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Submitted by: Philippe Fouquart

Seconded by: Sebastien Ducos

Whereas,

1. In February 2021, the GNSO Council approved the consensus Affirmations, Recommendations, and Implementation Guidance (collectively referred to as "Outputs") of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures (SubPro) PDP.
2. In September 2021, the ICANN Board directed the ICANN og to organize the resources required to begin work on an Operational Design Phase (ODP) and the ODP launched on 3 January 2022.
3. The ICANN org ODP Team identified a concern related to the Applicant Support topic, where the SubPro Final Report envisioned that a dedicated Implementation Review Team (IRT) would be responsible for performing substantive work; the ODP Team submitted a set of questions to the GNSO Council, asking whether the work required to implement Applicant Support may be beyond the scope envisioned for IRTs.
4. The GNSO Council responded to the ODP Team, communicating that it would explore avenues to perform work as envisaged by the SubPro Final Report.
5. The GNSO Council discussed and agreed that the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) would serve as an appropriate mechanism in order to provide additional guidance to support eventual implementation efforts.
6. The GNSO Council further agreed that the GGP should be limited to the single topic of Applicant support, with an allowance to add additional scope to the GGP subject to Council vote.
7. On [date], the GGP Initiation Request was submitted to the GNSO Council. LINK TO BE UPDATED WHEN AVAILABLE

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