Changes

* Recommendation 35.4 would have mandated that ICANN [[Auctions of Last Resort|auctions of last resort]] "must be conducted using the second-price auction method," and proposes additional procedures (including a period of time for competing applicants to resolve the contention set privately) for ICANN auctions.<ref name="subpro" />

* Recommendation 35.4 would have mandated that ICANN [[Auctions of Last Resort|auctions of last resort]] "must be conducted using the second-price auction method," and proposes additional procedures (including a period of time for competing applicants to resolve the contention set privately) for ICANN auctions.<ref name="subpro" />

Those opposed to the adoption of the recommendations in Topic 35 were opposed to the use of private auctions as a mechanism of resolving contention sets. They stated that ICANN should prohibit private auctions, and that the protections proposed by the working group under Topic 35 were insufficient to prevent another round of "profiteering" off of failed applications for gTLD strings.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/155191129/AL-ALAC-ST-0121-01-00-EN.pdf ALAC Minority Statement, Final Report of the SUBPRO WG]</ref><ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/155191129/Minority%20Statement%20on%20Recommendation%2035.pdf Minority Statement of Alan Greenberg et al., Final Report of the SUBPRO WG]</ref>

Those opposed to the adoption of the recommendations in Topic 35 were opposed to the use of private auctions as a mechanism of resolving contention sets. They stated that ICANN should prohibit private auctions and that the protections proposed by the working group under Topic 35 were insufficient to prevent another round of "profiteering" off of failed applications for gTLD strings.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/155191129/AL-ALAC-ST-0121-01-00-EN.pdf ALAC Minority Statement, Final Report of the SUBPRO WG]</ref><ref>[https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/155191129/Minority%20Statement%20on%20Recommendation%2035.pdf Minority Statement of Alan Greenberg et al., Final Report of the SUBPRO WG]</ref>

===Public Comment===

===Public Comment===

* Some commenters, while broadly supportive of the recommendations in the report, had reservations about particular topic areas or foresaw other dependencies to be resolved before a new application round could commence.<ref name="finalpc">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-gnso-gtld-subsequent-procedures-final-outputs-15jun21-en.pdf Staff Report on Public Comment Proceeding], June 15, 2021</ref>

* Some commenters, while broadly supportive of the recommendations in the report, had reservations about particular topic areas or foresaw other dependencies to be resolved before a new application round could commence.<ref name="finalpc">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-gnso-gtld-subsequent-procedures-final-outputs-15jun21-en.pdf Staff Report on Public Comment Proceeding], June 15, 2021</ref>

==Board Action==

==Board Actions ==

The board placed the final report on the agenda for its regular meeting on June 21, 2021.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2021-06-21-en ICANN.org Archive - Board Material: Agenda], June 21, 2021</ref> At [[ICANN 71]], when conversation touched upon SUBPRO, there was a general expectation that the board would launch an [[Operational Design Process]] regarding the recommendations in the Final Outputs document.<ref>[https://71.schedule.icann.org/meetings/s6yQ7pydosLKtJFDM# ICANN 71 Session - GAC Discussion on Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs, Future GAC Meetings], June 15, 2021</ref><ref>[https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/content=t:attachment,f:%22I71_RTM-Tue15June2021__GAC%20Disc%20on%20Subsequent%20Rounds%20of%20New%20gTLDs%20(1%20of%202)-en.pdf ICANN 71 Transcript - GAC Discussion of Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs], June 15, 2021</ref>

* The board placed the final report on the agenda for its regular meeting on June 21, 2021.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/agenda-2021-06-21-en ICANN.org Archive - Board Material: Agenda], June 21, 2021</ref> At [[ICANN 71]], when conversation touched upon SUBPRO, there was a general expectation that the board would launch an [[Operational Design Process]] regarding the recommendations in the Final Outputs document.<ref>[https://71.schedule.icann.org/meetings/s6yQ7pydosLKtJFDM# ICANN 71 Session - GAC Discussion on Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs, Future GAC Meetings], June 15, 2021</ref><ref>[https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/content=t:attachment,f:%22I71_RTM-Tue15June2021__GAC%20Disc%20on%20Subsequent%20Rounds%20of%20New%20gTLDs%20(1%20of%202)-en.pdf ICANN 71 Transcript - GAC Discussion of Subsequent Rounds of New gTLDs], June 15, 2021</ref>

* On September 12, 2021, the Board directed the [[ICANN CEO]] to organize the resources required to begin work on the [[ODP]] for the SupPro and advise the Board when the work of the ODP begins. The Board requested regular updates on the progress and the delivery of an Operational Design Assessment (ODA) (the output of the ODP), within '''ten months''' of the date of initiation. The Board also authorized Goran Marby up to US$9 million to fund the ODP, and its requisite community engagement, formation and delivery of an ODA to the Board, and any additional work required to support the ICANN Board's consideration of the SubPro final report.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/presentation-new-gtld-subsequent-procedures-odp-webinar-28sep21-en.pdf SubPro Webinar, ICANN Sept 2021]</ref>

==References==

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