Dear all, Thank you very much for the productive discussions we had yesterday<https://community.icann.org/x/H4CpG> regarding Community Input and Dispute Resolution. Based on your initial feedback, we understand that there are concerns around the complexity and potential lack of clarity of the section, but not on the implementation of policy. We believe that gathering community input as soon as possible is crucial, so we can have sufficient time to make updates before the final Public Comment for the draft AGB in May 2025. As noted in our call yesterday, we planned to place this particular section for initial Public Comment on 17 December 2024. However, to give you the chance to provide any additional comments, we will postpone the launch of the Public Comment to Thursday, 19 December. All feedback should be received by EOB Sunday, 15 December 2024. We recognize that this is a quick turnaround, but we will continue discussions on this topic in the new year as part of the RVC discussions, and following the Public Comment. Following internal discussions, we believe that it is necessary to clarify in the AGB language how commitments can be used to address GAC Advice and objections, and also clarify the restrictions and procedural safeguards that will be placed on this type of registry commitment when they are used to resolve an objection or GAC Advice. For this reason, we provided an explanation in the GAC Advice and RVCs<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWQejPrHG4LhuzXz0qJ_wYXM1AwEH7VYqS-31T3c...> and the Objections and RVCs<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWQejPrHG4LhuzXz0qJ_wYXM1AwEH7VYqS-31T3c...> sections respectively. We have made the following changes in the aforementioned sections: * Replaced “should” with “must” in the following sentence: “Should the Board determine that the GAC’s concern must be addressed and that the already existing RVC addresses the advice,...” * We added some language clarifying that an applicant is not forced to address GAC Advice via a “Remedial” RVC before the Board resolves on it. We will consider renaming the “Remedial RVCs” to something else, and the term is TBD at the moment. While we understand that these commitments are different from other RVCs and are not proposed entirely voluntarily by the applicant, we hesitate to come up with a different concept altogether. Please also note that Recommendation 30.7 and 31.17 refers to these commitments as ‘RVCs’, and using a different name or creating a new commitment category might not be entirely aligned with the wording of the recommendation. We also understand that there could be ways to further simplify these sections, but have not identified a way to ensure that in these specific scenarios applicants and other parties have a clear understanding of what the necessary steps are and why the commitments applied here are different. We have also added language<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWQejPrHG4LhuzXz0qJ_wYXM1AwEH7VYqS-31T3c...> indicating that GAC Member Early Warnings must be submitted in the 90 days following String Confirmation days, in line with Recommendation 30.5. In addition, we have added a footnote to the Standing to Object: Community<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWQejPrHG4LhuzXz0qJ_wYXM1AwEH7VYqS-31T3c...> section indicating that the Board still has to act on the ALAC Advice regarding Standing for Objections in the Next Round Program<https://atlarge.icann.org/advice_statements/13951>, and updates might be necessary based on the Board action. Finally, regarding the concern raised by Jeff regarding String Confusion Objections, we will get back to you soon. Many thanks! Elisa From: Elisa Busetto <elisa.busetto@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2024 at 16:27 To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org> Subject: Re: [SubPro-IRT] Language for Meeting #97a P.S. Please note that this language was shared and discussed before; in the meeting we will go through some changes we made based on your feedback as well as internal discussions. Best, Elisa From: Elisa Busetto via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> Reply to: Elisa Busetto <elisa.busetto@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2024 at 15:58 To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org> Subject: [SubPro-IRT] Language for Meeting #97a Dear all, Please find below links to the language that we will discuss during Meeting #97a<https://community.icann.org/x/H4CpG>. * Community Input and Dispute Resolution [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1bWQejPrHG4Lhu...> * Dispute Resolution Procedure [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1F-JZYYgbVqZYa...> * Objection Appeals Procedure [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1QpSpvUDdJnrz7...> Best, Elisa