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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Below are the action items staff captured from the RPM Data Sub Team meeting today (15 December): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Action Items:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Staff will prepare a redline revised Google document and PDF based on the proposed edits below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Staff will research the purpose of the 30-day minimum Sunrise Period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- The call on 22 December will be canceled. Staff will send a Doodle poll to determine the preference to fix the recurring day and time for the meetings starting the first week in January, including times on Thursday and Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Proposed Edits, Section 3, Survey of TM & Brand Owners, see:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUXC03ccuYhRMa_X4hDCPrq88KkF6qBRkL6sCcNutoI/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUXC03ccuYhRMa_X4hDCPrq88KkF6qBRkL6sCcNutoI/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Charter question #4, page 15:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 3</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Delete the question: "Do you believe registries will have any issue with this requirement?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 4</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: New question: “Has your participation in Sunrise Period registration been affected by Registry Operator reservation of names? If so, how?”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Data question 1</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: “Do you know if any of your trademarks have been reserved by any New gTLD Registry operators?” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Change to, "Have you tried to register a name in sunrise and could not? Were you informed or do you know the reason for non-registration and if so what was it?” Might also add, “If you contacted the registry operator were you able to get the name released to register?" and "Could you give us an example of a name that you couldn't register in the Sunrise Period?" Perhaps also, "Were you able to get the name released to registration despite the first refusal?" or "What did they do if anything?” Maybe a follow up question is "Do you know if any of those were due to the string being on the reserved name list, if so please give specific examples."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Data question 2</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Delete the question: “Has your participation in Sunrise Period registration been affected by Registry Operator reservation of names? If so, how?” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Charter question #5, page 17:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Note that we need to identify the purpose as a preface to these questions. <b>Action to staff</b>: Research the purpose of the 30-day minimum. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Also, there were two forms of Sunrise. Maybe we explain the two mechanisms for implementation and include a question, "Which of the forms do you believe gave trademark owners the best ability to participate?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- We have data on how many of each that there were, but end date was more commonly offered, and we know which gTLD ran which. For numbers, we therefore know how many gTLDs did each type and total registrations in each. However, we cannot determine which names were registered when within either a start-date or end-date sunrise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- The question is whether or not the period was sufficient for a trademark owner to make a registration or not. Are we also trying to find out whether one was better? Not sure how to phrase the question if that is the case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 1</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Change to, "Do you think the 30-day minimum for a Sunrise Period provides a sufficient period for trademark owners to take advantage of the Sunrise Period?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Add a new question following or before question 1</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: "Did you attempt to register a name in a Sunrise Period and Sunrise was no longer available?" "If you were unable to register, if so, why?" "Were you confused about the ending date of the Sunrise Period registration window?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 2</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Seems to get subsumed if we rephrase question 1 and add new questions (above).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 3</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Seems to be misleading.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 5</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Add "why not?"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anecdotal question 6</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Split into two questions, but note that we are just giving guidance to the survey designers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The notes from the call are posted to the Sub Team wiki space, together with the call recording, transcript and Adobe Connect chat and attendance records.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>