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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org;
liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org;
announce[at]gnso.icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>[To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=title><span lang=EN-US><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28may09-en.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28may09-en.htm</span></a><br>
<br>
Ask a Question Direct to the Board in Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US>28 May 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>An online question box where community members can ask
questions directly to the ICANN Board and staff has opened today. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>The question box will take questions until Wednesday 17
June in preparation for the public forum at ICANN’s international public
meeting in Sydney on Thursday 25 June. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>Anyone can ask up to two questions or 50 words in length.
The question can cover any topic related to ICANN and its work. Answers will be
provided either during the public forum or emailed and published in the weeks
following the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>You can find the form below as well as on the Sydney
meeting website, the blog, and the public participation website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span lang=EN-US>Mexico City experience </span></strong><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>The question box was attempted for the first time in Mexico
City in March 2009 as a way to allow remote participants to ask questions
directly of ICANN’s Board and staff for the Sydney meeting. It was also
open to those that were attending the meeting in person but felt uncomfortable
asking a question at the public microphone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>The box was very popular, eliciting 96 questions from 36
individuals. Answers to every question were then published on ICANN’s
main website, the blog and the Mexico City meeting site. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>Through the experience three changes have been made this
time around: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US>Questions have been limited to
two per person (the most that people in the physical public forum
typically ask) <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US>Permissible question length has
been extended from 30 to 50 words to give people more room to frame a
question <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US>The deadline have been brought
forward by a week to give staff and Board more time to go through the
questions and prepare answers <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span lang=EN-US>Related links </span></strong><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>Sydney question box:<br>
</span><a href="http://icann.wufoo.com/forms/sydney-question-box/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://icann.wufoo.com/forms/sydney-question-box/</span></a> <span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-US>Full response to Mexico City question box: <br>
</span><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/participate/mexico-city-public-forum-response.htm"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/participate/mexico-city-public-forum-response.htm</span></a><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.4pt;background:white'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sydney
question box<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:135%;background:white'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:135%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#555555'>Do you have a question you wish to ask at the public forum in
Sydney on Thursday 25 June? <br>
<br>
Maybe you cannot physically attend ICANN's meeting in Mexico City meeting or
you don't wish to queue up to a public microphone. <br>
<br>
Well in that case, please provide us with your question here <b>before end of
day Wednesday 17 June</b> and we will make sure it is asked and that you
receive an answer. <br>
<br>
Please fill in each of the boxes below and you will receive a confirmation that
your question has been received.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;
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<b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b> <span style='color:#444444'>First Last </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%;background:whitesmoke;border:none;
padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>We will email you with a
summary of the overall public comment periods complete with answers to
questions from the staff and/or Board within a few weeks of the end of the
meeting.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Affiliation
<b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Please tell us who you
represent, whether an organization or as an individual</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Which topic does your question or comment
most closely relate to? </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>APPLICANT GUIDEBOOK /
NEW gTLDs </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'>IDNs / Fast Track </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Independent Reviews </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'>DNSSEC </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Improving Institutional
Confidence </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'>ICANN as an organization </span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Public
participation </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'>Registrars / RAA </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Other </span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E6E6E6 1.0pt;padding:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:130%;background:whitesmoke;border:none;
padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>We will use this information
to help group questions together during the meeting itself.</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;
background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ˇ<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Please write your question or comment here.
Only two questions allowed per person: <b><span style='color:red'>*</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Must be between <b>5</b>
and <b>50</b> words. </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Currently Used: </span></i><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>0</span></b><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>
words.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#444444'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E6E6E6 1.0pt;padding:
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padding:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:130%;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'>Please add your question
and/or comment in this box and hit "Ask your question". The space is
limited to 50 words in order to keep it concise and allow everyone the
opportunity to comment. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;
line-height:130%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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