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<p class="MsoNormal">Wolf,<span style="font-family:"Source
Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">The Competition, Consumer Choice,
Consumer Trust Review Team (CCT-RT) will meet in
Johannesburg on June 24-25 to advance its work. Convened
under section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments, the
CCT-RT is responsible for evaluating 1) how the new gTLD
Program has promoted competition, consumer trust and
consumer choice; 2) the effectiveness of the application and
evaluation processes; 3) the effectiveness of safeguards put
in place to mitigate issues involved in the expansion of the
domain name space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Our goal for Johannesburg is to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">- refine our draft recommendations in
light of public comment received;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">- incorporate DNS Abuse Study and
trademarks recommendations in the Draft Report, as
appropriate; and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">- seek additional input from you and
the community to help us shape our final recommendations.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Our draft report and translations can
be found at
<a
href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-03-07-en"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-03-07-en</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">There is still time to post a public
comment on our current recommendations: the public comment
period will close on 19 May 2017 – see
<a
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cct-rt-draft-report-2017-03-07-en"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cct-rt-draft-report-2017-03-07-en</a>
for more information.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Please note that since new
recommendations might arise from the study results scheduled
to be delivered in June, it is our intent to post a Second
Draft Report “Draft Final Report” for public comment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Community input is key to the success
of this process. As such, we welcome opportunities to hold
additional engagement sessions. I realize that ICANN 59 will
be a busy meeting but should you have time in your ICANN 59
meeting agenda, I would be happy to attend your session to
deliver an update and collect your team’s input. If
interested, please send me and
<a href="mailto:cctrt-staff@icann.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">cctrt-staff@icann.org</a> an email
to confirm a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">I look forward to hearing from you and
encourage you to follow our work via
<a href="http://cct.wiki/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://cct.wiki</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans
Pro",sans-serif">Jonathan <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pro",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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