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<p>Hi Melissa and All, <br>
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<p>Last week, we had a robust discussion of a second separate
comment period and why, for Closed Generics, it is especially
needed - and not just for extra time. Greg, Alan and I worked on
this analysis over the (US) holiday weekend - pulling together
concerns that we heard from ALAC, GAC and GNSO members with
additional research. We share this analysis below (and attached-
same doc). <br>
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<p>Best regards, Kathy <br>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align:center"
align="center"><b>Meaningful
Public Comment in the Closed Generic gTLD Application and
Evaluation Process:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>The
Need for a
Special Closed Generic Public Comment Period</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a unique and critical need for a
Closed Generic
public comment period that is designed to provide <i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><u>meaningful public comment</u>. </i>On this
complicated issues
involving the fitness of a given Closed Generic application --
one that has
taken us months to wrestle with -- the questions and analysis
will be complex
and difficult, including concepts of genericness,
anti-competitiveness, nexus,
public interest goals and public interest harms.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the SubPro Working Group (WG) confirmed
the need for a
public comment period covering a number of different types of
analysis, the WG did
not, and could not, consider the special needs for public
comment on Closed
Generics applications. It was premature. Our Closed Generics
Framework did not yet
exist and our work had not yet been done. Our work and the
Framework clearly
point to the need for a separate public comment period – one
that cannot start
on reveal day.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Both the
time and
circumstances would not allow for the type of meaningful public
comment needed
here.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Here, <u>meaningful
public comment</u> means a public comment that (a) can take
advantage of and
build upon the input of Governments, their Early Warnings, and
their guidance
on public interest, competition and antitrust policy and
trademark issues, and (b)allows
sufficient time for industries, businesses and other
organizations to gather, discuss,
prepare, socialize and sign off on joint comments and concerns
by countries, regions
and groups of all sorts (both ad hoc and formal), as well as
comments from
individual and entities. </i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><br>
</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">We are
renewing and
explaining our<u> call for a second Closed Generics Public
Comment Period of 60
days, to follow soon after the close of GAC Early Warnings</u>.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We provide background and
discuss key
concepts such as meaningful public comment, the special role
of government
guidance, the value of organized industry input, and the need
for webpage-driven
requests –all to create a highly substantive meaningful
comment period to
complement the Closed Generics Evaluation process set forth in
our
Framework.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><br>
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Background</u>: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some have claimed that the need for Closed
Generic comments
is the same as that for Community Priority applications, for
which the WG
considered and did not adopt a later public comment period.
However, the work
of our Closed Generics Small Team over these past few months has
shown that
Closed Generics gTLD applications are very different; they raise
hard and unique
issues of great import that have racked our collective brains:
public interest
goals, competition and antitrust policies, and trademark law,
among many others.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the first round, in 2012, Closed
Generic applications
received <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">93 GAC Early
Warnings, and
later, a special section of the 2013 Beijing GAC Communique</b>;
further, the
ICANN Board process initiated this Small Team with unprecedented
representation
of GAC, GNSO and ALAC.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nothing
like this
took place with applications seeking Community Priority
Evaluation. Closed
Generics gTLD applications raise especially complicated public
policy and
public interest issues that clearly merit a special Closed
Generics comment
period well after the scramble of Reveal Day, particularly one
coming after GAC
Early Warnings. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><br>
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>The special role of government guidance</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Government guidance is, and has always been,
key to the
understanding of Closed Generics. The 84 Early Warnings from
Australia and 9
from Germany in 2012, albeit brief, raised key competition
concerns, e.g., </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“<span
class="xnormaltextrun"><u><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Competition</span></u></span><span
class="xnormaltextrun"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin">: Symantec Corporation is seeking exclusive
access to a common
generic string (.antivirus)</span></span><span
class="xscxw152280379"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> </span></span><span
class="xnormaltextrun"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin">that relates to a broad market sector</span></span>.”
