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<h2><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">News
Alert</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21apr09-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-21apr09-en.htm</a></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Community
Comment Invited on Petition To Form A New IDNgTLD Constituency</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21
April 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The ongoing GNSO Improvements
process has created significant community interest in the formation of new GNSO
constituencies and several groups have stepped forward to begin the process of
forming a new GNSO constituency. The ICANN Board has now received a third
formal petition - from the prospective IDNgTLD Constituency. All members of the
ICANN community and the public are now invited to review the petition and
charter of the Consumers Constituency and share comments with the Board through
20 May 2009. </span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Background and
Explanation: </span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In June 2008, the Board of
Directors endorsed a series of recommendations on how to improve the GNSOˇ¦s
structures and operations. One of the significant drivers of those
recommendations was an interest in maximizing participation in the GNSO and its
policy development processes. Among the various recommendations endorsed by the
Board was that ICANN take steps to clarify and promote the option to self-form
new constituencies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The current ICANN Bylaws
provide that any group of individuals or entities may petition the Board for
recognition as a new or separate constituency, in accordance with Section 5(4)
of Article X. Such a petition must explain (1) why ˇ§the addition of such a
Constituency will improve the ability of the GNSO to carry out its
policy-development responsibilitiesˇ¨ and (2) why ˇ§the proposed new Constituency
would adequately represent, on a global basis, the stakeholders it seeks to
represent.ˇ¨ Despite those Bylaw provisions, it has been many years since the
organization has had formal requests for a new constituency. Since the Board
action last June, however, the ICANN Staff has received inquiries from several
interested parties about how to form a new GNSO constituency and th e first
took place only a little over five weeks ago when the proposed new CyberSafety
Constituency submitted its formal petition and Charter documents. The proposed
Consumers Constituency subs! equently submitted its formal petition and charter
on 10 April 2009.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The ICANN bylaws do not
provide specific procedural guidance for how interested parties should submit
the petitions contemplated in Article X. Mindful that explicit steps, formats,
and/or processes for expansion would take some time for the community to
develop in the implementation of the improvements recommendations, the Board
directed ICANN Staff to provide the community with some initial guidance, a
structure and a specific procedural path for potential new constituencies to
follow. At its 1 October meeting, the Board acknowledged Staff's development of
a "Notice of Intent" document for potential new constituencies and
directed Staff to develop a formal petition and charter template to assist new
constituency applicants in satisfying the formative criteria (consistent with
the ICANN Bylaws) to facilitate the Board's evaluation of petitions to form new
constituencies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The process subsequently
developed by the Staff required interested groups to first submit a Notice of
Intent to Form a New Constituency (NOIF). The proponent of the IDNgTLD
Constituency completed that first step on 10 April 2009. The second step of the
process is development of a New Constituency Petition and Charter. The
proponent of the IDNgTLD Constituency completed that effort on 18 April 2009.</span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Relevant Board
Resolution, Bylaws and Constituency Submissions: </span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minutes of
1 October 2008 ICANN Board Meeting: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-01oct08.htm</a></span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN
Bylaws Article X, Section 5, Subsection 4: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#X-5.1">http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm
- X-5.1</a></span></li></ul>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Copies of
the IDNgTLD Constituency Petition Documents: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/newco-process-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/newco-process-en.htm</a>
and/or in the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200905.html#idngtld">Public
Comment Forum</a> of this proceeding </span></li></ul>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Process From Here</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At the end of this Public
Comment Forum period, the ICANN Staff will provide a summary/analysis of the
comments submitted regarding the IDNgTLD Constituency petition and charter.
That summary/analysis will be shared with the community and the Board. The Board
will ultimately make the decision on whether to authorize the new constituency.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It should be noted that the
GNSO Improvements Report approved by the Board in June 2008 has additional
guidelines and recommendations for the ongoing practices and processes of GNSO
constituencies. It is expected that this work will be ongoing as part of the
GNSO Improvements implementation efforts.</span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Deadline and How to
Submit Comments: </span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Staff is opening a 30-day
public consultation forum, from 21 April 2009 through 20 May 2009, and invites
community comments on this matter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The formal Public Comment
Forum Box is located here: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200905.html#idngtld">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200905.html#idngtld</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To submit comments: <a href="mailto:idngtld-petition@icann.org">idngtld-petition@icann.org</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To view comments (including
the various constituency submissions): <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/idngtld-petition/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/idngtld-petition</a></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Staff Responsible</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Robert Hoggarth</span></p>
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