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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jun11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-09jun11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Comment: The GNSO Council is Requesting Your Input on the New GNSO Policy Development Process<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9 June 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), the Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-31may11-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>has now submitted</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> to the GNSO Council its Final Report that outlines the proposed new GNSO Policy Development Process in the form of forty-seven (47) recommendations, an outline of the proposed new Annex A – GNSO Policy Development Process for the ICANN Bylaws as well as a supporting document that is envisioned to be included in the GNSO Council Operating Procedures as the PDP Manual (see </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.39 MB]. Prior to considering this Final Report, the GNSO Council is seeking your input. Comments on the PDP-WT Final Report, including the recommendations, the outline of the proposed Annex A and the PDP Manual can be submitted <strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>until 9 July 2011</span></u></strong> (see details on how to submit comments below). Following the public comment period, the GNSO Council will review the comments received and determine whether additional modifications need to be made to the report or whether the new GNSO Policy Development Process is ready for adoption following which it will be submitted to the ICANN Board for its consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 26 June 2008 the ICANN Board </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm"><span lang=EN-US>approved a set of recommendations</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> designed to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO, including its policy activities, structure, operations, and communications. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The following pertains to the PDP-WT's mission:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Revising the PDP</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: The Policy Development Process (PDP) needs to be revised to make it more effective and responsive to ICANN's needs. It should be brought in-line with the time and effort actually required to develop policy and made consistent with ICANN's existing contracts (including, but not limited to, clarifying the appropriate scope of GNSO “consensus policy” development). While the procedure for developing "consensus policies" will need to continue to be established by the Bylaws as long as required by ICANN's contracts, the GNSO Council and Staff should propose new PDP rules for the Board's consideration and approval that contain more flexibility. The new rules should emphasize the importance of the preparation that must be done before launch of a working group or other activity, such as public discussion, fact-finding, and expert research in order to properly define the scope, objective, and schedule for a specific policy development goal and the development of metrics for measuring success. The revised PDP, after review and approval by the GNSO Council and ICANN Board, would replace the current PDP defined in Annex A of the ICANN bylaws.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background Documents / Links<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-final-report-final-31may11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PDP-WT Final Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.39 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-public-comments-review-tool-24may11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Proposed Final Report Public Comment Review Tool</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 196 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-wt-proposed-final-report-21feb11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PDP-WT Proposed Final Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 1.21 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pdp-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>PDP-WT Initial Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 2.35 MB]<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoppsc/PDP-WT+Home">PDP-WT Workspace</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/">GNSO Improvements</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline and How to Submit Comments<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Comments are welcome via e-mail to </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:pdp-final-report@icann.org"><span lang=EN-US>pdp-final-report@icann.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> until 9 July 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be posted can be found at: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201107-en.htm#pdp-final-report"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201107-en.htm#pdp-final-report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/pdp-final-report/"><span lang=EN-US>http://forum.icann.org/lists/pdp-final-report/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff Responsible</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Marika Konings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span 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