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+Pro.... 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