I agree with this suggestion. I further suggest that the consensus decision be undertaken as a poll so that all members can participate even if they are not able to attend the call personally. Thank you, Paul Keating From: Gnso-igo-ingo-crp <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Zak Muscovitch <zak@muscovitch.com> Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 4:30 PM To: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>, <gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] PLEASE READ: Deadline for proposals and agenda for Working Group meeting this week

Dear All,

With regards to the Consensus Call, I wonder if it is preferable to have a Œranked ballot¹ if possible, so that members can rank their choices in order of preference. In this manner the vote will reflect the choice that is the most agreeable to the most people.

Ranked voting is considered a more accurate measure of voter sentiment than the typical 'plurality' voting, especially when there are more than two options, and especially when some of the options share similarities while others are quite dissimilar. Ranked voting is in use by Australia, by Canadian political parties, by the Oscars for picking the Best Picture winner, by San Francisco for picking it mayor and now by Maine for picking most of its elected officials (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/maine-ranked-choice-voting.html <https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/maine-ranked-choice-voting.html> ). More information about ranked ballots is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting> .

Zak

From: Gnso-igo-ingo-crp [mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wong Sent: December-12-17 4:47 PM To: gnso-igo-ingo-crp@icann.org Subject: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] PLEASE READ: Deadline for proposals and agenda for Working Group meeting this week

SENT ON BEHALF OF PHIL AND PETTER (WORKING GROUP CO-CHAIRS)

Dear Working Group members,

We are moving toward concluding our deliberations on the topic of whether (and if so, what) recommendation to make to deal with the situation where the losing respondent files a claim in a national court but the IGO succeeds in claiming immunity from the jurisdiction of that court. With thanks to Zak for timely submitting proposed text on a new option for this topic, which we will consider on our next call this Thursday, we request that if any Working Group member has any proposed text for consideration, please submit the actual text you are proposing for Working Group consideration no later than one hour before the Thursday call (i.e. 1600 UTC on 14 December). This will be the deadline for submission of any options to be included in any further polling of the WG for support or opposition.

The proposed agenda for the call this Thursday is as follows: 1. Roll call/updates to Statements of Interest 2. Co-Chairs¹ recap of discussion with Nominet legal counsel on the Nominet appeal process 3. Review of text proposed by Zak for a new option (in the context of a possible Recommendation #3) 4. Presentation of Co-Chairs¹ proposal for concluding deliberations on Recommendation #3 and conducting the Working Group Consensus Call for all Recommendations and options 5. Scheduling the next meeting

We hope that as many Working Group members as possible can attend the call this week, as we hope to wrap up discussions on this one remaining possible recommendation, and proceed with the formal Consensus Call before the end of this year.

Best regards,

Phil and Petter

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