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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'>Here are the staff notes and action items from the Working Group (WG) call held yesterday. For your convenience, we have categorized them into three main issues, as you’ll see below, these are: (1) Report from Compliance Dashboard Review Sub Team, (2) WG discussion of the timeliness and scope of a Voluntary Online Mediation Sub Team in relation to TM-PDDRP review and (3) Overview of TMCH Sub Team discussion with the Analysis Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Compliance Dashboard Review Sub Team <o:p></o:p></span></u></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'>Data contained within the sub team report relating to complaints regarding cybersquatting may be pertinent but staff and co-chairs will investigate this further to understand. Lack of detail from compliance so not entirely clear if RRDRP statistics relate to actual complaints filed and what type of complaints fall under "Other".<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: Staff and sub-team to explore further with ICANN Compliance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Voluntary Mediation Sub Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></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'>Sub-team looking into how voluntary mediation might be structured, but this investigation of practical structuring does not prejudice a decision to recommend in favour of mediation but rather to create a structure to assist the discussions of the full Working Group which would reach a final determination on this. There was an extended discussion as to whether a basic question should be answered before establishing the sub team, namely: Has there been a demonstrated need to add a mediation component to the PDDRP? <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: Co-Chairs to discuss feedback from the WG and determine a route forward on this issue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TMCH Sub Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></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 TMCH sub team has considered further data to be sought from both the analysis group and alternative sources including registrars and registries.<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'>Reminder: The next meeting of the WG will take place on 31 August 2016 at 1600 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></b></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'>Kind regards,<br><br>David <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>David A. Tait</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Policy Specialist (Solicitor qualified in Scotland)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mobile: + 44-7864-793776</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Email: david.tait@icann.org </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>www.icann.org</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>