Dear Work Track 5 members,

Please see below the action items and notes from the Work Track 5 meeting today, 30 April 2019.  These high-level notes are designed to help WT5 members navigate through the content of the call and are not a substitute for the recording, transcript, or the chat, which will be posted on the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2019-04-30+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+PDP+Work+Track+5.

Kind regards,

Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

Notes and Action Items:

Actions:

ACTION ITEM: Check with the Portuguese Government -- comment stating only “non support”.

Brief Notes:

1. Updates to Statements of Interest (SOIs): Paul McGrady has an update and has moved to a new law firm: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

2. Options/Proposals: Public comment review:

a. general measures proposed to improve the New gTLD Program (see deliberations section f.1.2.5 for context) -- start on line 24

Proposal 1:

Line 24, INTA, Divergence

Line 25, Group of Registries, Divergence

Proposal 2:

Lines 27-40, Multiple commenters agree, some with qualifications

Lines 41-42, Concerns -- United States and INTA

Proposal 3:

Lines 44-48, Multiple commenters agree

Lines 49-50, RrSG and United States -- Agreement, Concerns

Line 51, BRG -- New Idea and Divergence

Line 52, ALAC -- Concerns (although seems close to divergence)

Line 53, BC -- Concerns

Line 54, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence

Lines 55-62, Multiple commenters diverge

Proposal 4:

Lines 64-75, Multiple commenters agree (some with qualifications)

Line 76-77, RrSG and NCSG -- concerns (RrSG not in support of ICANN facilitating)

Line 78, BRG -- New Idea

Line 79-80, INTA and Portuguese Government -- Divergence

Proposal 5:

Lines 82-92, Multiple commenters agree (some qualified) -- ALAC also is New Idea (line 91)

Lines 93-94, RrSG and INTA -- Agreement, New Idea

Line 95, United States -- Concerns

Line 96, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence

Line 97, CITC -- Concerns

Line 98-100, DotBerlin, Dotzon, Singapore -- Divergence

Proposal 6:

Lines 102-107, Multiple commenters agree (some qualified)

Line 108, RySG, Agreement (with qualifications), Divergence

Lines 109-118, Multiple commenters diverge

Proposal 7:

Line 120, BC -- Agreement (qualified), Concerns

Line 121, ALAC -- Agreement (qualified, limited), Concerns

Line 122-123, INTA, United States -- Concerns, Divergence

Lines 124-138, Multiple commenters Diverge

Proposal 8:

Lines 140-149, Multiple commenters agree

Line 150, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence

Line 151, United States -- Concerns, Divergence

Lines 152-158, Multiple commenters diverge

Proposal 9:

Lines 160-162, Governments of Argentina, Chile, Colombia -- Agreement

Lines 163-176, Multiple commenters diverge, United States also has concerns

Line 177, Government of Spain et al., no position

Proposal 10:

Lines 179-183, Multiple commenters agree

Line 184, RySG -- Agreement, Divergence

Line 185, United States -- Concerns, Divergence

Lines 186-194, Multiple commenters diverge, although Portuguese Government has no position

Line 195, Governments of Spain et al. -- no position

b. Options/Proposals: country and territory names (see deliberations section f.2.2.2 for context)

Proposal 11:

Line 6, Dotzon GmbH -- Agreement [however, given the wording for support in other areas, this may be do *not* support]

Line 7, ALAC -- Agreement (qualified) New Idea

Next Meeting, 06 May at 1500 UTC -- start at line 8