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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you, Julie.<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'>And thanks to my co-chairs, Kathy and Brian; to our Council liaisons during the course of Phase 1, including John; to all the members of the WG for their hard work and many contributions; and last but certainly not least to our exceptional ICANN support staff, without whom we never could have reached the finish line for Phase 1.<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'>On to Phase 2 (but not too quickly).<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 to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> GNSO-RPM-WG <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Hedlund<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 23, 2020 1:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [GNSO-RPM-WG] Phase 1 Final Report re: Proposed Consensus Designations: RPMs PDP WG Final Report Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=1185 style='width:888.75pt;background:#F5ECCE'><tr><td width=1175 style='width:881.25pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993300'>Caution:</span></strong><span style='color:#993300'> </span><span style='color:black'>This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Dear WG members,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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'>No further views on TMCH Final Recommendation #1 were submitted by the deadline of Friday, 20 November. Consequently, staff has compiled the attached Phase 1 Final Report on the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Policy Development Process to include the Consensus Designations as accepted by the WG in “Annex C – Consensus Designations” and the Minority Statement previously submitted in </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>“Annex D - Working Group Members' Views on TMCH Final Recommendation #1”.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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 RPMs PDP WG Co-Chairs will submit the Phase 1 Final Report to the GNSO Council for consideration.<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'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary, Ariel, and Julie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>GNSO-RPM-WG <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 9:50 AM<br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[GNSO-RPM-WG] REMINDER re: Proposed Consensus Designations: RPMs PDP WG Final Report Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear WG members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>As of the deadline of <b><u>Thursday, 12 November</u></b> no WG members have indicated any objections to the attached Proposed Consensus Designations. Thus, these Proposed Consensus Designations are considered to be accepted by the WG.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Reminder</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Per the RPMs PDP WG Work Plan, WG members, as a small group, may submit their views for any recommendation that did not receive full consensus support from the Working Group (i.e., only TMCH Final Recommendation #1) by <b><u>20 November</u></b>, although it will be helpful to submit them, if any, as soon as possible. Provided such views are a proposal that meets the criteria for a Minority View (See Working Group Guidelines at Section 3.6), they will be documented in the Final Report in “Annex D - Working Group Members' Views on TMCH Final Recommendation #1”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary, Ariel, and Julie</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'>GNSO-RPM-WG <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 10:12 AM<br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>[GNSO-RPM-WG] Proposed Consensus Designations: RPMs PDP WG Final Report Recommendations</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear WG members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>On behalf of the RPMs PDP WG Co-Chairs, please see the attached proposed Consensus Designations for WG review. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>In summary, the Co-Chairs have designated all recommendations except TMCH Final Recommendation #1 as “Full Consensus”. Because of several members’ collective Minority Statement, submitted by Zak Muscovitch, regarding TMCH Final Recommendation #1, the Co-Chairs have designated that recommendation as “Consensus”. Please see below for the various consensus level designations from section 3.6 of the Working Group Guidelines.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Per the RPMs PDP WG Work Plan, WG members have until <b><u>Thursday, 12 November</u></b>, to indicate via the list <b>whether they accept the Co-Chairs’ evaluation of the Consensus Designations.</b> Per the Working Group Guidelines, if a WG member or members object to the designations, the Co-Chairs “should reevaluate and publish an updated evaluation”. A non-response from WG members will be taken as non-objection.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Note that per the Work Plan, WG members, as a small group, may submit their views for any recommendation that did not receive full consensus support from the Working Group (i.e., only TMCH Final Recommendation #1) by <b><u>20 November</u></b>, although it will be helpful to submit them, if any, as soon as possible. Provided such views are a proposal that meets the criteria for a Minority View (See Working Group Guidelines at Section 3.6), they will be documented in the Final Report in “Annex D - Working Group Members' Views on TMCH Final Recommendation #1”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary, Ariel, and Julie</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Consensus Designations, per the </span></b><a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/161_ya3ABU6EXsYqCVnoqYg5CB7H_3b-8gVNAwPIPC_-935Tb3X0F-NFSpf05cqUrsRvRbky4V2u9EgJF10wuYUF2DufCcI3xQZgUL0rnhIIY0hWTejjpJRPC18Qqq3V0PQAVZpyVE23Mvbtn_nYDT7AQB4PCXd8Mxt_8C0NJFWMwwvBVMNMlxx99kdeKl9s_q7-WNmwJXW_ikgWe2L40Z0f-jjIiUI6sMm7UtZqfRjIs4giDb4Gv--T2ySFBU5u4NR7mWvF3bOJ4KJGXR9BJxw/https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fgnso.icann.org%2Fen%2Fcouncil%2Fannex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-24oct19-en.pdf__%3B%21%21PtGJab4%21vHFHeV4Q9blZaOV0501By9jV9jMhB5geuQUjkglSzuCNHFgGCMwoCcXYFvPgR1AwuUcJPZfytw%24"><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>GNSO Working Group Guidelines</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> [gnso.icann.org]</span></a><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>, section 3.6 Standard Methodology for Making Decisions:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Chair will be responsible for designating each position as having one of the following designations: </span><o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Full consensus</span></u></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> - when no one in the group speaks against the recommendation in its last readings. This is also sometimes referred to as Unanimous Consensus.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Consensus</span></u></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> - a position where only a small minority disagrees, but most agree. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Strong support but significant opposition - a position where, while most of the group supports a recommendation, there are a significant number of those who do not support it.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Divergence (also referred to as No Consensus)</span></u></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> - a position where there isn't strong support for any particular position, but many different points of view. Sometimes this is due to irreconcilable differences of opinion and sometimes it is due to the fact that no one has a particularly strong or convincing viewpoint, but the members of the group agree that it is worth listing the issue in the report nonetheless.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'>Minority View</span></u></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> - refers to a proposal where a small number of people support the recommendation. This can happen in response to a Consensus, Strong support but significant opposition, and No Consensus; or, it can happen in cases where there is neither support nor opposition to a suggestion made by a small number of individuals.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>