Dear CPWG Members,

We would like to draw your attention to the First Draft ALAC Statement on the Second Public Comment for Proposed Next Round Base gTLD Registry Agreement, for which we are seeking preliminary input.

Due to this public comment proceeding closing on 17 November (i.e. prior to a subsequent CPWG call next week), and as indicated during the CPWG session at ICANN84 on 26 October, we have proceeded to craft this draft statement based on: (1) the general consensus established on the bullet points discussed at ICANN84; and (2) remaining bullets points to be discussed at the CPWG Call on 12 November.

To pre-empt, general consensus was established on:

• Issue 1: Emergency Transition
• Issue 2: Incident Report (SAC074)
• Question 1: Termination by ICANN - fraudulent or deceptive practices (partly)

While the remaining bullets points proposed to be discussed are on: