<div dir="ltr">Thank you Farell, for the detailed update.<div>Allow me correct your statement on SSAC2 draft. It was drafted by 

<span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Joanna,<span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Akinremi and myself.</span> <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div>----<div>Tomslin </div><div><b>LinkedIn:</b> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomslin/" target="_blank">tomslin</a> <b>| Twitter:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/tomsleen" target="_blank">@tomsleen</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 at 18:39, Farell FOLLY <<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org">farell@benin2point0.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Dear All, Chers tou(te)s <div><br></div><div><i><b>(Version française <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eVjMqfvrbbdAjcHCAWviSAop-JDU6yRFn1kSJN6FZyA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">ci-contre</a>)</b></i><div><br></div><div>As your Policy Representative to NCSG, It is my pleasure to give you a brief update about recent key activities.</div><div><br></div><div>As most of you could have guessed, the hot topic is about EPDP. The objective is to form a PDP WG that should work very fast (within a year) and come up with a consensus to confirm or replace the current Temporary Specifications applicable since May 2018.</div><div>You can get more information <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/gnso-council-launches-edpd-on-the-temporary-specification-for-gtld-registration-data" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-07-19-en" target="_blank">there</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Then, in collaboration with people from the GNSO and ICANN staff Marika Konings, many NCSG members (especially from the PC) worked together to draft the EPDP <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xByqLnISySrYPrLJd5LUAk_aN5MiZEquNsSudQ2ymWw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">charter</a>. Afterwards, the Policy Committee launched a call for 6 volunteers and 3 alternates to represent the NCSG within the EPDP team. Those are : </div><div><br></div><div><span id="m_4114727083248874680gmail-docs-internal-guid-311b83b5-c927-8af4-e912-83016a5c8bbc" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Full members:</span></div><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stephanie Perrin </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ayden Ferdeline</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Farzaneh Badiei</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Milton Mueller</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julf Helsingius </span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amr Elsadr</span></div></li></ol><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alternates</span></div><ol start="7" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tatiana Tropina</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David Cake</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:11pt"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Collin Kurre</span></div></li></ol></span><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Please join me in congratulating them.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from the EPDP, there are many Public Comments pending volunteers or being drafted, and either case requires more contributions. </div><div><br></div><div><ul class="m_4114727083248874680MailOutline"><li>Elsa, Yazid et al. drafted the Public comment on the Open Data Initiatives whose deadline was yesterday July 27th, same for SSAC2 drafted by Poncelet and for the Fellowship public comment that involved Ayden among others.</li><li>Farzaneh recently drafted two public comments that require review by the community before they can be submitted (Rafik sent an e-mail to the NCSG list, I could forward)</li><ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span id="m_4114727083248874680gmail-m_8228000416616002181gmail-docs-internal-guid-73f97893-cb19-858d-c5c3-78b446b7fe64"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;display:inline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19xnBgqFoH4eOzgeMQug9y_2oXsCPka6efc9C7TjNQDg/edit" target="_blank">PC</a> on Initial Report on the Protections for Certain Red Cross Names </span></div></span><span id="m_4114727083248874680gmail-m_8228000416616002181gmail-docs-internal-guid-73f97893-cb19-858d-c5c3-78b446b7fe64"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;display:inline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">in all gTLDs, the deadline is 31st July. </span></span></div></span></font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XlDp0qcVUbZYH0qZdijqsoQWQG5V2jsK1NFoYmsRgSc/edit" target="_blank">PC</a> The Independent Review Process Implementation Oversight Team (IRP-IOT) Draft Recommendations, the deadline 10th August.</font></li></ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Two others are pending for review, too</font></li><ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VItIeJMKjQMinu_IvJ1uJOvXSfTc_4U5ay_k7F6beOQ/edit" target="_blank">Long-term Option</a>, 31st July, </font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oh6cxVsFJXheU94A2ieivuz6komPn8fI9f_i_hMqgg8/edit" target="_blank">Short-term Options</a>, 31st July</font></li></ul></ul><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Last but not least, ICANN has recently published two new calls for Public Comments that need our due attention. There are about :</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><ol class="m_4114727083248874680MailOutline"><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Recommendations for Managing IDN Variant Top-Level Domains</span>: </font><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IIt4o1kSwN2o0aJJ09IL1Qh49GVdlps2QLdhmpA0BI/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IIt4o1kSwN2o0aJJ09IL1Qh49GVdlps2QLdhmpA0BI/edit</a></li><li>Initial Report on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process (Overarching Issues & Work Tracks 1-4): <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxCa4cn-NEiS_tea-jUP02DSG6IEzf_O4_MBPLUtxZs/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxCa4cn-NEiS_tea-jUP02DSG6IEzf_O4_MBPLUtxZs/edit</a> </li></ol><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Sorry to have been too long. That is all by now. Let me know if you have any question.</div><div>
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