Dear WG Members, Attached, please find the Initial Report excerpt for section 1.7 on the Application Evaluation/Criteria. This section consists of: Reserved Names IGO/INGO Protections Geographic Names (this is only a placeholder/notice that the substantive work is still taking place in Work Track 5) Registrant Protections Closed Generics String Similarity IDNs Security and Stability Applicant Reviews: Technical/Operational, Financial and Registry Services Name Collisions This section has been added to the Wiki here: https://community.icann.org/x/NwUhB. Note, the WG will NOT be reviewing this section on the upcoming 7 May 2018 call. Best. Steve Steven Chan
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