Dear Drafting Team Members, Staff has taken the liberty of preparing a draft document to initiate discussions for this drafting team. What we have done so far is to try and pull out requirements for the application acceptance mechanism and then lay out the solutions that the WG has already identified (e.g., hybrid, steady state) and then separately, some options considered for the steady state (e.g., first come first served, annual cycles). For each of these solutions, we have tried to identify pros and cons. You can find the draft Google doc at the bottom of this team’s Wiki page here: https://community.icann.org/x/ZKLRAw Staff welcomes and encourages discussion on this topic. We are also available to assist this effort, so please do let us know how we may be of service. Best, Steve Steven Chan Sr. Policy Manager ICANN 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 steve.chan@icann.org mobile: +1.310.339.4410 office tel: +1.310.301.5800 office fax: +1.310.823.8649 Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages. Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO Follow the GNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/icanngnso/ http://gnso.icann.org/en/