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<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please find enclosed the Final Working Group Work Team report
as approved by the Policy Process Steering Committee. I am also
attaching for the Council’s review a redline of the report that compares
the Final to the Interim Report that came out prior to the Brussels meeting.
The changes reflect public comments to the Interim report plus changes made as
a result of questions raised by the PPSC as addressed by the Working Group Work
Team. All of the constituencies/Stakeholder Groups represented on the
PPSC approved the final report with the exception of the Business Constituency,
who did not vote. The ALAC representative, who does not officially
get a vote, also expressed his approval of the report.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A non-official informal poll was taken within the PPSC as to
whether we should recommend to the Council that it put the final report out for
public comment before review/approval given the changes that have been made
since the last time the report was out for comment. The Registries, IPC
and ISP representatives believe the GNSO Council should place the report out
for comment; the Registrars did not think it was necessary, but did not object;
the BC did not vote; and the NCSG opposed making this recommendation to the
Council (believing that the Council should decide for itself what it wanted to
do).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The motion I present below acknowledges receipt of report
and requests that the report go out for comment (should the council elect to put
it out for comment).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I would be happy to answer any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>Motion to Acknowledge the Receipt of the GNSO Working Group
Guidelines and Initiate a Public Comment Period</span></b></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework
(see GNSO Council Improvements Implementation Plan; </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implementation-plan-16oct08.pdf"><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implementation-plan-16oct08.pdf</span></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span>) for implementing the various GNSO Improvements
identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008 (</span><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182"><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182</span></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span> <</span><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm"><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue'>http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm</span></span></a><span
class=apple-style-span>>);</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009,
of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and
thePolicy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the
efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to
implement the improvements;</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>WHEREAS, the PPSC established two work teams, including the
Working Group Work Team (WG WT), which was chartered to develop a new GNSO
Working Group Model that improves inclusiveness, improves effectiveness, and
improves efficiency;</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>WHEREAS, the WG WT completed its deliberations and forwarded the
GNSO Working Group Guidelines to the PPSC on 1 November 2010;</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>WHEREAS, the PPSC reviewed and approved the GNSO Working Group
Guidelines on 20 December 2010 [includelink to GNSO Working Group Guidelines
once posted]</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>and forwarded the report to the GNSO Council on 30 December 2010;</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
color:black'>RESOLVED that the GNSO Council acknowledges receipt of the GNSO
Working Group Guidelines as delivered by the PPSC and directs ICANN Staff to
commence a twenty-one (21) day public comment period on the GNSO Working Group
Guidelines.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>RESOLVED FURTHER
that the GNSO Council shall take action on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as
soon as possible after the end of the public comment period</span><span
style='color:black'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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