In response to Paul:
 
First, it has nothing to do with application fees. 
 
During the ICANN meeting in Helsinki there were a number of comments on the topic of timing of the next round made to the ICANN Board in public fora. The comments were mostly eloquent, on the mark and included the following points:
In my opinion, some or all of these points evidently resonated with the Board. I believe the letter was the result of those interchanges at the Helsinki meeting. 
 
Kurt
 
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Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council Chair
From: policy@paulmcgrady.com
Date: 8/16/16 1:05 pm
To: "Jeff Neuman" <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>, "gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org>

Thanks Jeff.
 
Is there any indication of why this letter was sent?  Is it pressure from groups wanting another round for business reasons?  Is ICANN in need of more application money?  I don't mind feeling under a bit of pressure from the Board to move with all due speed, but I'd like to understand the "why" here.  Any thoughts (from you or from the list)?
 
Best,
Paul
 
 
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Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council
Chair
From: Jeff Neuman <jeff.neuman@comlaude.com>
Date: Tue, August 09, 2016 10:45 am
To: "gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org>

Resending as I mistakenly put Volker on this email as opposed to Donna.  Sorry for the duplication.
 
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From: Jeff Neuman
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 1:44 PM
To: gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org
Cc: James Bladel (jbladel@godaddy.com) <jbladel@godaddy.com>; Heather Forrest <Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au>; Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-systems.net>
Subject: Letter from Steve Crocker to GNSO Council Chair
 
All,
 
I came across this letter in passing and thought it was useful to send to the group as it relates to our work.  One of the items I would like to ask each work track to think about is the key question raised here:, namely within the work tracks, “Are there a set of critical issues that can be identified to be addressed prior to a new application process?”  Or, is it the view of the Community that the entire PDP must be completed prior to a new process?
 
I believe the identification of these issues is a critical first step of the work tracks and will help to produce work plans for the respective tracks.  I am cc’ing GNSO Council leadership on this email to keep them in the loop.
 
Best regards,                    
 
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