">D - Possible policy level changes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E - Possible policy level new proposals</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Notes on the Chart</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- SPIRT: Any requests from SO/AC/SG/Cs have to come through ICANN Board, ICANN Org, or GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- GNSO Council: Issues of type A and B are addressed by ICANN Org; issues C, D, and E must be referred to the SPIRT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- GNSO Council could refrain from forwarding and issue to the SPIRT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- GNSO Council could 1) agree with the SPIRT outcome; 2) seek to resolve issues with the SPIRT; 3) resolve the issue using available resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- “GNSO” in the pink diamond in the GNSO Council swim lane means the “GNSO Council”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Add a key at the bottom to indicate what are the different types.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From the recommendations</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“The Predictability Framework is principally: A framework for analyzing the type/scope/context of an issue and if already known, the proposed or required Program change, to assist in determining
the impact of the change and the process/mechanism that should be followed to address the issue.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Composition of the SPIRT</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">First bullet: “The SPIRT should at a minimum, [for the first 2 years] [for the first 5 years] include at least one participant from the original PDP WG and IRT who can provide insight into the
original reasoning behind consensus policy recommendations and implementation decisions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Don’t make it prescriptive since it may not be possible, which could hold up the establishment of the SPIRT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- We could just leave in the minimum requirement, but not include the text in brackets/not specify the term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Composition depends on what issues the SPIRT gets and we also need to determine who runs the SPIRT. If it is deciding on policy then staff shouldn’t run it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- If it’s clearly policy it is something that the GNSO Council would handle through its existing mechanisms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- But we are saying that not everything is black and white so the GNSO Council may want a group of experts to pull out issues that are policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- We are not saying that the GNSO Council should make policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Consider a change where if the SPIRT considers that something is policy it sends it back to the body that sent it to them, so that the ICANN Board or GNSO Council can decide what to do next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- The issue with that is the SPIRT is not supposed to make any decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Look at why we thought we needed a framework in the first place – to avoid the problem in 2012 of staff making fundamental decisions. The SPIRT is an objective impartial kind of circuit breaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- The intent is that if something is policy it goes to the GNSO Council, but it’s not clear from the flow chart who makes the determination. It needs to be fast track so it’s not holding up the
applicants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Afraid that what we are seeing here is going to be a long process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Role of the SPIRT member (representative vs independent judgement)</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">[For the purpose of assessing level of consensus, where there is a difference between the view of the individual member and the known position of the group that individual represents, the SPIRT member is expected to represent
the known position of the group.] <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">[The SPIRIT presumes that members are presenting the positions of their group.]<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- If you have a technical expert on the group they wouldn’t be a voting representative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- IRTs generally are open and don’t have a representative structure, but it is a guideline that the IRT should be as representative as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- IRTs follow the consensus decision-making process that is in the GNSO Operating Procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- We originally thought the SPIRT would be a standing IRT, but then we changed. But maybe we don’t need this section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Not sure there is a difference between the two bullets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- This just seems like we are setting up a miniature GNSO Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- This section is here because if you have certain numbers from different groups you want to know how they are represented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- If we drop section 5 then you could say this is an open structure or if you have a representative structure you could still have members operate independently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- You could have members representing their different groups but still acting in their independent capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- So we are saying that the group should be diverse but not represent their groups in a formal representative capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Sounds like the conversation we had about the composition of the CSC and we looked at the scope first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Should say that the group should have a diversity of membership coming from different stakeholders but are members acting in their individual capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- There should be representatives of applicants on the SPIRT since they would be most affected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Reference the Consensus Policy Implementation Framework, which says IRTs should be representative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- We are saying it is representative but that members can act in their individual capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Thought this was supposed to be a small nimble group, but if you open it to everybody then it isn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Once we determine the scope we can get to the optimal number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Conflicts of interest procedures</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Don’t we need a recusal mechanism?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- We went away from that concept because if the people with the most expertise have to recuse then you won’t get effective discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> -- Everyone has an interest and so long as those interests are known in a Statement of Participation then you don’t need a recusal mechanism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Also, at the end of the day it is the Council that will adopt or not and there is the opportunity to abstain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- There needs to be transparency and regular disclosure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">SPIRT Leadership</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-- Eliminate the comment on how the chair counts.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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