Dear PDP WG members, Please see below the discussion notes and action items captured by staff from the meeting on 18 April. These high-level notes are designed to help PDP WG members navigate through the content of the call and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript. The MP3 and transcript are provided separately and are posted to the calendar at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar. Please also reference the chat room, which has been captured and provided by the GNSO Secretariat via separate email. Please note for review/comment that there now are three Google Docs as follows (and referenced below): 1. New gTLD - 2007 Principles and Recommendations — See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15_0TRWzFIaLgO3QlfYH_0ZtOlMKm7SEjsHif4Oi2.... 2. Subject 1 Should there in fact be additional new gTLDs in the future - Pros and Cons — See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/111-IBO9zKMXPorvBxoot8uTdLPyjPesYCha6D0sl.... 3. Different TLD Types: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mA_hTUhLhJSsfcmoQwREtUqxykZ5KfJffzJA.... These also are on the wiki at the WG Documents at: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58001970. Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director Discussion Notes/Actions: New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Meeting, 18 April 2016 1. Continued Discussion on the Catalog of Advice and Statements from the 2012 round of New gTLDs Action Items: (1) PDP WG members can help fill in the Google Doc at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G1H9OaX9KL5vzxa3b6hbVziwgAx3CHNnISOd...; (2) Staff will add a column on form of advice (letter to the Board, other, formal, informal) - DONE; (3) The PDP WG will send a note to each group as a formal request. 2. Continued Discussion on Subject 1: Should there in fact be additional new gTLDs in the future? Divide the ‘Constituency Comment’ request that will sent to AC/SOs, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and GNSO Constituencies into 2 parts. Part 1: Only includes the Overarching issue questions including whether there should be subsequent procedures and the issue of gTLD types. Action Items: (1) Continue to fill out Pros and Cons with data suggestions at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/111-IBO9zKMXPorvBxoot8uTdLPyjPesYCha6D0sl.... (2) Send out Constituency Comment I (CC1) by the deadline for the Helsinki meeting. This gives us ~6 weeks. Draft (in progress) schedule being built on https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58001972#. It is open to comments. 3. Continued Discussion on Subject 2: TLD Types/Differentiation Action Item: PDP WG and Staff update the Google Doc at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mA_hTUhLhJSsfcmoQwREtUqxykZ5KfJffzJA.... 4. Wiki Work Space — Update from Steve Chan. Action Item: None. 5. Liaison to Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All gTLDs PDP WG Action Item: Agreed that this would helpful and also is in the charter. Seeking volunteers from PDP WG members who also are on the RPM PDP WG. 6. Timing of Meetings Action Item: Staff will review the geographic spread of the current PDP WG members and determine whether the rotating times should be changed.