Dear EPDP Team,

As you may recall, in discussing charter question D1b, there is general support from the team for distributing a survey to gauge potential interest in activating variant labels from eligible registry operators, whose Chinese and Arabic gTLDs under their management have allocatable variant labels. Their responses to the survey will serve as critical inputs to the team’s deliberations around the timing and mechanism by which eligible existing gTLD registry operators may be able to request activation of allocatable variant label(s).

As such, leadership and staff developed a draft survey for your review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPPIPg5W0h10iyh4VsFAnXHtSn2qPRadisvUCsiBHVo/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that ICANN GDS and Legal have reviewed the content of the draft survey and have no concerns. GDS is able to conduct such outreach and distribute the survey to the eligible ROs on behalf of the EPDP Team.

In order to confirm the approach, this survey is expected to be discussed during this week’s EPDP Team meeting. Welcome your feedback and input.

Best Regards,

Ariel

Ariel Xinyue Liang

Policy Sr. Specialist

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)