<div dir="ltr">Hi Matthew,<div><br></div><div>I was unable to attend today's meeting due to receiving zoom error 1001 via various devices and browsers.</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to make just one observation and suggestion. I'm having some difficulty with the definitiveness of this conclusion:</div><div>"<span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A complete and accurate risk assessment of a string’s name collision potential cannot be determined prior to the string's delegation."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I can appreciate the challenge of currently accessing public recursive resolver data as summarized here : "</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">in part due to legal and privacy concerns, it is likely that public resolver data will be even more obscure or scarce in the future.".</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">However, since this is not a technical issue but rater a "speculative" commercial issue, it appears it might be a solvable problem that could be addressed well before ICANN starts accepting applications for the next round (~in 4-5 years).</span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">What are your thoughts about qualifying your conclusion somewhere along the lines of: </span></div><div>"<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A complete and accurate risk assessment of a string’s name collision potential cannot be determined prior to the string's delegation, unless ICANN is able to generate or obtain public recursive resolver data prior to the next round of new gTLDs."</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">best regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span 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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 8:12 AM Thomas, Matthew via NCAP-Discuss <<a href="mailto:ncap-discuss@icann.org">ncap-discuss@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Happy New Year!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">As promised here is a gentle reminder for the group to review the Data Sensitivity Study [1] (PDF version also attached here). We will be discussing the document at the next NCAP DG call on 1/12/2022.
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">It is important we reach a final version near the 12<sup>th</sup> so we can release the document for public comment in conjunction with the already reviewed CORP, HOME, and MAIL case study.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">[1] </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sLPrBn8T6ym7gumySHeWG9THSGSRoEeKldv3uRMMy6Y/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sLPrBn8T6ym7gumySHeWG9THSGSRoEeKldv3uRMMy6Y/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sLPrBn8T6ym7gumySHeWG9THSGSRoEeKldv3uRMMy6Y/edit?usp=sharing</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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