[CCWG-ACCT] ICANN Public Comment Period Duration

[Greg Shatan]

All:

I wanted to make sure you were aware that the ICANN public comment periods
were changed in January 2015.  The minimum public comment period is no
longer 21 days with a 21 day reply period.  Instead, it is a single
(minimum) 40 day comment period.  This is apparently a response to certain
ATRT2 recommendations.  See:
https://community.icann.org/display/soaceabout/Announcement+Letter+to+ICANN+Executive+Team

There were two community webinars on 22 January announcing "Public Comment
Enhancements" (this and the other changes in the above document). See
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-16-en.  The announcement of
the webinar mentions the "suspension" of the reply period and the new 40
day minimum period.

Webinar materials (slide deck, transcripts, etc.) are here:
https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51418375

Aside from the webinar announcement, I don't believe there was a formal
announcement to the community of the change in public comment periods.  As
a result, there still seems to be some lack of knowledge of this change.

I hope this helps.
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