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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In preparation for the Monday, 3 April meeting, please find below the documents for your review and input, especially the ones under
<b>1b, 2a, and 2b</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Draft Sections of the Phase 1 Initial Report:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nD-a82Bx_JIYzWcZwBQcD61Aqn_yBPQMVr1l3EpZU_w/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nD-a82Bx_JIYzWcZwBQcD61Aqn_yBPQMVr1l3EpZU_w/edit</a>
<o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">You can find all draft sections of the Initial Report from the table of contents here
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Section 4, Annex C, and Annex E will be completed right before circulation of the full report to the EPDP Team
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Staff plan to provide an overview of all these draft sections during the Monday meeting
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><b>Please specifically focus on the review of the following sections</b>, as EPDP Team’s input are expected be discussed on Monday:
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Section 3</b> Glossary
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</span>ii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Section 4
</b>Introduction section to the Preliminary Recommendations <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>iii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><b>Section 5</b> Differences Between EPDP-IDNs and ccPDP4 Preliminary Recommendations
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level4 lfo3">Leadership team may provide more substantive edits before the call
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Redline and highlighted draft text that needs to be closed off: <o:p></o:p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><b>A3 (pp.3-6):</b>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit</a>
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3"><b>D1b (pp.4-10):</b>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6xKX87w2LtN4Is0mehuRgc1GqjKmbbhT14KbvUH5Sw/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6xKX87w2LtN4Is0mehuRgc1GqjKmbbhT14KbvUH5Sw/edit</a>
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Please focus on the review of the
<b>revised Rec 2.25 and 2.29</b>, and the <b>rationale for Rec 2.7, 2.24-2.27, and 2.29</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">B4 (Rec 2.13, p.4):
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15YGISgNQYL_VfcVVZ6E97qbo42GPziP6x089bR3wgZw/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15YGISgNQYL_VfcVVZ6E97qbo42GPziP6x089bR3wgZw/edit</a>
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>We missed to address the leadership comment during yesterday’s call
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">D8 (Rec 2.18, pp.17-18):
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6xKX87w2LtN4Is0mehuRgc1GqjKmbbhT14KbvUH5Sw/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6xKX87w2LtN4Is0mehuRgc1GqjKmbbhT14KbvUH5Sw/edit</a>
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>We missed to address the updated text during yesterday’s call
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3">A9 (Rec 1.12, p.17):
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bt0LT45UaLynFNverh1nJhyvq6q6NxgSFAOnOp2LG44/edit</a>
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</span>i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>The definition of the label states may need to be incorporated in the recommendation language based on agreement on the glossary
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, on 16 March 2023, the ICANN Board adopted a substantial portion of the SubPro PDP Outputs. The Outputs adopted by the ICANN Board include all the IDN recommendations in Topic 25 of the SubPro PDP Final Report. See details here:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-regular-meeting-of-the-icann-board-16-03-2023-en">
https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/materials/approved-resolutions-regular-meeting-of-the-icann-board-16-03-2023-en</a>. This should have minimum impact on the EPDP preliminary recommendations, as our recommendations are consistent or align
with the SubPro recommendations. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all for your efforts for the final push. Have a nice weekend!
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ariel <o:p></o:p></p>
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