Dear Councillors, Please note this SSAC report SAC114, a little before its official release. Although those may not have a direct impact on our policy making, or at least at this point, I would certainly encourage you to have a look at least at the high-level comments that SSAC is putting forward. Regards, Philippe -----Original Message----- From: Gnso-chairs [mailto:gnso-chairs-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rod Rasmussen Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 11:02 PM To: gnso-chairs@icann.org Cc: Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr@gmail.com>; Jeff Neuman <jeff@jjnsolutions.com> Subject: [gnso-chairs] Pre-Release version of SAC114: SSAC Comments on the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report Dear Philippe, Jeff, Cheryl, and GNSO Leadership: I am writing you to provide you with a pre-release copy of SAC114: SSAC Comments on the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report that we will be delivering to the ICANN Board later today. The ICANN Board will have a 48 hour period for their own consideration prior to it being published on the ICANN website, and given the weekend, this will not be published prior to Tuesday. Given that our report was initiated based on the work done by the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group which the GNSO Council is currently considering, we wanted to provide you with this advance copy. You will see that the scope of our work went beyond the scope and charter that the GNSO’s Working Group was given. We found ourselves examining issues in expanding gTLD namespace allocation that took us beyond their workspace while reviewing their well-written and thorough report which resulted in this work. The SSAC would like to note its gratitude to the Working Group for the opportunity they provided us to directly discuss issues we had flagged within the Final Report during the public comment period. While the SSAC has no formal role in GNSO policy making, we hope that you find this work a useful input into your further process of considering if, how, when, and under what conditions to continue expanding the allocation of the gTLD namespace. The SSAC would be happy to answer any questions you have about our work and continue to proactively collaborate in this important topic space moving forward. Sincerely, Rod Rasmussen SSAC Chair _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this message and its attachments. As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been modified, changed or falsified. Thank you.