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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Philip,</div><div><br></div><div>John Berard made this comment on your draft: </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Thanks to Philip for slogging through the proposed policy document. The two points made -- long and complex -- combine to create an even more difficult problem: it is hard for new people to feel comfortable. Making the process -- and ICANN, in general -- more accessible is a goal worth promoting.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br></span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; "></span></div></div></span></span></i></span></div><div>John also suggests adding this paragraph to your PDP draft comment: </div><div><br></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The complexity of the PDP report points to a larger problem, It is increasingly difficult for people new to ICANN to easily engage and, therefore, contribute to the community. The proposal laudably intends to reset the process for all, but it would be improved if there were a summary -- visual or executive -- that could serve as a roadmap.</span></font></i></span></div></span></i></div></span></div></div></span><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Are you agreeable to that addition?</span></font></div></span></div></div></span><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> -------- Original Message --------</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> Subject: [bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on Proposed New GNSO Policy</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> Development Process</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> From: Steve DelBianco <</span></font></span><a target="_blank" href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</span></font></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> Date: Fri, March 25, 2011 2:48 pm</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> To: "</span></font></span><a target="_blank" href="mailto:bc-GNSO@icann.org"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">bc-GNSO@icann.org</span></font></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">" <</span></font></span><a target="_blank" href="mailto:bc-GNSO@icann.org"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">bc-GNSO@icann.org</span></font></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><style><span style="font-family: Arial; ">
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">ICANN is now gathering public comment on the final report and recommendations by a work team focused on the Policy Development Process (PDP-WT)</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Below is a draft for BC comments prepared by Philip Sheppard.</span></font></div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">ICANN's Comment period closes 1-April, so today (25-March) begins an abbreviated 7-day review period for these abbreviated comments.</span></font></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 30-March, these comments will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN on 1-April.</span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">For topic background, see </span></font></span></font><a target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-pdp-final-report"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-pdp-final-report</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks again to Philip Sheppard for his brief but pointed review of a report that's over 100 pages long.</span></font></div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks also to BC members who served on the PDP work team:</span></font></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Marilyn Cade</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Mike Rodenbaugh</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">John Berard</span></font></span></div></blockquote><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div></blockquote></div></div></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">----</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">DRAFT BC position on Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Team</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Proposed Final Report & Recommendations</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">General Comments</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">At 109 pages the report is thorough but overly long. </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">It is a report of a team with recommendations but not yet a guide for prospective participants in a PDP.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">As noted in recommendation 3 this work needs to be turned into a short practical manual on the PDP without references to the working team or recommendation number ## or extraneous points of discussion. The start of such a document in section 5 is good but seems overly long at around 15 pages. A rigorous edit is required.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">The flow charts are useful but overly complex. A simplified one for council initiated work only is needed. A flowchart showing timelines would be useful.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Comments on specific recommendations</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">10 and 11. The BC is concerned that the “preliminary issues report” is being over engineered. This report is intended to be short and factual outlining the issue raised NOT solving it or adding opinion on its merit. Therefore an additional public comment period at this stage is both redundant and will waste time.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">12. Whereas certain issues will indeed benefit from a workshop, making this a mandatory procedure is short sighted.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">13. A possible impact analysis before a vote to start a PDP is an option that will be gamed by parties wishing to delay a new PDP. </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">16. Codifying a practice to delay seems a dangerous precedent. If done the wording needs to be clear that this is not a cumulative right potentially delaying a decision to launch a PDP by six Council meetings.</span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Voting thresholds. There is a lot of discussion about Council voting thresholds. The BC recommends further changes to these should simplify not add complexity to an already overly complex structure. </span></font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></span> </div></blockquote></span></div></div></span>
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