Dear Work Track 5 members, Please see below the action items and notes from the Work Track 5 meeting today, 27 February 2019 at 05:00 UTC. 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/2019-02-27+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Pro.... Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director Notes and Action Items: 1. Updates to Statements of Interests (SOIs): No updates provided. 2. WT5 Supplemental Initial Report Public 3. Comments Overview and Approach for Review: Color coding: Green = agreement with the recommendations; Blue = new ideas; Orange = concerns; Red = divergence. 3. Continue Review of Public Comments: Preliminary Recommendations Summary Input from General Comments: Line 1, Contributors who support most of 2012 rules -- CENTR, AFNIC, ccNSO, APTLD, Tom Dale (individual), Uninett Norid AS Line 2, Contributors who despite objections, are willing to support most of 2012 rules. However, many do not want to see preventative protections extended -- Government of Brazil, Government of Spain, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, SWITCH, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs, German GAC, oriGIn, European Broadcasting Union, government of France, association of European regions for origin products (AREPO), Republic of Peru, The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom), Governments of Argentina, Chile, and Colombia, Fundación Incluirme, Portuguese Government, GAC, ALAC -- Agreement Divergence Line 3, Contributors who despite objections, are willing to support most of 2012 rules. However, many do not want to see preventative protections extended. --- Agreement (qualified) Preliminary Recommendation 1: Lines 8-16 , ccNSO, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG,, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH,, geoTLD.group. "CENTR, AFNIC" Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual) -- Agreement Line 17, RySG -- Agreement (qualified) Line 18, BRG -- Agreement Concerns Divergence Line 19, INTA -- Agreement (some qualified) Concerns Divergence Line 20, Group of Registries: Uniregistry, Minds + Machines Group , Top Level Design, Amazon Registry Services, Employ Media LLC -- Agreement (qualified) Divergence Line 21, Christopher Wilkinson -- Concerns Line 22, RrSG -- Divergence Line 23, ALAC -- Please see our responses to each of Preliminary Recommendations 2-13 as set out below. Line 24, NCSG -- Divergence Preliminary Recommendation 2: Lines 26-36, Singapore dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group Business Constituency Dotzon GmbH Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) International Trademark Association (INTA) Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC, RySG, Group of Registries:, Uniregistry, Minds + Machines Group , Top Level Design , Amazon Registry Services , Employ Media LLC -- Agreement Line 37, ccNSO -- Agreement Concerns (though this references work done by WT2) Line 38, CENTRE AFNIC -- Agreement Concerns (though this references work done by WT2) Line 39, BRG -- Agreement Concerns Line 40, Uninett Norid AS -- Agreement Concerns (though this references work done by WT2) Line 41, CITC -- Concerns (though this references work done by WT2) Line 42, NCSG -- Divergence Line 43, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 3: Lines 45-46, Tom Dale (Individual), Singapore -- Agreement Line 47, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Lines 48,-X53 Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH -- Agreement Line 54, RySG -- Agreement (qualified) Line 55, ccNSO -- Agreement Concerns Line 56, BRG -- Agreement Concerns Line 57, ALAC -- Agreement (limited) Divergence Line 58, Group of Registries: Uniregistry, Minds + Machines Group , Top Level Design Amazon Registry Services , Employ Media LLC -- Agreement (limited) Divergence Line 59, ccNSO -- Concerns Line 60, NCSG -- Concerns Divergence Lines 61-63, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), International Trademark Association (INTA), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) -- Divergence Preliminary Recommendation 4: Lines 64-76, ccNSO Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG,, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH,, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), International Trademark Association (INTA), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual) ALAC --- Agreement Line 77, RySG -- Agreement (qualified) Line 78, Group of Registries -- Agreememt (qualified) Line 79, BRG -- Agreement Concerns Line 80, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) Line 81, NCSG -- Divergence Line 82, Christopher Wilkinton -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 5: Lines 84-96, ccNSO, Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), International Trademark Association (INTA), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC, RySG -- Agreement Line 97, Group of Registries -- Agreement (qualified) Line 98, BRG -- Agreement Concerns Line 99, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) LIne 100, NCSG -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) Line 101, Christopher Wilkinson --[Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 6: Lines 103-115, ccNSO, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG). International Trademark Association (INTA), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC -- Agreement Line 116, RySG -- Agreement (qualified) Line 117, Group of Registries -- Agreement (qualified) Line 118, BRG --Agreement Concerns Line 119, NCSG -- Divergence Line 120, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 7: Lines 121-131, ccNSO, Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Business Constituency, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual) ALAC -- Agreement Lines 132-133, RySG and Group of Registries -- Agreement (qualified) Lines 134-135, BRG and INTA -- Agreement, Concerns 136, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) Line 137, NCSG -- Divergence Line 138, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 8: Lines 139- 150, ccNSO, Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC" Brand Registry Group, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC -- Agreement Lines 151-152, RySG and Group of Registries -- Agreement (qualified) Line 153, INTA -- Agreement (qualified) Divergence Line 154, CITC -- Concerns (appears to want to extend translations to other categories) Divergence (about allowing alpha-3) LIne 155, NCSG -- Concerns Agreement Line 156, BC -- Divergence Line 157, APTLD -- DIvergence (believes alpha-3 aspect to be inconsistent) [there might be a misunderstanding here. the WT's recommendation is to reserve exact matches of alpha-3 codes on ISO 3166-1] Line 158, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Preliminary Recommendation 8: Lines 140-150, ccNSO, Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, CENTR AFNIC, BRG, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, RySG, IPC, Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC – Agreement Lines 151-152, RySG and Group of Registries – Agreement (qualified) Line 153, INTA -- Agreement (qualified) Divergence Line 154, CITC -- Concerns (appears to want to extend translations to other categories) Divergence (about allowing alpha-3) Line 155, NCSG – Concerns, Agreement Line 156, BC – Divergence Line 157, APTLD -- DIvergence (believes alpha-3 aspect to be inconsistent) [there might be a misunderstanding here. the WT's recommendation is to reserve exact matches of alpha-3 codes on ISO 3166-1] Line 158, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] From the Chat: Steve Chan: For the NCSG comment, I believe this part is actually Agreement: The NCSG does not support reservation of strings resulting from permutations and transpositions of alpha-3 codes listed in the ISO 3166-1. Justine Chew: Line 153 is divergence and agreement by INTA; @Olga, I think you said concern and agreement Preliminary Recommendation 9: Lines 160-170, ccNSO, Singapore, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group, "CENTR AFNIC", Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG), International Trademark Association (INTA), Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC—Agreement Lines 171-172, RySG and Group of Registries – Agreement (qualified) Line 173, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) Line 174, BRG – Agreement, Concerns Line 175, APTLD – New Idea Lines 176-177, NCSG and BC – Divergence Line 178, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Recommendation 10: Lines 180-185, Singapore, Uninett Norid AS, Dotzon GmbH, Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), ALAC – Agreement (and Uninett supports mechanisms to make it easier to get documentation) Lines 186, RySG – Agreement (qualified) Line 187, BRG -- Agreement Concerns [Support for proposal] Line 188, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e8) Line 189, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group – Agreement, New Idea Line 190, Group of Registries – Agreement (qualified), Divergence Line 191, NCSG – Concerns, Divergence Lines 192-194, RrSG, INTA, and BC – Divergence Line 195, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Recommendation 11: Lines 197-198, BC and Dotzon GmbH – Agreement Line 199, RySG – Agreement (qualified) Line 200, Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) – Agreement Line 201, ALAC -- Agreement New Idea Divergence Line 202, Group of Registries – Agreement (qualified), Divergence Line 203, INTA – New Idea, Divergence Line 204, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group – New Idea, Divergence Line 205, NCSG – Concerns, Divergence Line 206, BRG – Divergence, Concerns Lines 207-210, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Georgia, Tom Dale (Individual), Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) – Divergence Line 211, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Recommendation 12: Lines 213-217, Dotzon GmbH, Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), RySG, ALAC – Agreement (RySG is qualified agreement) Line 218, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group – Agreement, New Idea Line 219, CITC -- Agreement (can be inferred) Concerns (believes it should be extended to translations - see question e6) Line 220, BC – Agreement (qualified), Concerns Line 221, Group of Registries – Agreement, Divergence Line 222, INTA – New Idea, Divergence Line 223, NCSG – Concerns, Divergence Line 224, BRG – Divergence, Concerns Line 225, RrSG – Divergence Line 226, Christopher Wilkinson -- [Appears to be a summary statement] Recommendation 13: Lines 228-233, Dotzon GmbH, Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), Tom Dale (Individual), RySG, CITC, ALAC – Agreement (RySG is qualified agreement) Line 234, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH, geoTLD.group – Agreement, New Idea Line 235, BC – Agreement (qualified), Concerns Line 236, Group of Registries – Agreement (qualified), Divergence Line 237, Christopher Wilkinson – New Idea Line 238, INTA – New Idea, Divergence Line 239, BRG – Divergence, Concerns Line 240, NCSG – Concerns, Divergence Line 241, RrSG -- Divergence