Hi Margie, all, First, a big thanks to everyone for your contributions to the draft Initial Report. To be clear, our work during this extra week was intended to resolve the remaining “can’t live with” items identified by the EPDP Team in preparation for publication of the Initial Report. This was not an opportunity to introduce new suggestions that hadn’t been previously discussed, or proposals that would create further division between our respective groups. The leadership team and staff *did* review all of the submissions, and we included updates/edits that were helpful in bridging gaps, but we could not at this stage accept or incorporate substantive changes that hadn’t been fully vetted or discussed by the EPDP Team. In light of the time available, introduction of a new proposal at this stage, or reintroducing a previously rejected proposal, was not helpful in finalizing the Initial Report. As such, the leadership team and staff did our best to consolidate all of the input and explain where there are differences of opinion, so commenters will have that framework as they provide us further input to consider for the Final Report. For any remaining points, I encourage each group to submit their views during the comment period so we can take them up during our development of the Final Report. Thanks again to everyone for your patience and understanding, and to the Staff for their hard work to get us to this important stage. Best regards, Keith From: Margie Milam <margiemilam@fb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 2:36 PM To: Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com> Cc: Berry Cobb <berry@bacinblack.com>; gnso-epdp-team@icann.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-epdp-team] Chair Update - Initial Report Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Keith- We’d like to raise a point of order regarding the feedback, since our understanding was that these issues were open until June 3rd per Barry’s chart, and that there would be a call on Thursday to discuss. As a result, several of us submitted comments this morning. In light of this, we kindly request that leadership review our feedback substantively. Thanks very much, Margie Milam, on behalf of the BC From: Gnso-epdp-team <gnso-epdp-team-bounces@icann.org<mailto:gnso-epdp-team-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of "Drazek, Keith via Gnso-epdp-team" <gnso-epdp-team@icann.org<mailto:gnso-epdp-team@icann.org>> Reply-To: "Drazek, Keith" <kdrazek@verisign.com<mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com>> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 9:42 AM To: "gnso-epdp-team@icann.org<mailto:gnso-epdp-team@icann.org>" <gnso-epdp-team@icann.org<mailto:gnso-epdp-team@icann.org>> Cc: Berry Cobb <berry@bacinblack.com<mailto:berry@bacinblack.com>> Subject: [Gnso-epdp-team] Chair Update - Initial Report Dear EPDP 2A Team, We are currently in the final stages of publishing the Initial Report, and I wanted to provide you with a quick status update. 1. We currently plan to cancel tomorrow’s meeting. As noted below, Leadership has endeavored to resolve all outstanding issues that were discussed during yesterday’s meeting. We will, however, wait to confirm this cancellation until COB today in the event there is a last-minute need to convene the group. 2. The deadline for final feedback on questions or the three open items identified on the call was COB yesterday. 3. Leadership and Support Staff are currently reviewing the proposed updates and are planning to send the final version of the Initial Report to the EPDP Team and to the ICANN org publication team by the COB today. 4. As noted during yesterday’s call, where there is disagreement, Leadership made an executive decision in an effort to get the report to a final state. In making a final decision, we endeavored to consider all viewpoints and proposed compromise text in recognition of outstanding disagreements. 5. Feedback received after the deadline was reviewed by Leadership and Support Staff. In instances where the feedback proposed a minor edit, we accepted it; however, where feedback would result in a substantial change to existing text, we did not accept this. We welcome you to provide these types of comments during the public comment period. 6. Thank you to those who worked together to resolve issues over the list; these edits have been included in the updated Initial Report. 7. We recognize that there are still some outstanding issues that EPDP members may be unhappy with, but we welcome further input during the public comment period. Thank you for your hard work to get us to this point. Best regards, Keith