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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks Steve! The document looks great. I’ll await the final greenlight from Seb that the bespoke small team is the final plan and then the resulting flood of volunteers. Once we are at that point, I hope
Staff will send around a Doodle to help us get our kickoff meeting scheduled.
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 17, 2023 1:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sebastien@registry.godaddy; Paul McGrady <paul@elstermcgrady.com>; COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG; GNSO-Chairs <gnso-chairs@icann.org>; gnso-secs@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-chairs] PLEASE READ - ICANN76 Stakeholders/Board sessions</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear Councilors,</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Please find a Google doc created for this exercise. Permissions are currently set to allow for comments, but once we know who will be taking part in the effort besides Paul, we will provide Editor rights:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igtbNSUBMc3cIFlR7-zTyg5epNwfm7ImkxaP_K-8Uw8/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igtbNSUBMc3cIFlR7-zTyg5epNwfm7ImkxaP_K-8Uw8/edit?usp=sharing</a></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Note that in the Google document, we have also included the potential questions to the ICANN Board as by shared by Sebastien. We are assuming that similar planning will be needed once the topics are agreed
to by the Council.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">It sounds like the Councilors will organize themselves, but if you need any assistance from support staff, just let us know.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Gnso-chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org">gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Sebastien--- via Gnso-chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"<a href="mailto:Sebastien@registry.godaddy">Sebastien@registry.godaddy</a>" <<a href="mailto:Sebastien@registry.godaddy">Sebastien@registry.godaddy</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:48 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Paul McGrady <<a href="mailto:paul@elstermcgrady.com">paul@elstermcgrady.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG">COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>>, GNSO-Chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Hi Paul,</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Thank you for raising your hand for this, it is much appreciated.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">I think that in the past we would have taken this to the mailing list, but I must admit it is not my favorite medium: I tend to get quickly lost in the sub-threads (I am probably showing
my age).</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The current thinking should lead us to a small team setup, but given the short timelines I wouldn’t want to waste any of it haggling over how to form it.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Could I suggest that:</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">We initiate immediately a bespoke small team headed by Paul McGrady + eventually a single co-lead from the other house should anyone volunteer.</span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Membership to open to all Councillors. Should any Councillor need external input, he/she can seek it but remains the small team sole member.</span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Staff to create a bespoke Google Doc with the Board’s questions.</span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">The small team takes it from there with the aim of gathering our thoughts by March 3rd.</span><span lang="EN-AU"></span></li></ol>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Council colleagues: Thoughts? Comments?</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Kindly,</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#212121"></span></div>
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<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 4:32 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>Sebastien Ducos <<a href="mailto:Sebastien@registry.godaddy">Sebastien@registry.godaddy</a>>,
<a href="mailto:COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG">COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG</a> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>>, GNSO-Chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>>,
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<b>Subject: </b>RE: PLEASE READ - ICANN76 Stakeholders/Board sessions</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks Seb! I think our questions to the Board proposed below look great and touch on important concerns.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">As for Tripti’s question, what will be our mechanism to respond? Should we (1) start a shared document that folks can contribute to, (2) do we want to run a short-lived small team to develop a draft for the
broader Council to review (I’m happy to lead that effort if you like), (3) do we send ideas to the mailing list and have staff compile them and then we all edit the compilation, (4) something else?
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Also, we need to have milestone deadlines so that we aren’t scrambling and doing this on airplanes to Cancun. Thanks!</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt">Paul</span></div>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sebastien--- via council<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG">COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG</a>; GNSO-Chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>>;
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">A short note to correct my previous email:</span></div>
<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">While the Board would like us to prepare our response to their question ahead of our meeting, the March 1<sup>st</sup> deadline if for us to submit our questions to them.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Here are some questions already floated:</span></div>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Ensuring Board and ICANN org input to PDP processes</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt"><br>
How do we minimize the need for an ODP and minimize its impact when it is needed?