[Australian
GAC]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Competition, trademark law and public
interest issues fall within
the purview of national governments. As governments seek fair
competition, create
policies to support new and emerging businesses, and work to
further the public
interest, their role in understanding, examining and analyzing
the new round of
closed generic gTLD applications will be key. <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the guidance of governments was uniquely
important in the
first round, via Early Warnings, so too will it be needed in
future rounds. In
the Small Team, we have shared our concerns that future Closed
Generic gTLD
applications may be difficult to read, unpack and interpret. As
Governments
were guides in the First Round, they will be guides in upcoming
rounds – round
that will come faster and likely with many more applications.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><br>
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Value of Organized Industry Input </u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Closed Generic Public Comment Period,
closely following
the close of GAC Early Warnings, will allow industries,
businesses,
associations, noncommercial groups, and associations to gather
together – to
share information with members via regular channels of
communication, to
convene and discuss, circulate and sign joint comments.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This collaboration proved
very helpful in the
first round and the input it achieved was meaningful – including
from, for example:
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The International
Publishers
Association, European and International Booksellers Federation,
Federation of
European Publishers, The Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
e.V.,
Verleger-Verband SBVV, The Booksellers Association of The UK
& Ireland Ltd,
the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian
Booksellers
Association and many more. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This input, with time to organize, was
well-discussed,
well-reasoned, and well-supported. Meaningful public comment
from businesses
and industries is not a rushed process. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our first round history shows such meaningful
comment comes best
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">after</i> the guidance of
the governments
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">and </i>with the time to
prepare and organize.
Future booksellers, hotels, disaster relief organizations, and
other commercial
and noncommercial groups, will thank us.<i
style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><br>
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Timing:</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Closed Generic Public Comment should
follow a short time
after the close of Early Warnings and be open for a period of 60
days. This period
will allow industries, businesses and NGOs, as appropriate, to
gather, discuss,
and sign comments together. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Jeff, Sophie and others have pointed out,
there is the
possibility that any application may face Objections, and such
applications will
then be delayed for many months (as this formal,
arbitration-like proceeding is
extensive and expensive). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adding a short 60 day Second Comment Period
on Closed
Generics following Early Warnings for the public, with an
appropriate response
time for applicants, , will not add greatly to application
processing time, but
it will greatly enhance groups’ abilities to prepare and
participate and will
also aid the credibility of the entire process. After the 60 day
period, and
meaningful response period for applicants, this process will
move on to the
Evaluation panels, who will have a full and well-reasoned
record. It’s a clean,
simple solution.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A
rushed and hectic
single comment period for all things will be neither clean nor
simple; most
importantly, it is unlikely to be truly <u>meaningful</u>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><br>
</u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Closed Generics Microsite:</u> <br>
<br>
For this Closed Generic Comment Period, ICANN should help
businesses,
industries, and noncommercial organizations find those Closed
Generic
applications that impact them – a daunting task if there are
hundreds (or even
thousands) of closed generic applications. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Accordingly, for the Closed Generic
Microsite, ICANN should:<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman""><br>
</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">+ </span></span></span>Create
a page listing all the rules and evaluation criteria for Closed
Generics – not
as written for applicants (e.g., in the Applicant Guidebook),
but written for
the public seeking to understand Closed Generic gTLDs and how to
prepare
meaningful comment (with knowledge of the evaluation factors) in
this
evaluation process. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>+
Provide
a good semantic search tool for searching the potentially
thousands of closed
generic applications by members of the public, so small
businesses, NGOs and
others can easily find all new gTLD applications with closed
generic strings that
impact their business or industry. For example, for the aviation
industries,
such a search tool should find .airport, .runway, and
.airplanes. This type of
tool is special, but not infrequent in our data-based world.</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>+
Present
a homepage showing all Closed Generic gTLD applications as part
of a table
visible with each new gTLD string, the Applicant, translation of
string to
English if an Internationalized Domain Name, and country of
origin.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You should not
have to search the closed
generic string, to see all Closed Generic gTLD applications at
this summary
level. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">4)<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>+
Share
clear information about deadlines, easy input by the commenter,
easy review by
the public and applicant, and a link to any response the
applicant may submit.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(Consistent
with other aspects of our work,
if additional features are made available for the initial
comment period, then
they should be added to this Closed Generics comment website as
well.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Closed Generic microsite can also post
and generate
notifications to commenters when applicants make changes to
their closed
