Dear Jeff, Thank you for sharing the correspondence from AFRALO-AFRICANN. As a member of the PDP WG, I think it is worthwhile sharing correspondence that the Brand Registry Group sent to the ICANN Board almost one year ago but remains relevant, even more so today, to this topic. This letter also flagged the idea of approaching the next round in batches according to risk-levels, particularly in relation to Internet users. This letter includes a recommendation that "alternative options are explored urgently to undertake smaller rounds for specific categories of registry models introduced in the 2012 round”. The Neustar proposal for phased rounds helps to articulate this further and offers solutions to a number of concerns raised within the PDP WG, i.e. reduce risk of excessive demand by spreading the application across phases, reduce resourcing impact on ICANN and third-party resources, allow ICANN to develop process and systems over time and provide predictability for applicants. At ICANN63, when the Neustar proposal was raised in the Public Forum, the BRG stated its willingness "to explore and discuss effective ways for this to be implemented including options to conduct smaller distinct application rounds by type where the type of registry is considered as low risk could be prioritised.” Kind regards, Martin Martin Sutton Brand Registry Group martin@brandregistrygroup.org<mailto:martin@brandregistrygroup.org> www.brandregistrygroup.org<http://www.brandregistrygroup.org> The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. On 9 Apr 2019, at 05:42, Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>> wrote: All, We received the following correspondence today and wanted to make sure that the Working Group was made aware of the statement from AFRALO-AFRICANN. This is being provided for informational purposes and will be incorporated into our discussions as applicable. Best regards, Jeff Neuman Senior Vice President Com Laude | Valideus 1751 Pinnacle Drive Suite 600, McLean VA 22102, USA M: +1.202.549.5079<tel:+1.202.549.5079> D: +1.703.635.7514<tel:+1.703.635.7514> E: jeff.neuman@comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com> www.comlaude.com<http://www.comlaude.com/> Liability cannot be accepted for statements made which are clearly the sender’s own and not made on behalf of Com Laude USA or Valideus USA. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment.Com<http://attachment.com/> Laude USA and Valideus are trading names of Consonum, Inc. From: Silvia Vivanco <silvia.vivanco@icann.org<mailto:silvia.vivanco@icann.org>> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 8:59 PM To: Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>>; Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@valideus.com<mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com>>; langdonorr@gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com> Cc: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>; Mohamed Bashir <mbashir@mbash.net<mailto:mbashir@mbash.net>>; Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn<mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn>>; Sarah Kiden <skiden@gmail.com<mailto:skiden@gmail.com>>; Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com<mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com>>; Fatimata com> <fsylla@gmail.com<mailto:fsylla@gmail.com>> Subject: AFRALO-AFRICANN statement - ICANN 64 Kobe, Japan Dear co-chairs of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG, On behalf of AFRALO’s Chair Mohamed El Bashir, kindly find attached the AFRALO/AFRICANN Statement “New gTLD Subsequent Procedure: Proposal of Neustar regarding the upcoming round of New gTLDs" which was discussed and approved at the ICANN 64 meeting in Kobe, Japan. Please be so kind to find attached the statement for your consideration. Thank you! Kind regards, Silvia Vivanco Senior Manager, At Large Regional Affairs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Tel: + 51-997510935<tel:+%2051-997510935> <Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting Kobe, March 2019-final.pdf>_______________________________________________ Gnso-newgtld-wg mailing list Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org<mailto:Gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-newgtld-wg