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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-28jun10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28jun10-en.htm</a></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comment:
Community Comment Invited on the GNSO Council Operations Work Team and
Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team Recommendations</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">28
June 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Pursuant to a Resolution
passed by the GNSO Council at its meeting on 23 June 2010, the community is
invited to provide comments on a set of GNSO Improvements recommendations
submitted by the GNSO Council Operations Work Team and the Constituency and Stakeholder
Group Work Team submitted to the GNSO Council for consideration at its meeting
on 23 June 2010 at the ICANN meeting in Brussels, Belgium.</span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Background/Explanation:
</span></b></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These recommendations are the
product of two Work Teams (Sections A and B below) that were chartered by the
GNSO’s Operations Steering Committee (OSC) in March 2009 to review and
recommend implementation proposals concerning certain sections of the Board’s
GNSO Improvements Report (3 February 2008).</span></p>
<ol start="1" type="A"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The GNSO
Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) was tasked with a cross-constituency
effort to review the existing GNSO operating rules and procedures and to
recommend changes consistent with the new GNSO Council's goal to become a
strategic manager of the policy process. In June 2009, the Work Team
developed a package of recommendations, particularly those necessary to
seat the new GNSO Council at the ICANN meeting in Seoul, South Korea in
October 2009. The GNSO Council approved the recommendations for new GNSO
Operating Procedures on 28 October 2009. Subsequently, the GCOT identified
additional recommendations for amending the GNSO Operating Procedures in
accordance with the Board’s GNSO Improvements Report. These additional
recommendations are the subject of this announcement. In particular, the Work
team completed and submitted certain documents that it recommends be
incorporated into the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) as follows:</span></li></ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-term-limits-24may10-en.pdf">Section
2.1-Council Member Term Limits</a> [PDF, 132 KB]<br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-board-seat-elections-24may10-en.pdf">Section
2.4-Board Seat Elections</a> [PDF, 85 KB]<br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-absences-vacancies-11jun10-en.pdf">Section
3.8-Absences and Vacancies</a> [PDF, 141 KB]<br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-voting-11jun10-en.pdf">Chapter
4.0-Voting</a> [PDF, 297 KB]<br>
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-gnso-op-procedures-soi-doi-11jun10-en.pdf">Chapter
5.0-Statements and Disclosures of Interest</a> [PDF, 93 KB]</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">[Note
that two sections, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3, are not approved pending further Staff
action to be determined. These sections are footnoted in the document as
“inactive” until subsequently approved by the OSC and Council.]</span></em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<ol start="2" type="A"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) was
tasked with developing recommendations concerning Constituency and
Stakeholder Group participation rules, operating principles, and member
databases. Its recommendations are part of the overall GNSO Improvements
effort and are designed to improve the GNSO Council Operating Procedures
and enhance Constituency and Stakeholder Group operations. The Work Team
divided this task into the following four subtasks:</span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Subtask
1: Develop recommendations for a set of participation rules and operating
procedures, to which all Constituencies should abide;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Subtask
2: Develop recommendations for clear operating principles for Constituencies
to ensure that they function in a representative, open, transparent and
democratic manner;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Subtask
3: Develop recommendations for creating and maintaining a database of all
Constituency members and others not formally a part of any Constituency
that is up-to-date and publicly accessible; and</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Subtask
4: Develop a “toolkit” of in-kind staff support and/or services for all
Constituencies.</span></li></ul></ol>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Work Team completed the recommendations for Subtask 4 ahead of the other
subtasks and submitted these recommendations separately to the OSC for review.
The OSC approved the recommendations with modifications and submitted them to
the GNSO Council, which voted to accept the recommendations on 17 December 2009
and staff work on implementation is underway.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
consolidated recommendations on the three subtasks are detailed in the
following report: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en.pdf">Recommended
Common Operating Principles and Participation Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder
Groups and Constituencies; and Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community
Members</a> [PDF, 453 KB]. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At its 23 June 2010 GNSO
Council directed the Staff to post for public comment for a 21-day period the
recommendations of the GNSO Council and Constituency and Stakeholder Group
Operations Work Teams for public review and comment. Community members are
invited to review the recommendations and comment on all aspects of the
recommended procedures.</span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Additional Document
Links:</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";"><a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team">GNSO
Council Operations Work Team Wiki Space</a> and <a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_work_team_charter">Charter</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team">Constituency
and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team Wiki Space</a> and <a href="https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_constituency_operations_work_team_charter">Charter</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?23_june_motions">GNSO
Council Resolution Inviting Public Comment</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03feb08.pdf">The
Board’s GNSO Improvements Report (3 Feb 2008)</a> [PDF, 193 KB]</span></li></ul>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Process From Here:</span></b></em><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, ICANN Staff will review the comments submitted and
prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions for Work Team and GNSO
Council review.</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";">At the direction of the GNSO
Council, the Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 28 June
through 18 July 2010 and invites community comments concerning this document.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><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-201007-en.htm#gcot-csg-recommendations">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#gcot-csg-recommendations</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To submit
comments: <a href="mailto:gcot-csg-recommendations@icann.org">gcot-csg-recommendations@icann.org</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To view
comments: <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gcot-csg-recommendations/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gcot-csg-recommendations/</a></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Staff Responsible: Julie Hedlund</span></p>
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