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<div>Thanks to Laura, Susan, Marie, and J Scott for volunteering to draft BC comments on the GNSO review report. (<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en">link</a>) comments are due 20-Jul so we have lots of time for
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<div>The draft report (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-draft-29may15-en.pdf#page=4">link</a>) is long, but start with the exec summary and 36 recommendations on pages 5-15. The consultants (Westlake) aren’t recommending any
structural changes in GNSO or Council. They’re mostly about process, support, transparency, training, etc. bizconst.org</div>
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<div>We commented on the timing of this review:</div>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Business-Constituency-Comments-on-Potential-Postponement-of-GNSO-Review1.pdf" target="_blank" title="BC Comment on Potential Postponement of GNSO Review" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">BC
Comment on Potential Postponement of GNSO Review</a></td>
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September 2013</td>
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<div>For some of Westlake’s recommendations, we can find prior BC positions among our comments on ATRT recommendations:</div>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/BC-Comments-ATRT2-Final.pdf" target="_blank" title="ATRT-2 Final Report & Recommendations" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">ATRT-2 Final Report & Recommendations</a></td>
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March 2014<br>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BC-Comment-on-ATRT-2-questions-FINAL1.pdf" target="_blank" title="BC Comments to Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT-2)" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">BC Comments
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June 2013</td>
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<div>During the last GNSO review, here are the comments from the BC:</div>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Statement-04-09_to_Board_GNSO_Reform.doc" target="_blank" title="Cross Constituency statement to Board - GNSO Reform" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Cross Constituency statement
to Board - GNSO Reform</a></td>
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April 2009</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Statement-03-2009_to_Board_from_CC.doc" target="_blank" title="Note to Board from Cross Constituency" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Note to Board from Cross Constituency</a></td>
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March 2009</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Position-09-2008_reform_issues_2.doc" target="_blank" title="Reply to Board on GNSO reform issues 2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Reply to Board on GNSO reform issues 2</a></td>
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September 2008</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Position_reform_9-20081.doc" target="_blank" title="Reply to Board on GNSO reform issues" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Reply to Board on GNSO reform issues</a></td>
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September 2008</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Statement_06_2008_open_letter_to_board_.doc" target="_blank" title="Open letter to Board from users' community" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Open letter to Board from users'
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June 2008</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Statement_06_2008_Paris_open_session.doc" target="_blank" title="BC statement on GNSO Reform to open session" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">BC statement on GNSO Reform to
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June 2008</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Statement_02_2008_-GNSO_reform_delhi.doc" target="_blank" title="GNSO Reform" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">GNSO Reform</a></td>
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February 2008</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Position-BGC-GNSO-review-11-2007.doc" target="_blank" title="Reply to revised Board proposals GNSO reform" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Reply to revised Board proposals GNSO
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November 2007</td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BC-position-BGC-GNSO-review.doc" target="_blank" title="Reply to Board proposals GNSO reform" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Reply to Board proposals GNSO reform</a></td>
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<a href="http://www.bizconst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Position-12-2006_GNSO-Review.doc" target="_blank" title="Initial comments on GNSO review" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 84, 165);">Initial comments on GNSO review</a></td>
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