In preparation for our next call on Tuesday, 10 October 2017 @ 20:00 UTC, please see below for our proposed agenda. We will continue our discussion from last week on the topic of string similarity. I hope you are able to join the discussion. Thank you.

1. Welcome & Review of Agenda

2. Updates to SOI

3. Plenary Update

5. Should we add another meeting before ICANN#60? For week of 17 Oct.?

6. CC2 — String Similarity — Q 3.4.4 - 3.4.6

7. AOB

CC2 Questions on String Similarity Themes document attached. Full responses are available for review at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A5uaxBAgmg7QsFuqMdVvt1HxNZ4jKXnm3Hp0gZra7U0/edit#gid=1452007373

3.4.4 - Do you believe that there should be some sort of mechanism to allow for a change of applied-for TLD when it is determined to be in contention with one or more other strings?
If so, do you have suggestions on a workable mechanism? 

3.4.5 - Do you feel that the contention resolution mechanisms from the 2012 round (i.e., CPE and last- resort auctions) met the needs of the community in a sufficient manner? Please explain.

3.4.6 – Do you believe that private auctions (i.e., NOT the auctions of last resort provided by ICANN) resulted in any harm?
Could they lead to speculative applications seeking to participate in a private auction in future application processes?
Should they be allowed or otherwise restricted in the future?

3.4 — General Feedback from GAC on string similarity