generic gTLD applications after the comment period ends.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conclusion:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><br>
</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Meaningful
public
comment</i>, especially for the world community, is a process
with which ICANN
has struggled for years. We generally speak and write to our own
ICANN
Community, but not the larger public. Similarly, we tend to seek
comment
primarily from our own ICANN Community and not from the larger
public. In the
case of Closed Generics, this will be utterly insufficient;
hearing from
governments and the larger public is a requirement and must be
built into our
Framework. Thus, we need to do everything we reasonably can to
support meaningful
public comment– including a Closed Generic Comment Period to
follow Early
Warnings. Government input on these competition, public trust
and public
interest issues will be key on these complex and far-reaching
issues, and a
guide for businesses and industries who follow.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In closing, we note that in seeking
definitions of
“effective consultation” and “meaningful public comment,” we
found the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> Code of Practice
on Consultation</i> of HM
Government, UK useful and provide its short foreword in our
appendix. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your review and consideration
of these
critical points. </p>
<b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br
style="mso-special-character:line-break;
page-break-before:always" clear="all">
</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b>APPENDIX</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">Specification
1:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">UK
guide for effective
consultation and meaningful input</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">HM
Government</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Code of
Practice on
Consultation</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FOREWORD</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“This Government is committed to effective
consultation;
consultation which is targeted at, and easily accessible to,
those with a clear
interest in the policy in question. Effective consultation
brings to light
valuable information which the Government can use to design
effective
solutions. Put simply, effective consultation allows the
Government to make
informed decisions on matters of policy, to improve the delivery
of public
services, and to improve the accountability of public bodies.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Government has had a Code of Practice on
Consultation
since 2000 setting out how consultation exercises are best run
and what people
can expect from the Government when it has decided to run a
formal consultation
exercise.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This third version of the Code is itself the
result of
listening to those who regularly respond to Government
consultations. This Code
should help improve the transparency, responsiveness and
accessibility of
consultations, and help in reducing the burden of engaging in
Government policy
development.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As part of the Government’s commitment to
effective
consultation, we will continue to monitor how we consult and we
appreciate
feedback on how we can improve.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">John Hutton</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal">BERR SoS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">July 2008<span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%"><a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/100807/file47158.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/100807/file47158.pdf</a></span></span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
</p>
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</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2023 9:33 AM, Melissa Peters
Allgood wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a quick reminder to reply to this
email with your inputs regarding the three red lines detailed
below and a request that you review the updated Closed
Generics Framework v4 (clean or with edits tracked).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We will take the remaining red line issues
at the top of our next call (31 May 2023 at 20:00 UTC) before
moving into the v4 document.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My continued thanks for your time and
attention to this work.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Melissa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span
style="color:black">gnso-gac-closed-generics
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-gac-closed-generics-bounces@icann.org"><gnso-gac-closed-generics-bounces@icann.org></a> on
behalf of Melissa Peters Allgood
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:melissa.allgood@icann.org"><melissa.allgood@icann.org></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:33 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-gac-closed-generics@icann.org">"gnso-gac-closed-generics@icann.org"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-gac-closed-generics@icann.org"><gnso-gac-closed-generics@icann.org></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[gnso-gac-closed-generics] Closed
Generics Asynchronous Work and Updates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello
all,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Below
you will find the three outstanding items from the
<a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1smLEk84K113gSGEdM4b_o1VR0vMmJk4yIkmkxX4M6Zc/edit__;!!PtGJab4!6NMRJYggQOzP4XgdtZ46kDl6kb54--LeBZvpGTNttdcVnqwaSIXt1j1quUD7PqOYaZNNXtYcHc5hJFOwlea_btUYI16Qn0pLQlHa_w$"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Remaining Red Lines [docs.google.com]</a> table.
Pursuant to your inputs at the end of our 24 May call,
staff has taken all other items into the next version of
your work. On the google drive you will find two
versions of the same document:
<a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1nEy2mQm01ITo-ovxgIVQ0kNIpLqPV4bqVxTKgZb15vQ/edit__;!!PtGJab4!6NMRJYggQOzP4XgdtZ46kDl6kb54--LeBZvpGTNttdcVnqwaSIXt1j1quUD7PqOYaZNNXtYcHc5hJFOwlea_btUYI16Qn0oqvqfCZw$"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Closed Generics Framework v4–Edits Tracked
[docs.google.com]</a> and <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1InSBpBSW-j2aVwsk59t-Hs2LfAhuEKNfiwkFoi3SYxU/edit__;!!PtGJab4!6NMRJYggQOzP4XgdtZ46kDl6kb54--LeBZvpGTNttdcVnqwaSIXt1j1quUD7PqOYaZNNXtYcHc5hJFOwlea_btUYI16Qn0pEsETsDA$"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Closed Generics Framework v4–Clean [docs.google.com]</a>.
