Thanks Justine! Susan Payne Head of Legal Policy Com Laude T +44 (0) 20 7421 8250 Ext 255 [cid:ignored-in-diff-69D7046A-2901-4C33-ADEC-4D2E2A24A271] <https://comlaude.com/> Follow us on LinkedIn<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/pRkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> and YouTube<https://t-uk.xink.io/Tracking/Index/bhkAAGVfAADw_RQA0> ________________________________ From: Justine Chew via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 3:15:27 AM To: gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> Cc: Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>; Donna austin <DonnaAustin605@hotmail.com>; GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>; Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann@gmail.com> Subject: [Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam] Re: Meeting Invitation | Board Readiness Small Team - Interview with Donna Austin (Justine and Prudence ) | Wednesday, 30 July 2025 Just making sure that everyone had a copy of the questions for our interviewee. Kind regards, Justine On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 22:16, Terri Agnew via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org<mailto:gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org>> wrote: Dear all, Please see the join information below for the Interview with Donna Austin (Justine and Prudence) and Board Readiness Small Team taking place on Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 09:00 UTC for 60 minutes. Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/96611661142?pwd=K2VpaHlzNkNuY1J6YzRYcW1sd0VjUT09 Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: Z4B3SUR!U& One tap mobile +16699006833,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: 0505103780 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/actl7q9Q9B Wiki space: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/PKWfBg Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO _______________________________________________ Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam mailing list -- gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org<mailto:gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> To unsubscribe send an email to gnso-board-readiness-smallteam-leave@icann.org<mailto:gnso-board-readiness-smallteam-leave@icann.org> ________________________________ The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient. They may not be disclosed, used by or copied in any way by anyone other than the intended recipient. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender (deleting the body of the email and attachments in your reply) and immediately and permanently delete it. Please note that Com Laude Group Limited (the "Com Laude Group") does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. The Com Laude Group does not accept liability for statements which are clearly the sender's own and not made on behalf of the group or one of its member entities. The Com Laude Group is a limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 10689074 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England. The Com Laude Group includes Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 5047655 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Valideus Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 6181291 and registered office at 28 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HN England; Demys Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC197176 and registered office at 15 William Street, South West Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 7LL Scotland; Consonum, Inc. dba Com Laude USA and Valideus USA, a corporation incorporated in the State of Washington and principal office address at Suite 332, Securities Building, 1904 Third Ave, Seattle, WA 98101; Com Laude (Japan) Corporation, a company registered in Japan with company number 0100-01-190853 and registered office at 1-3-21 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0033, Japan; Com Laude Domain ESP S.L.U., a company registered in Spain and registered office address at Calle Barcas 2, 2, Valencia, 46002, Spain. For further information see www.comlaude.com<https://comlaude.com/>

Hi Donna, Thanks for your additional input. We will see to working it into the interview record. Kind regards, Justine On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 16:00, Donna austin <DonnaAustin605@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi All

Not confident that I can post to this email list, but I hope it will make its way to you all.

One thing that came to mind when reflecting on our call last week was that while the IDN EPDP didn’t pay particular attention to the question of Board readiness, we did respond to comments we received from ICANN org during the public comment processes. Perhaps in doing so we have implicitly paid attention if we assume that the questions from ICANN org did have Board readiness in mind, or at least know where the Board might have concerns with our outputs. I do know that the some of the comments from ICANN org were drafted by ICANN’s technical expert that participated in the EPDP. I guess there is a lack of transparency about how the Board and ICANN org interact and goes in some part to your question Kurt about whether the same information is being used to make decisions.

I don’t understand why the Board has a public comment process on PDP Final Reports that they receive from the GNSO Council (I’m sure there is a good reason); and I also don’t know what weight the Board gives those comments. I would hope that the GNSO staff supporting a PDP would be consulted on comments received to understand if the comments were raised and addressed during the course of the PDP; or if it’s a new issue and if it is, who decides how to treat the comment?

Anyway, nothing new to each of you, but something that I had really considered before.

Thanks

Donna

*From: *Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann@gmail.com> *Date: *Tuesday, 29 July 2025 at 12:16 pm *To: *gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org < gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> *Cc: *Julie Bisland <julie.bisland@icann.org>, Donna austin < DonnaAustin605@hotmail.com>, GNSO-Secs <gnso-secs@icann.org>, Terri Agnew <terri.agnew@icann.org> *Subject: *Re: [Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam] Meeting Invitation | Board Readiness Small Team - Interview with Donna Austin (Justine and Prudence ) | Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Just making sure that everyone had a copy of the questions for our interviewee.

Kind regards, Justine

On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 at 22:16, Terri Agnew via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> wrote:

Dear all,

Please see the join information below for the Interview with Donna Austin (Justine and Prudence) and Board Readiness Small Team taking place on Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 09:00 UTC for 60 minutes.

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Kind regards,

Terri

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