Dear Working Group members, Please see below the notes from the meeting today, 15 April 2019. These high-level notes are designed to help WG members navigate through the content of the call and are not a substitute for the recording, transcript, or the chat, which will be posted at: https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2019-04-15+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Pro.... Please also see the referenced document at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSrLyWvfAiwDP-pe-QhAokRVoY1rpnDhfTqViwo4-zc/edit#<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSrLyWvfAiwDP-pe-QhAokRVoY1rpnDhfTqViwo4-zc/edit> Kind regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director Notes and Action Items: Action Items: Work Track 5: ACTION ITEM: Leadership and Staff will review the schedule and reconfigure as necessary based on the current work plan/pace. Review of Summary Documents -- Communications: ACTION ITEM 1: WG homework -- review the policy goals/what the WG is seeking to accomplish with respect to the following questions: Do these make sense? Do they seem complete? Do the concepts make sense? ACTION ITEM 2: 2.4.2.c.1 -- Captured Valideus and ALAC as New Ideas, but where there is a theme have placed them in themes. Need to be clear that they also are New Ideas. Added a reference back to New Ideas. ACTION ITEM 3: 2.4.2.c.7: ICANN Org comment re: online chat support -- cost and complexity. Question: Are we asking ICANN to offer substantive support to prospective applicants? Or technical support for those who are applying? ACTION ITEM: Capture in document (DONE). ACTION ITEM 4: 2.4.2.c.8: Add to New Ideas: May need to differentiate between substantive support versus technical support. (DONE) ACTION ITEM 5: 2.4.2.e.1: Add response rates consideration to ALAC comment. And “Conversion rates from inquiring applicants to applicants who submit applications.” to ICANN Org comment. (DONE). Brief Notes 1. Updates to Statements of Interest (SOIs): a. Greg Shatan -- Treasurer of chapter of the Internet Society b. Christa Taylor -- Chief Marketing Officer of Minds & Machines 2. Update on Work Track 5: -- Review of public comments -- questions for community input: Found that there need to be some clarifications concerning what was meant in some of the comments. -- Move to proposals next. ACTION ITEM: Look at the schedule and reconfigure as necessary. 3. Review of Summary Documents a. Communications: ACTION ITEM: WG homework -- review the policy goals/what the WG is seeking to accomplish with respect to the following questions: Do these make sense? Do they seem complete? Do the concepts make sense? Public Comments: 2.4.2.c.1: ACTION ITEM: Captured Valideus and ALAC as New Ideas, but where there is a theme have placed them in themes. Need to be clear that they also are New Ideas. Add a reference back to New Ideas. 2.4.2.c.2.1: Communication Period: Note that there is some support for the communications period being longer than 6 months -- Need to take into account the concept of time required for various application types (such as community applications). 2.4.2.c.7: ICANN Org comment re: online chat support -- cost and complexity. Question: Are we asking ICANN to offer substantive support to prospective applicants? Or technical support for those who are applying? Concern about providing coaching. ACTION ITEM: Capture in document. (DONE) 2.4.2.c.8: Add to New Ideas: May need to differentiate between substantive support versus technical support. (DONE) 2.4.2.e.1: Add response rates consideration to ALAC comment. And “Conversion rates from inquiring applicants to applicants who submit applications.” to ICANN Org comment. (DONE).