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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> find below the notes
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and action items </span>
<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">from today’s meeting on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thursday</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,<span style="color:black">
</span>24 March 2022 </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">13:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">3<span style="color:black">0</span></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> UTC.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Ariel, Steve, and Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Action Items:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 1: Update Recommendation 1.4 to be more specific as it applies to registry operators and the factors impacting their decision to apply for variants (currently the text refers to “market forces”).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 2: Add implementation guidance for Recommendation 1.5 indicating that the IRT will determine who will develop best practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 3: Leadership team to propose edits to Recommendation 1.7 taking into account the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 4: Leadership team to consider comments on Implementation 1.9 and 1.10 and suggest a path forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 5: Update text of Implementation Guidance 1.10 to refer to:
</span>“registry, registrar, registrants and end-users”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 6: Leadership team to post revisions to the list based on today’s discussion for additional review by the EPDP Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">Notes – IDNs EPDP Call – 24 March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">SOI Updates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Jeff Neuman is updating his SOI to reflect that he has an interest in the new .hiphop registry operator.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Welcome & Chair Updates<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder from the Chair to EPDP members that they signed a Statement of Participation, which includes the following point: “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I will treat all Members/Participants of the Working
Group with civility both face-to-face and</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">online, and I will be respectful of their time and commitment to this effort. I will act</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">in a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">reasonable, objective, and informed manner during my participation in this Working Group</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and will not disrupt the work of the Working Group in bad faith</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">.”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Opinions are welcomed and valued, but all perspectives need to be brought in and taken into account. The goal is to work towards consensus.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">EPDP members are encouraged to focus chat contributions on the topic at hand in the discussion and not distract from verbal discussion.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">If you miss a call, please review the recording to understand the context of the discussion in order to ensure that the deliberations can progress effectively.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder about EPDP Team process: The Team has one or two conversations on the topic. When there is pretty good agreement, the leadership team drafts text for the WG to review, and then the EPDP considers any additional
input member on that text. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Review of <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit__;!!PtGJab4!pzzF2GFwpqXmyuYuaSF3lk74VKR2-UwVjp_Oeuht3X5vBDNm5rTcLojanhpD-DDy2htVV7L6TR5E$">EPDP Team member
input on Charter Questions A5 [docs.google.com]</a> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Clarification: not all comments that have been submitted are included in the Google Doc. Items are added to the Google Doc if they need further consideration or input from the WG. Statements of support for draft text
are not included.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC comment on Recommendation 1.4 regarding the term “market forces”: Per ALAC members, it appears that the text implies that market forces are determinant. ALAC supports defining this term or using an alternate
term. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: The intent of this text is that registries would not apply for more variant labels than they could manage. Considerations for registries include financial factors as well as other factors.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff response: The intent of the term “market forces” is defined in the rationale.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: Market forces mean economic factors. It doesn’t mean that the registry will seek to activate more than it can handle.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 1: Update Recommendation 1.4 to be more specific as it applies to registry operators and the factors impacting their decision to apply for variants (currently the text refers to “market forces”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC comment on Recommendation 1.5: Suggestion to have binding policies instead of best practices to ensure consistency.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: There should be consistent applicant criteria for registries when the apply for variants, but we don’t want to be too rigid since we don’t fully understand capabilities with respect to variants and what the
user experience should be. We don’t want to hamper innovation.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: Variant is a policy concept and not a technical one. There is not a technical solution for operationalizing variants. We should be careful about what we mean by consistency and make sure we consider the issue
in the broader context. There is a role for registries, but also for registrars and registrants in the implementation of variants.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: The right approach for the evaluation is to have a set of minimum requirements that must be met to pass evaluation but not to have rigid requirements more broadly with respect to variants.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Question: Who would develop and manage the best practices?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Response: Best practices have traditionally been organic and been developed as need arises. From a policy perspective, this would go to the IRT to decide how to implement the recommendations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: If a set of best practices exists as a live document, this might be unstable.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: Implementation of variant labels hasn’t been done before. There needs to be faith in the ROs and RSPs that they will be able to implement effectively and that best practices will be developed over time.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SubPro made a recommendation that second-level variant labels “are not required to act, behave, or be perceived as identical.” That recommendation took into account
input from the staff paper on IDNs and the SSAC.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> Note: The SubPro recommendation will be considered further later in the charter when we discuss behavior of variants.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Outcome: No change to the recommendation. Add implementation guidance to address the question of who will develop best practices.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 2: Add implementation guidance for Recommendation 1.5 indicating that the IRT will determine who will develop best practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff notes a revision to footnote 15 in response to comment from Michael Bauland.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Review of <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit__;!!PtGJab4!pzzF2GFwpqXmyuYuaSF3lk74VKR2-UwVjp_Oeuht3X5vBDNm5rTcLojanhpD-DDy2htVV7L6TR5E$">EPDP Team member
