The attached comment was posted today.

Thanks again to David and Vivek for drafting.

On 3/27/24, 10:17 AM, "Steve DelBianco" <sdelbianco@netchoice.org> wrote:

BC members –

Thanks to David Snead and Vivek Goyal, we have a draft comment on ICANN’s Applicant Support Program (ASP) Handbook – New gTLD Program.   (link to comments page).

Please see their draft Google Sheet, with this note from David:

Since the comments are basically limited to “does this meet the spec” and we’ve already commented on that, I think this is a lightweight way to do it.  I do plan on adding at least one overall observation:  the guidebook is very densely written, so it will be very difficult for applicants who need support to even understand it.

Back in Sep-2023 we commented on the GNSO Guidance process for applicant support, thanks to Vivek Goyal and David Snead (noting that Lawrence Olawale-Roberts  represented us on the working group).

Comments close 2-Apr, so please reply all with your edit suggestions by 1-Apr.

Thanks again to David, Vivek, and Lawrence for drafting and reviewing.