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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear IRT members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Following internal meetings relating to Application Change Requests, we have updated the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ybAJswI6oHwKZtAR1Qq6t1mKmIcZrwdF-fCmQVErqKY/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#1155CC">Application Comments</span></a><span style="color:black">
and </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v-fAZzRD8MogEbJ9Ubkj28g2gU2dK1jy1PUH9P6ngIs/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#1155CC">GAC Early Warning and Advice</span></a><span style="color:black"> language (also published in pdf on the
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/KgDOEg"><span style="color:#1155CC">SubPro IRT workspace</span></a><span style="color:black">). </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The most significant changes are the following: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ‘Community Action Period’ is replaced by ‘Community Input’, which includes Application Comments, GAC Early Warnings, GAC Advice, and Objections. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To avoid confusion, and in line with the above, the ‘Action Community Tool’ (ACT) is now called ‘Application Comment Forum’ (ACF). <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Since the ‘Community Input’ section will include information on community input throughout all phases of the application processing, we have included a new section ‘Application Comment Timeline Following
a Change Request’ and updated some of the remaining language accordingly. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Regarding who will have access to the answers to the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2quqw1ibPAzUZ3JgkXmryMeEGFODY9JywWNh0oSk-s/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#1155CC">questions for commenters</span></a><span style="color:black">,
we believe that name and last name, as well as ICANN affiliation should be public, whereas the answers to the remaining questions should only be visible to ICANN org and evaluators. This would ensure a sufficient level of transparency while protecting the
commenters’ privacy. Please note that we are still working on defining the system features; should there be any changes or issues regarding this, we will let you know. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any feedback, please provide that via comments in the document or on-list by EOB 22 March, after which we will consider the document ready for the second
Public Comment period (currently planned for September 2024).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you so much in advance!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Antonietta, Lars, and Elisa</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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