Council Colleagues - For your review, please see the attached letter from Steve Crocker to the chairs of the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT), and the PDP WG on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures. Thank you, J. From: Wendy Profit <wendy.profit@icann.org<mailto:wendy.profit@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 13:47 To: "zuck@ACTonline.org<mailto:zuck@ACTonline.org>" <zuck@ACTonline.org<mailto:zuck@ACTonline.org>>, "avri@acm.org<mailto:avri@acm.org>" <avri@acm.org<mailto:avri@acm.org>>, "scoates@twitter.com<mailto:scoates@twitter.com>" <scoates@twitter.com<mailto:scoates@twitter.com>>, "jeff.neuman@comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>" <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>> Cc: "Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch<mailto:Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch>" <Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch<mailto:Thomas.Schneider@bakom.admin.ch>>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine.chalaby@icann.org<mailto:cherine.chalaby@icann.org>>, "alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>" <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>>, James Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com<mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com>>, Jamie Hedlund <jamie.hedlund@icann.org<mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org>>, Steve Crocker <steve.crocker@icann.org<mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org>>, David Olive <david.olive@icann.org<mailto:david.olive@icann.org>>, "Board-Ops-Team@icann.org<mailto:Board-Ops-Team@icann.org>" <Board-Ops-Team@icann.org<mailto:Board-Ops-Team@icann.org>>, "gacsec@icann.org<mailto:gacsec@icann.org>" <gacsec@icann.org<mailto:gacsec@icann.org>>, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org<mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org>> Subject: [Correspondence from Steve Crocker] PICs and Category 1, Safeguard 1-8 TLDs Dear Jonathan, Avri, Stephen, and Jeff, Please find the attached letter from Steve Crocker on behalf of the ICANN Board regarding concerns raised by the ALAC and GAC around the effectiveness of the contracted PICs for the GAC Category 1, Safeguard 1-8 TLDs ("Safeguard PICs"). With warm regards, Wendy Profit ICANN Board Operations Specialist 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Mobile: 1-310-773-6811 Office: 1-310-578-8695 [cid:59401D5B-D2E1-42DB-8268-74570C10D99C]