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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">First, I want to echo the thanks to ICANN Staff and the working group leadership team for their work throughout this PDP – seen and unseen.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Second, unless otherwise stated, I support all recommendations in the spirit of compromise and consensus building, regardless of my own personal views.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I do not support 35.4 on the timing of submitting a sealed bid for Auctions of Last Resort. I have a number of concerns about asking applicants to submit their valuation
of a string so early in the process, without being able to take into consideration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the outcome of objection processes (particularly GAC Advice and Legal Rights Objections);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">who the other applicants for the string are; and
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the alternative business models for the string (for example, proposed rights protection mechanisms, eligibility restrictions).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These concerns are exacerbated for dotBrand applicants as brand owners will be required to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Essentially provide a valuation of the brand to ICANN;
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This valuation being irrelevant
<u>if</u> objections or negotiations are successful (ie they have provided sensitive business information for no reason);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Not being able to provide a bid based on who else has applied for the string and the level of risk to their brand associated with
the other applicants and/or their business model; <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Having to secure internal approval for significant additional funding for their application right from the start of the process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sophie Hey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Policy Advisor<br>
<b>Com Laude | Valideus<br>
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E: <a href="mailto:sophie.hey@comlaude.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">sophie.hey@comlaude.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><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 <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>McGrady, Paul D.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 January 2021 19:54<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin Sutton <martin@brandregistrygroup.org>; Emily Barabas <emily.barabas@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Consensus Call - Closes Friday, 08 January 2021 at 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Emily,<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">Thank you to you and your other fabulous staff members for all of your hard work keeping us on task!<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">Like Kurt and Martin, I too cannot support the proposed Recommendation 35.4 requiring sealed bids. Policy making within PDPs is supposed to be fact
based. This recommendation appears to be simply a preference by a small group of ICANN insiders. No problem was ever identified and this proposed solution to the non-problem has never been studied to see if it would fix the problem which no one, in over
four years, has located. This is simply not fact based policy development and the recommendation should have never made it into this final report in the first place.
<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">Unfortunately, the proposed solution without a problem has created significant problems including what appears to be a significant, and unnecessary,
barrier to entry for new .brand applicants. In fact, the proposed recommendation seems tailor-made to exclude .brands from the New gTLD Program as it requires .brand applicants to participate in blind bidding, which cannot be increased, with no information
about (1) who the other applicants are, (2) how those other applicants intend to use the TLD, and (3) whether or not the other applicants have put forward any Voluntary Registry Commitments to ensure that the TLD will not be used in conjunction with any goods
or services that the .Brand applicant trades in. Additionally, it requires blind bids to be put in prior to the completion of prior rights objections, rendering that flawed objections process even more impotent. As a result, I ask that all of Recommendation
35.4 be marked as “No Consensus” which will allow the default 2012 ascending bids mechanism to remain in place.
<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">On a happier note, I am very pleased with the Work Track 5/Geo Term outcomes as well as the outcomes on PICs/RVCs and wanted to put in a special
affirmation of those. Thanks!<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">Regards,<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">Paul<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Consensus Call - Closes Friday, 08 January 2021 at 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Appreciating all of the discussions and community input that have led us to this point, which include many compromises, there is one specific recommendation I am unable to support. This is
<b>Recommendation 35.4</b>, which recommends the use of sealed bids; something which remains a major concern, especially for dotBrand applicants, and will discourage applications. Please refer to the comments submitted during the Public Comments for the draft
Final Report for specific details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of the WG Co-Chairs, and as discussed during the WG meeting on Thursday, 17 December, this email is to notify you of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>opening
of the online<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Consensus Call</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>WGOutputs<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(i.e., Affirmation, Affirmation
with Modification, Recommendation, Implementation Guidance, and No Agreement) of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP). Pursuant to the content freeze on 18 December, please see the attached PDF of the Outputs and contextual
language,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which has received a handful of non-substantive updates<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(for a redline version that shows the minor edits made since 18 December, please see the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/h.+Final+Report+Drafting"><span style="color:#0563C1">wiki</span></a>).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>WG
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Friday, 08 January 2021<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>at 23:59 UTC</u></b>. Per the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-24oct19-en.pdf__;!!PtGJab4!rNJ7mR-y3NiOaoAVdoJAaixwM1dqZ9IzY_6ZGh-d2rURZLU7eQqaDXkxDxY267kIUfu4bau_tQ$"><span style="color:#0563C1">GNSO
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received. This includes not only the work of the WG, but also the comments we received to Constituency Comments 1 & 2, the work of Work Tracks 1-5, comments to the Initial Report and the two Supplemental Initial Reports, and the comments to the Draft Final
Report. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Therefore, there will likely be Outputs that you believe are imperfect, so the Co-Chairs encourage you to consider the Outputs in the aggregate.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Even if given
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topic 9: Registry Voluntary Commitments / Public Interest Commitments;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topic 23: Closed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Generics;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topic 34: Community Applications/CPE;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topic 35: Auctions: Mechanisms of Last Resort / Private Resolution of Contention Sets; and</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All other Outputs in the report.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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Following the close of the Consensus Call, the WG Co-Chairs will meet on Monday, 11 January 2021 to review the responses from the WG members and determine the Consensus Designations for the Outputs. The WG Co-Chairs will post the results of their determination
to the WG email distribution list<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>January 11, 2021</b><span class="apple-converted-space">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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call to discuss any questions or comments to the Consensus Designations. Calendar invites have been sent out to Working Group members. Although the meeting is scheduled for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>120<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>minutes,
WG leadership will stay on the call until all questions have been addressed. Working Group members will then have until 13 January 2021 at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>23:59<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>UTC to object to the Consensus
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