<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear NARALO Members,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="msg8922959073470972229"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_8922959073470972229WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We would like your </span>feedback <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">regarding issues relating to <b>Applicant Support </b>for New gTLD applicants in the upcoming next round of New gTLDs.  The purpose of Applicant Support is to broaden the potential applicant pool and to encourage more diverse applicants for New gTLDs.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Specifically, we are looking for responses </span>to <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">concerns the I</span>CANN Board<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has raised </span>on <b>Subsequent Procedures PDP Recommendation 17.2</b>, which addresses the scope of financial resources offered to qualified applicants for applicant support.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The draft ALAC Statement can be found at </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXWzGyf7uI1fUgt_RXtvl5mPLBiMDT5OgBAkj9KK5-U/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXWzGyf7uI1fUgt_RXtvl5mPLBiMDT5OgBAkj9KK5-U/edit?usp=sharing</a><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">  </span><span style="color:black">Please refer to the background information in this<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> document</span> </span><span style="color:black">for </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">a greater</span><span style="color:black"> understanding o</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">f</span><span style="color:black"> the issues</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. You can</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:black">provide comments </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">by responding to this email or by making comments </span><span style="color:black">(in suggest-mode) </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:black;font-family:verdana,sans-serif">directly </span><span style="color:black">in the Google <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">D</span>oc <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><u>where </u></span><u>prompted</u>, no later than </span><b style="color:black">26 July 2023</b><span style="color:black">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:black"><br></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please feel free to contact<span class="m_8922959073470972229apple-converted-space"> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">NARALO Leadership (Greg Shatan and Glenn McKnight) as well as </span>Justine <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Chew (ALAC Liaison to the GNSO) </span></span>(<a href="mailto:justine.chew.icann@gmail.com" title="mailto:justine.chew.icann@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span class="m_8922959073470972229searchhighlight"><span style="color:#070706;background:#ffee94">justine</span></span>.chew.icann@gmail.com</a>)
 should you have questions regarding this call for input.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><b>Greg Shatan</b></font><div><font face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><b>Chair, NARALO</b></font></div></div></div></div>