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What further information or details should the GNSO integrate into a PDP Final Report to ensure it delivers Board-ready recommendations?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Getting to the next round of new gTLDs</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt"><br>
What in the Boards view would be required of the GNSO Council and Community to secure a Next Round Launch Date by the 2023 AGM?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">WHOIS Disclosure System</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt"><br>
The Council’s recommendations were delivered 3 months ago which corresponds to ICANN Org’s ramp up requirement; has the development been initiated? What assistance can the Council and its small team offer to ensure initial timelines are met?</span></li></ul>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Kindly,</span></div>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">council <<a href="mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org">council-bounces@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Sebastien--- via council <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 2:00 pm<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG">COUNCIL@GNSO.ICANN.ORG</a> <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>>, GNSO-Chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>>,
<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] FW: PLEASE READ - ICANN76 Stakeholders/Board sessions</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Please find below a letter from Tripti Sinha on behalf of the Board regarding our session in Cancun.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">In particular the Board would like for us to respond to the following by March 1<sup>st</sup>:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The final SupPro report assigns resolution of many, potentially complex issues to the Implementation Review Team (IRT). IRTs can - and sometimes have - become bottlenecks, for example, in connection with efforts
to relitigate policy outcomes or where there are gaps in the policy being implemented. What concrete steps can the board, org, or community (or all 3 collectively) take to improve the IRT process? Please be as concrete as possible.</span></b></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Please note that as per our discussion with Becky today, I also expect we will receive a list of clarifying questions on the SubPro Recommendations themselves.</span></div>
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt">Kindly,</span></div>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Gnso-chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org">gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Vinciane Koenigsfeld via Gnso-chairs <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 7:23 pm<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:becky.burr@board.icann.org">becky.burr@board.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:becky.burr@board.icann.org">becky.burr@board.icann.org</a>>,
<a href="mailto:matthew.shears@board.icann.org">matthew.shears@board.icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:matthew.shears@board.icann.org">matthew.shears@board.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[gnso-chairs] PLEASE READ - ICANN76 Stakeholders/Board sessions</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Dear </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:#333333;background:white">Generic Names Supporting Organization</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#333333;background:white"> Council
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The Board and I very much look forward to welcoming and meeting with you during ICANN76 in Cancún, between 11-16 March. It is with great pleasure and excitement that we are finally going to Mexicó, after having had
to cancel the in-person component of both ICANN67 and ICANN70. We are grateful to our friends and stakeholders in Latin America for their patience and understanding in the process, and delighted to say<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;color:#202124;background:white">¡</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Cancún
aquí vamos! (Cancún, here we are!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The last three years have certainly proven eventful for all of us, but in unison with ICANN organization, we are more<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">determined
than ever to work closely with you to make 2023 and the many years after that, productive and successful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">This time in particular, the Board proposes a slight change in the approach to our bilateral sessions. We understood that there was an appetite for questions more tailored to each stakeholder group’s needs. Therefore,
we will not be sending the same question from the Board to all of you. Having said this, to maintain our commitment to transparency, all of the questions the Board to sends to each group will be published in the Community Digest.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The second improvement that we are putting in place starting at ICANN76, is to provide you with a summary of what we heard from you during these bilateral sessions. This summary will be in two forms:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">1.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'times new roman' , serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">A
blog highlighting key take aways from ICANN76 (and every ICANN meeting after that)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">2.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'times new roman' , serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Summaries of bilateral sessions will be included
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<div class="nine-pg MsoNormal" dir="auto" style="margin-right:1.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">These are only initial steps, and we will continue to discuss with you ways improve the way we interact moving forward. In the meantime, please find herewith the questions
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">We would be grateful if you could send to Board Operations (</span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="mailto:board-ops-team@icann.org"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:#954f72">board-ops-team@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">)
the questions you would like the Board to address during our face-to-face meetings. Given the finite time available for these meetings, please list your questions in order of priority.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">We
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">We thank you in advance for your time on this matter.</span></div>
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