Hi Bret. Volker and I were have a parallel discussion. Could I note that we target the first post-London meeting to discuss our concrete next steps on EWG? I think this will give the EWG a chance to sort out their minority report issue, and I think the public comment period will close (or nearly so). Happy to raise this during the public session on WEdnsday, if desireable. Thank you-- J. __________________________ James Bladel GoDaddy jbladel@godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com> On Jun 23, 2014, at 16:21, "Bret Fausett" <bret@nic.sexy<mailto:bret@nic.sexy>> wrote: I appreciate that we have a very full agenda for Wednesday's meeting, which is slotted into an impossibly short time two-hour time slot, but I'd like us to briefly reflect on the report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG), https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40175189, during the Item 2 Section of the Agenda ("Review focus areas and provide updates on specific key themes / topics. Include review of Projects List and Action List"). Based on our discussion over the weekend and the presentations by the EWG here in London, it seems clear that the Council eventually will be asked to look at this report and possibly initiate a policy development process centered on it. I don't think we should take any action here in London, but perhaps we can use the time between this meeting and the next to review the report, consult with our constituencies, and think about putting together a drafting committee to prepare options for the Council about possible next steps. I know we had a presentation on this in Sunday's session, but now we should reflect on where this goes from here. I thought I would raise it now, so we can give it some thought before the Council meeting. This ought to be a significant undertaking, and I think we should consider whether, how and when it fits into our current work schedule. Bret -- Bret Fausett, Esq. * General Counsel, Uniregistry, Inc. * http://www.uniregistry.link - - - - -