We’ve created the clean version for ease of reading and
ask the edits tracked version be used for inputs (in
comments).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To
do:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Each
of the three red lines has a request highlighted in
green. Please respond to this email with your inputs.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Review</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1nEy2mQm01ITo-ovxgIVQ0kNIpLqPV4bqVxTKgZb15vQ/edit__;!!PtGJab4!6NMRJYggQOzP4XgdtZ46kDl6kb54--LeBZvpGTNttdcVnqwaSIXt1j1quUD7PqOYaZNNXtYcHc5hJFOwlea_btUYI16Qn0oqvqfCZw$"
moz-do-not-send="true">Closed Generics Framework
v4-Edits Tracked [docs.google.com]</a> and/or <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1InSBpBSW-j2aVwsk59t-Hs2LfAhuEKNfiwkFoi3SYxU/edit__;!!PtGJab4!6NMRJYggQOzP4XgdtZ46kDl6kb54--LeBZvpGTNttdcVnqwaSIXt1j1quUD7PqOYaZNNXtYcHc5hJFOwlea_btUYI16Qn0pEsETsDA$"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Closed Generics Framework v4–Clean [docs.google.com]</a>.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Identifying
Disadvantaged Sectors</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Red
line language:</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Should
the applicant also be asked to identify sector(s) of
the public that may be disadvantaged by its operation
of a closed gTLD and provide information about how it
intends to address the issue?”</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">B<u>roadly-agreed
language in v3:</u></span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“7.l.
Identify any threats or risks that could reasonably be
posed if the closed generic gTLD is delegated, and
specify the specific mitigating actions that the
applicant plans to take to minimize these threats and
risks.”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal:
REPLACE broadly agreed language from v3 7.l with the
following compromise:</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Identify
sector(s) of the public that may be disadvantaged if
the closed generic gTLD is delegated, as well as any
threats or risks that could reasonably be posed, and
detail the specific mitigating actions that the
applicant plans to take to minimize these threats and
risks.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline">
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
applicant must make explicit commitment to the
policies, rules or actions that the applicant will
agree to take to minimize any threats or risks to the
public or anti-competitive impacts by operation of the
applied-for closed generic TLD.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:lime">Please
respond if you can live with this compromise. If you
cannot, please offer a way forward.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Definitions</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In
your asynchronous work, we saw general agreement that
having a colloquial definition of “closed generic gTLD”
would be helpful, so long as it is clear that this group
is not creating policy through such use of such a
colloquial definition. The term affiliates was flagged
in the Remaining Red Lines document and staff suggests
the additional language found in the last sub-bullet as
a compromise path forward.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposed
language</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline">
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“For
purposes of the Closed Generics Facilitated Dialogue,
it was necessary for the group to have a shared
understanding of concepts relevant to closed generic
gTLDs. Bearing in mind relevant definitions found in
the Base gTLD Registry Agreement, Section 2.9(c) and
Section 11.3(d), the group agreed to the following
colloquial definition of “closed generics.” Please
note, this colloquial definition is not intended to
impact any associated contractual definitions or
control future policy work on this issue.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0
level2 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline">
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A
“closed generic gTLD”, sometimes described as a
“gTLD with exclusive registry access”, is understood
to be a gTLD representing a string that is a generic
word or term under which domains are registered
exclusively by the registry operator and its
affiliates.”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0
level3 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline">
<span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
group discussed examples where the term
“affiliates” may benefit from the inclusion of
entities with common charters or governing
documents, but no decision was taken on this
matter as it is beyond the scope of this group.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:lime">Please
respond if you can live with the compromise. If you
cannot, please offer a way forward.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Public
Comment</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">During
our 24 May call, the group continued discussion on this
point. The group has broadly acknowledged the need for
sufficient notice of an application for a closed generic
gTLD and sufficient time for response. The group has
broadly acknowledged significant delay to the initial
evaluation could be problematic. The task before you is
to identify a way forward.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:lime">Please
respond with your proposed way forward on this issue.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I
encourage you to continue your efforts to view the
remaining work through a solution-oriented lens of
collaboration and compromise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wishing
you a wonderful weekend,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Melissa</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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