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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emily – Please find attached my Consensus Call response.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeff, Cheryl and members of the Working Group, <span style="font-size:11.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal">This consensus call marks a momentous milestone in our work. Having been a member of this WG from the beginning, these past 4-5 years have provided me not only with a unique view into the development of new ideas, procedures, and policies
related to new gTLDs, but have also yielded new perspectives as I listened to the many viewpoints communicated within the WG. Thanks to all who led, participated, and supported the work of this PDP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jessica Hooper <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Jessica Hooper</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> | Senior Manager, Naming Operations |
<a href="mailto:jhooper@verisign.com"><span style="color:blue">jhooper@verisign.com</span></a> | O: 703-948-4553 |C: 1-571-230-2801 |
<a href="verisign.com"><span style="color:blue">verisign.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Gnso-newgtld-wg <gnso-newgtld-wg-bounces@icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Emily Barabas<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 22, 2020 11:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [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 style="color:black">Dear WG members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">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 </b></span><b>WG </b>
<b><span style="color:black">Outputs </span></b><span style="color:black">(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> (for a redline version that shows the
minor edits made since 18 December, please see the <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1pBmFa93W6SK8kgoUwsYmw1hj3uhHAapy3gPKj1RXdheQ2S62BoTTnACFB52jNsi4mLf6p5hTxs_QvpK9Jr90ZHbcqTrufbP0h1HOl_cq9mRZExWb-VY9u3B0mtPBUwJPqIS9ARqjTTNXfE04xDAklLgtrVaBK8iZ--fnqznxYvlaVz5Las27B8gCDbo7kT7byqR61LgIQ-vvyoRVnP9ni3BnQTbXM0fScuXJUqblYpiD0qplT04rxP2VI92sSIwJQZu4WKuC2TrUftcGMlLebA/https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icann.org%2Fdisplay%2FNGSPP%2Fh.%2BFinal%2BReport%2BDrafting">
wiki</a>)<span style="color:black">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>WG members who wish to familiarize themselves with the steps involved and the various levels of consensus applicable to GNSO PDP recommendations can refer to the recording of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1NZ4h3AsiezXkhp9596GrMyAaQ0L_n4e5kWTJT5OmmeKqLr2vMSlJDZoFvNIp9EWUpJZPJPLBoeKZrVaiXVvY7gv_PEl8n6-tVIOrwk3LkXlri0kG4KutzJNMjmq7x7IbU3LBl7zbT6UwBN3609FTEgC_UyX82k4bPAlcRbGdhX2oKlteH3bFrh3-wtTftYnX8ikXo2G3iPNgFV7Dk1N3nf-W8h7SetNKrKjKqYK9BsN44uF1fLeXPr4HxLB3hTjUBLIVkILynZ6_5gmIB7OaMw/https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.icann.org%2Fdisplay%2FNGSPP%2F2020-12-17%2BNew%2BgTLD%2BSubsequent%2BProcedures%2BPDP"><span style="color:#0070C0">17
December meeting</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">where the Consensus Call process was described.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">This Consensus Call opens<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>today, Tuesday, 22 December 2020</u></b></span><b><u> and closes</u></b><b><u><span style="color:black"> on Friday, 08 January 2021</span> at 23:59 UTC</u></b><span style="color:black">.
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$">GNSO
Working Group Guidelines [gnso.icann.org]</a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>WG members are requested to indicate<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>via<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>reply to this<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>list</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>whether
they support, or do not support, the Outputs.</b> If a WG member does not respond this will be taken as suppor</span><span style="color:black">t.</span><s><o:p></o:p></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Outputs are largely being presented in a single package and should be considered as an integrated set of Outputs, which are the result of many years of WG discussions and input 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. 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 that context, you still believe there are Outputs that you do NOT support, please specifically identify
the <u>Specific Recommendations and/or Implementation Guidance within the Outputs</u> that you do cannot support and why.</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For the purposes of this Consensus Call, the Outputs are being organized accordingly:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Topic 9: Registry Voluntary Commitments / Public Interest Commitments;</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Topic 23: Closed </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">G</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">enerics;</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Topic 34: Community Applications/CPE;</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Topic 35: Auctions: Mechanisms of Last Resort / Private Resolution of Contention Sets; and</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All other Outputs in the report.</span></b> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As noted on the 17 December 2020 </span>
WG <span style="color:black">call, the Consensus Call is being issues to Individual Working Group members (and not to the Constituencies, Stakeholder Groups, Supporting Organizations, and/or the Advisory Committees in which such individuals participate). Therefore,
WG members will be assumed to be responding to the consensus call on their own behalf unless they
<u>explicitly state in their response</u> that they are responding on behalf of their group/organization. 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>
<span style="color:black">on <b>January 11, 2021</b><span class="apple-converted-space">. </span></span><s><o:p></o:p></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On 12 January 2021 at </span><span style="color:black">20:00</span><span style="color:black"> UTC, the Working Group will have its next and hopefully final 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><span style="color:black">120</span><span style="color:black"> 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><span style="color:black">23:59</span><span style="color:black"> UTC to object to the Consensus Call designations. The final Consensus Call designations shall then be included in the Final Report.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Finally, to the extent they are needed, WG members may begin working on minority statements now and through the Consensus Call period, with the ultimate due date of<b> 18 January 2021</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Steve, Julie and Emily on behalf of the SubPro Leadership Team<o:p></o:p></p>
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