<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">+1!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Endorsing all of Evan's questions and process.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Carlton</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>==============================<br>Carlton A Samuels<br>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><i><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i><br>=============================</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Evan Leibovitch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org" target="_blank">evan@telly.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">Hi Rinalia,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I wholeheartedly endorse Olivier's response.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">To complement his point, IMO there are an crucial question missing from your list that ought to be asked BY ALAC of the Board:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">- What is the public-interest justification for the new round?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">- What research has ICANN done to demonstrate *any* demand for another round from outside of the vested-interest domain selling and reselling industries?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">- As sales of domains from gTLDs in the previous round have dramatically underperformed expectations, and a number of previous-round applicants have encountered stability issues, how will the influx of yet another round expected to increase the stability of the DNS? Might it not have the opposite effect?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">- What lessons has the Board learned from the experiences of the last round?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">In order for the ALAC to provide useful advice, such feedback would be useful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 13 June 2016 at 17:12, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com" target="_blank">rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear ALAC, <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">In Helsinki, the Board will meet to discuss the outlook for the next round of the new gTLD Program. To support our discussions, we would like to be informed by stakeholder views.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have been requested to obtain the view of the ALAC. Would it be possible for the ALAC to provide a snapshot of its views on this topic in one slide? Please note that this information and presentation format would be applied to each stakeholder group's views.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>Some questions to guide you:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">1. Initiation of next round - do you think a date should be identified so that ICANN has a target to work towards? <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">2. Requirements for round initiation - what do you think should be in place before the next round is initiated?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">3. Improvements - what elements of the new gTLD program should be improved for next round? <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">4. Other aspects that are of concern to the ALAC?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For the Board to have a chance to review the slide before its discussion, it would be good to receive the slide by 23 June 2016 latest.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br>I do understand that this is short notice. If you do not have sufficient time to develop a formal position, informal input would be sufficient at this time and it would be appreciated.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The Board is likely to revisit the topic again during its workshop in September. There is thus another chance to provide a more extensive view, but for now the Board would just like to have a sense from the community on the topic to guide its early deliberations. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thank you in advance and apologies for the short notice. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best regards,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Rinalia<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">on behalf of the ICANN Board<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br><br></div></div>
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