Dear Working Group members,

Staff has updated the 2 July draft Final Report that was discussed on our call yesterday – the redline against that 2 July version (in both Word and PDF formats) as well as clean versions of the latest (6 July) draft (in both Word and PDF formats) have now been posted on the Working Group wiki space for your review: https://community.icann.org/x/UoVHBQ.

We have also included a redline of this latest 6 July draft against the original draft Final Report that was circulated on 11 May.

For your convenience, I also attach the redlined 6 July version (against the 2 July version we used on yesterday’s call), in both Word and PDF formats.

Please note:

• If you have substantive corrections or concerns, please post them to this mailing list as soon as possible, so that we may try to resolve the issue speedily via email and before the 23.59 UTC deadline on Monday 9 July for submitting the report to the GNSO Council;
• Staff will do our best to do another proof-reading pass-through before the deadline, though we note that our focus will most likely be on correcting any substantive errors you may spot in the current draft. We note also that it will likely be possible to submit a reformatted version to the Council with typos and grammatical mistakes corrected after the deadline (but not substantive changes).
• For Monday submission to the Council, we will insert the following placeholder in Annex B (Minority Statements): “As of 9 July, the following Working Group members had indicated that they plan to submit minority statements: Mr. Philip Corwin, Mr. George Kirikos, Mr. Petter Rindforth”. Please let the list know as soon as possible if your name is not listed and you plan to also file a minority statement.
• Minority statements should be limited to documenting your disagreement with any of the final recommendations, along with your reasons for such disagreement (including, if appropriate, your reasons for preferring a different proposal/option).
• Susan will revert with a proposed deadline for the submission of minority statements – for the present, and subject to Susan’s views and report, staff will suggest COB in your time zone on Thursday 12 July (to allow for the updated annex to be sent to the Council before the end of the week).

Thank you.

Best regards,

Mary