<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Rebecca:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I agree with you. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The point I an making is that I think the data will be pretty sparse among those who have never or not recently registered a domain but now are considering that and then ask them to imagine the process for registering the domain and then ask them to imagine of they would be put off by a claims notice. I see few data points and even fewer reliable ones. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I see low chance of success here. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do you have anything ideas on how to go about this in another way?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kurt</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 23, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Tushnet, Rebecca <<a href="mailto:rtushnet@law.harvard.edu" class="">rtushnet@law.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">My conception is a relatively standard "potential consumer" definition: people who haven't recently registered a new gTLD but would consider doing so, perhaps screened for whether they'd ever registered a domain name as well as whether they'd consider doing so for a new gTLD. This is the kind of group that internet surveys can plausibly reach.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>Rebecca Tushnet</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;" class="">Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law, Harvard Law School<br class="">703 593 6759<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div></div></div></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline-block; width: 860.4375px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org" class="">gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org" class="">gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com" class="">kurt@kjpritz.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 23, 2017 5:26:58 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ariel Liang<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data@icann.org" class="">gnso-rpm-data@icann.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Gnso-rpm-data] Proposed agenda and updated tables for the RPM Data Sub Team call this Friday</font><div class=""> </div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Hi Ariel:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your help. Yes, please move the questions up to no. 4. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi everyone:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is how I don’t have a clue: I saw the no. 5 first column had the word “registrant” and thought that one was mine. Nonetheless, I think the same set of questions will work for no.4 as well, with some additions that I will make later. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My question is, what is a potential registrant? I don’t see how we gain any useful, reliable information here. Do we ask, “if you were to ever register a domain name and saw this statement, would you be scared off?” It seems a little odd to me. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I know there is a good answer to this and I am embarrassed to be asking: what is the distinction between a registrant and potential registrant that can be measured in a survey or other type of data gathering? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks everyone and sorry for the misstep. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kurt. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=""><br class="">On Oct 23, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Ariel Liang <<a href="mailto:ariel.liang@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">ariel.liang@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Kurt and All,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you, Kurt, for providing your input in Table 1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">To facilitate the development of the suggested draft questions, we have converted the Data Request Table document into a Google Document. Kurt’s input has been pasted into the Google Doc. Data Sub Team members and Staff have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">comment access</b>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/icann.org/document/d/10qENwqvozS-TZfJiVOx5MG71YIsqeX95WkPqhA64ayE/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://docs.google.com/a/icann.org/document/d/10qENwqvozS-TZfJiVOx5MG71YIsqeX95WkPqhA64ayE/edit?usp=sharing</a>(using ‘comment access’ is to keep track of who made what comments/edits). <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please provide your suggested draft questions directly in your assigned sections in this Google Doc. You may also comment on others’ suggested draft questions.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 1 New gTLD Registry Operators (RO):<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kristine Dorrain (with help from Susan Payne and Kurt Pritz)</b><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 2 Registrars:<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Susan Payne</b><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 3 Trademark & Brand Owners:<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Michael Graham</b><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 4 Domain Name Registrants:<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Kurt Pritz</b><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 5 Potential Registrants:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Rebecca Tushnet</b><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Section 6 Public Interest Groups and Trade Associations:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Lori Schulman & Michael Graham<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Kurt, we noticed that you provided suggested draft question in Section 5 of Table 1. If it is misplaced, please let me know and I will move them to Section 4. If they are meant for Section 5, could you please be so kind to continue with your assigned sections?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Kiran, while your name has not been assigned to any section, you have the option to volunteer to assist whoever may need it.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Last, the google doc is linked from a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/oZhEB" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">page</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>within the Sub Team wiki workspace for reference.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you everyone for your time and contribution!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Ariel<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Ariel Xinyue Liang</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Policy Analyst | Washington, DC <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-rpm-data-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt@kjpritz.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">kurt@kjpritz.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, October 23, 2017 at 1:16 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-rpm-data@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-data@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">gnso-rpm-data@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [Gnso-rpm-data] Proposed agenda and updated tables for the RPM Data Sub Team call this Friday<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Everyone:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Attached is my attempt at formulating the GNSO questions to registrants in a way to engender the responses and data we are seeking. (See question 6.) Is this what we had in mind?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I need some advice: The GNSO approved formulation calls for testing trademark claims in “different languages.” How many different languages do we think we will need to satisfy whoever it is that included that phrase in the questions?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thoughts for constructing the survey, where we would want 1000+ respondents to be statistically meaningful:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">1) I am against using existing stakeholder groups to take this survey out to their “members” as that will result in non-random samples and results that are otherwise skewed. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">2) The most inexpensive way to conduct the survey is for registrars to reach out to their registrants. Registrars could offer discounts on domain renewals for taking the survey (and state the importance of participating). ICANN can fund the discounts and administrative costs. (I don’t know if registrars would do this but I am suggesting this.)<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">3) An outside survey firm could do this fairly cheaply. It might become expensive because so few people are registrants - they might have to contact 30 panelists or more to find one registrant.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Mary - I am sorry I did not put this directly into our wiki document. Would you mind doing that?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Comments welcome on the substance and the methodology & thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Kurt</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>