<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">All:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">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:  <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/soaceabout/Announcement+Letter+to+ICANN+Executive+Team">https://community.icann.org/display/soaceabout/Announcement+Letter+to+ICANN+Executive+Team</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There were two community webinars on 22 January announcing &quot;Public Comment Enhancements&quot; (this and the other changes in the above document). See <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-16-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-16-en</a>.  The announcement of the webinar mentions the &quot;suspension&quot; of the reply period and the new 40 day minimum period.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Webinar materials (slide deck, transcripts, etc.) are here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51418375">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51418375</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Aside from the webinar announcement, I don&#39;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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I hope this helps.</div></div>