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<p class="title">Dear All, i would like to rmeind you that Pierre Dandjinou who is on this list is a member of the PSC and questions can be directed to him or myself.</p><p class="title">best</p><p class="title">ar<br></p>
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<p class="docdate">12 March 2009</p>
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<p> A public comment period opens today on the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/draft-iic-implementation-26feb09-en.pdf">draft Implementation Plan for Improving Institutional Confidence</a> [PDF, 332K] produced by the President's Strategy Committee and submitted to the Board of Directors. </p>
<p>To allow for comprehensive community analysis, this comment period will run for 60 days, finishing on 11 May, 2009.</p>
<p>The draft report recommendations include:</p>
<ul><li> To maintain ICANN's headquarters in the United States</li><li> To review whether an additional legal presence outside the United States would be advantageous to the organization</li><li>
To strengthen government involvement in ICANN and work with the
Governmental Advisory Committee to facilitate effective consideration
of its advice</li><li> To improve the summary and analysis of public comments</li><li> To set up a committee of independent experts to propose further Board accountability mechanisms</li></ul>
<p>The report includes an appendix of detailed legal analysis on the implications of establishing additional legal presences.</p>
<p>Click here to go through to <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200905.html#iic-plan">the public comment period</a>.</p>
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