Dear All,
Please find the EPDP Phase 2 Small Team summary update ahead of next week’s ICANN.
This is intended to be shared with the Board and the Community, as required, during our bilateral meetings.
Disclaimer: It is important to note that this high-level summary update is based on the input received from small team members to date. Not all groups may have provided or finalized their input,
nor has the Council considered this input. The small team will continue its deliberations post-ICANN73 in view of providing a response to the GNSO Council on the questions that are part of its assignment, namely:
The Council did think it would be of interest to the Board and the broader community to get a sense of the direction of travel based on input from the members of the small team to date. This is
what this high-level summary aims to do. It is worth pointing out that many of the comments are in line with comments and suggestions that have already been raised in the meetings to date.
High-level summary of small team input to date (2 March 2022):
a.
Most small team members seem to be of the view that the ODA does not provide enough information to confidently determine the cost / benefit. Some point to the inability to predict costs
based on usage, the high variability and range of costs and lack of information on the specific costs of the different components of the system.
b.
Although some note that this the determination of costs / benefit is one that the Board is expected to make, many small team members are of the view that for certain aspects of the SSAD
the costs / complexity outweigh the benefits and point to the different minority statements that accompany the Final Report for further details.
c.
Some support is expressed for implementing either an SSAD Pilot (possibly on a voluntary basis) or a lightweight ticketing system that could serve as a central point of collection of disclosure requests.
These options could provide further insights into the demand and other metrics to help inform subsequent decisions on the SSAD.
Kindly,
Sebastien Ducos
GoDaddy Registry | Senior Client Services Manager
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France & Australia