<html><head></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: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Dear GNSO Council Members and Liaisons:</div><div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">As part of ICANN's implementation of the ATRT Recommendations, we have developed and are implementing the attached checklist as a tool to meet Recommendation 20, which states: </div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><i>20. The Board should ensure that all necessary inputs that have been received in policy making processes are accounted for and included for consideration by the Board. To assist in this, the Board should as soon as possible adopt and make available to the community a mechanism such as a checklist or template to accompany documentation for Board decisions that certifies what inputs have been received and are included for consideration by the Board. </i></font></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">As the GNSO is the SO that is most active in providing recommendations to the Board arising out of the policy development process, this checklist is being piloted within the GNSO. This would be a tool that staff would have the primary obligation for completing as part of the submission of GNSO Policy recommendations, and is not intended to replace any of the existing documentation requirements. </div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">We would appreciate your thoughts on if there are improvements that could be made to this checklist to help make sure that this is sufficient to capture the inputs as identified in the ATRT Recommendation. </div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Please provide your inputs to <a href="mailto:rec-20-checklist@icann.org">rec-20-checklist@icann.org</a> by 7 September 2012.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">After your input is collected, we will be revising the checklist for use by each of the Supporting Organizations. We expect that this checklist will go through iterations as we gain experience working with it.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Thank you for your help and input.</div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; ">Regards, David</div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">David A. Olive</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Vice President, Policy Development Support</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Washington, D.C. 20005</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; ">Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; "><br></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>