input on Charter Questions A<span lang="EN-US">6 </span>[docs.google.com]</a> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC comment on Recommendation 1.6: Suggestion to provide a definition of grandfathering.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff sought to provide a definition of grandfathering in the second sentence of the recommendation with additional clarification in the rationale.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Outcome: No additional clarification is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC comment of Recommendation 1.7: ALAC expressed uncertainty as to whether a script community can anticipate “exceptional circumstances” that might break backwards compatibility.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion: Add “To the extent possible” before “The LGR Procedures must be updated to specify the exceptional circumstances. . .”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">From another perspective, this language should not be softened. Label Generation Panels should be bound by certain principles. The impact of a change that is not backwards compatible is significant. Therefore, the
language should include a strong “must.”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: The LGR procedure is not currently explicit enough. What one person considers “exceptional circumstances” another person may not. Therefore, it should be explicit.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Question: Is it ok to say “must” given that the LGR process already abides by the principle of conservatism?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff Comment: There is a stability principle which is part of the LGR procedure itself. Staff previously spoke with the integration panel and the panel agreed that there is hardly any chance that the LGR for a script
could be changed to make an existing TLD invalid. There are safeguards built into the LGR procedures and from the IP as well.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion to strike out “be updated to. . .” so that it is clear that the principles are aligned rather than dictating what the procedures must do.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: Panels operate without many legal restrictions. Registries should not be blindly bound to what the panels do. There needs to a balance to ensure predictability for contracted parties.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Reminder: the two exceptional circumstances previously identified are changes to IDNA2008, Unicode standards.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: Perhaps the LGR can enumerate the known exceptional circumstances acknowledging that it may not be possible to identify all potential exceptional circumstances in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Question: How difficult is it to change the LGR procedure? If set of exceptional circumstances can be updated in the LGR, then why is this an issue?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Response: A team of experts from different script communities developed and reviewed the LGR procedure, which was approved by the Board. This was the mechanism taken up in the first part. Something similar would need
to happen each time to LGR is updated.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Clarification on ALAC comment: Support in principle the recommendation but how practically implementable is the recommendation?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Should the tense of the sentence beginning “The LGR procedure must. . .” be updated to reflect that we are talking about the past and not the future?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: The burden on the registry/registrar/registrant/end users of breaking backwards compatibility is greater than the burden on the panels of making this more predictable.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: At a minimum, the LGR procedure could be updated to include the two exceptional circumstances identified. To the extent that additional circumstances are identified in the future, perhaps they could be added.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 3: Leadership team to propose edits to Recommendation 1.7 taking into account the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC Comment on Implementation Guidance 1.9: ALAC appears to support removing “if known and understood by the GP” and suggested additional text “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the
GPs, together with other technical entities such as RSSAC, SSAC or ICANN Org, should identify the security and stability risks…”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: We may be implicitly expanding the expertise of the panel, specifically with respect to mitigation.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Clarification: Specific competency can vary from GP to GP. GPs include linguistic expertise, the community perspective, DNS and IDNs. The GP is expected to include expertise on the security
and stability of IDNs. Some may have less experience in registry operations than another. Integration panels are consulted in the GP work and their expertise are brought into that work. You cannot say for sure that a GP will have expertise in registry operations.
Perhaps there should be some collaboration between the GP and someone who understands registry operations.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Additional clarification: When a GP is considering in the context of security and stability they may need to balance the impact on the business. This may be an area where they need additional
input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Comment: IG 1.9 does not appear to say that it should only the GP – it leaves open that GPs can consult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion to consider combining 1.9 and 1.10, which may help to address ALAC’s concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 4: Leadership team to consider comments on Implementation 1.9 and 1.10 and suggest a path forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Implementation Guidance 1.10 – the word “timely” is suggested in response to GAC comment on this item.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ALAC comment on Implementation Guidance 1.10: “</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are not sure if the phrase “the gTLD registry operator, their customers, and end users” (used twice in the text) has any special
context to it, and if it is as inclusive in comparison with “registry, registrar, registrants and end-users”.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 5: Update text of Implementation Guidance 1.10 to refer to:
</span>“registry, registrar, registrants and end-users”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Staff notes redlines in rationale for recommendations 1.6-1.8 in response to inputs received from GAC and Michael Bauland.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Action Item 6: Leadership team to post revisions to the list based on today’s discussion for additional review by the EPDP Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Suggestion regarding Charter Question A5: A ceiling value is needed. There is going to some level of confusion for end users.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">GAC comment: The work of this group is important. It is hard to get the essence across to “laymen” and explain why it enhances multilingualism on the internet. Suggestion for WG leadership
or representatives to meet with the GAC at ICANN74 to discuss the EPDP’s work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">If the GAC has specific questions that they would like to discuss/cover, it is helpful to understand this in advance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Continued discussion of Charter Question B4a<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Slide 4 – context, summary of discussion to date.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo13">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Covers two, and possibly 3, scenarios: 1. Existing ROs might have withheld same entity strings; 2. In a future round, an applicant applies for primary and allocatable variants, but the applicant has not requested
to activate the variants; 3. Applicant requested a label, it’s allocatable, but it was rejected. If grounds for rejection are removed it becomes withheld-same-entity.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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