Dear Sub Group B members,

Staff have been developing a public comment analysis document to encapsulate/summarize the Sub Group’s deliberations on the public comments. We hope this document can help Sub Group B present the outcome of its work for review/consideration by the full WG. Please see the document here with a brief introduction below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/110It4ZZMV6V4XY77J6DUq-H_ZGtdPNV8qCB_5Ukd29E/edit?usp=sharing

• This document is not meant to replace Sub Group B’s transcripts/recordings/chat records, which include the full details of each meeting;
• In general, we hope this document can be continuously used by the full WG after Sub Group B’s deliberation is completed;
• Each recommendation/question title/number is linked to the wiki page that contains the contextual language;
• Under each recommendation/question, there are three sub sections:
  1. Public Comment Referred to WG: It contains the public comments the Sub Group B decides to flag to the WG for further deliberation; link to the public comment review tool (PCRT) and corresponding row number(s) are included here;
  2. Public Comment Deliberation Summary: It includes two sub sections – 1) Sub Group B Deliberation Summary & 2) WG Deliberation Summary;
     • Under “Sub Group B Deliberation Summary”, it Includes a high-level summary of the Sub Group’s response/action related to the public comments, particularly the flagged public comments that will be referred to the full WG;
     • Under “WG Deliberation Summary”, the content is TBD and will be populated after the WG has reviewed the flagged public comments (if any) and the Sub Group’s deliberation summary; staff expect that content under this sub section will be included in the Final Report (as part of the context/deliberation);
  3. Proposed Final Recommendation Language:
     • If Sub Group B agrees the recommendation should be maintained “as is”, the original language of the preliminary recommendation will be included here for the full WG to review/consider;
     • If Sub Group B agrees on any edits/revisions to the recommendations, the proposed language will be included here for the full WG to review/consider;
     • All final recommendation language will be confirmed by the full WG.
• If the discussion of certain recommendation/question has loose end, staff will flag them with highlighted text (“[not completed]”) to indicate that Sub Group B’s deliberations on them are not completed.

The update of this document will be ongoing -- staff aim to update this document shortly after each meeting finishes and circulate it for Sub Group members’ review. You are welcome to provide input/feedback and point out any error/mischaracterization/missing content on list. To facilitate your review, staff can provide a brief presentation on this document during next week’s call.

Thank you for your time and review.

Best Regards,

Mary, Julie, Ariel