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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks Maria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>This is helpful. Agreed it’s important reading and note to all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>We are meeting with the ATRT2 on Wednesday 20<sup>th</sup> so it will be good to be as well-prepared as possible for this meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Maria Farrell [mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 11 November 2013 19:25<br><b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] Some observations re ATRT2 from the Interconnect report on the GNSO PP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I'm still creeping through this report and thought to send you what I've got, about 3/4 way through the Interconnect report on the GNSO PDP. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>IMHO, the report itself is absolutely essential reading, as some of the data in it is quite concerning. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Anyway, here are what you might call the 'greatest hits', with some not entirely rhetorical questions of mine peppered through.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I will send more anon, but thought I should circulate what I have as time is marching on toward BA.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>All the best, Maria<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Interconnect Report on the GNSO PDP</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>The “ATRT2 was convened to review the GNSO PDP with a view toward identifying its strengths and weaknesses, differences between defined process and actual practice, and the extent to which it incorporates the views, advice and needs of all stakeholders, both those active in ICANN and those not typically present for ICANN deliberations.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>30 interviews done.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First off, though the Interconnect report necessarily concentrates on what can be done better, it loudly applauds the work of volunteers who put in hours per week in multi-year processes. It also points out that compared with other multi-stakeholder, bottom-up processes, the GNSO PDP copes with a greater diversity of stakeholder types and more varied subject matter expertise. It is also not just open to anyone who wants to take part, but those who do say everyone’s input in welcomed and valued. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I think we should just pause a moment and remind ourselves of what the GNSO PDP has achieved and continues to achieve, and also the significant organisation support underpinning it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Participation in WG’s</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Vast majority taking part in WGs do so only once. “<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>100 Working Group participants have belonged to only one Working Group while less than 20 people have belonged to two Working Groups.” </span>(this is shocking! We are scaring motivated people away...) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Attendance in WGs is dominated by those for whom it’s part of their job<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>English language is a barrier to many <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Very Western culture of interaction (As a European, I would observe it’s a peculiarly American legal mode of adversarial interaction) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Constituencies match developed country needs but not necessarily developing country ones – some people struggle to find one in the existing structure that really fits them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WGs have 75% men and 25% women, but the percentage of women is growing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>North Americans are 70% of WG members, Europeans are just under 20%, and <i>everyone else</i> a bit over 10%. This is “<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>a potential problem for global legitimacy”. </span>That is putting it mildly, in the current geopolitical context. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Small pool of participants creates accountability, credibility and resource risk, and means we cultivate few potential leaders.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s too hard to get agreement on group positions in time for comment periods. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'>So, we need other ways to participate, recruit people from other regions directly to WGs and<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> “reconsider the underlying collaboration and discourse model of the PDP” see how to make changes for people it doesn’t suit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Commitment to the Process</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>“Significant” number of responses saying policy is changed after the fact by the Board and GAC, often because of lobbying by some parts of the community. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Specific to GNSO, people are lobbying us for “changes in substance or implementation after a Working Group’s Final Report has been completed”.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>“<i>in one very recent Working Group, participants challenged others in the Working Group on the issue of whether they were truly committed to the process or if they simply intended to wait the process out then “lobby” for the results they wanted in other parts of the organization. Some of the people interviewed for this report indicated that cynicism about other participants’ commitment to the PDP was a barrier to their own participation</i>.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>This is rather horrifying stuff and must be part of what is giving the GNSO a bad name. The report says “there needs to be process and procedure applied to ensure that other parts of the organization do not inadvertently subvert the accountability and transparency of the PDP.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>As Councilors, should we consider making a positive commitment or ‘re-commitment’ to the PDP’s primacy as the policy development tool for gTLDs?</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>The GAC</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Rarely takes advantage of points in the process to contribute, and, as we know quite well;</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Raises its concerns when the process is almost complete</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Report says no structural or bylaw changes needed but that the GAC basically needs to step up and engage with GNSO WGs the way it does on ccNSO WGs and did on the AOC reviews. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>The Future</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Most people think the new gTLDs and also changes in Internet Governance will bring more players into the process. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Should the GNSO be <u>pro-actively sponsoring and facilitating</u> open discussion on what forms this might take, and how/if it may change the constituency structure?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The GNSO PDP</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Current PDP started being used in December 2011. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>FWIW, in Section 3 the report gives a very handy high-level primer on the stages of the PDP – especially how they differ to the previous version – that may be of use to new or returning councillors. </i>Though the 42 Stages of the PDP could be a bit daunting to anyone!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I found this observation quite interesting: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>“Note that implementation is not included as one of the essential elements of the PDP. Implementation is, however, included as Section 10 of Annex A. The Bylaws, therefore, appear to suggest that implementation </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>can </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>be an element of a PDP, but that implementation is not essential to a PDP.” Page 8</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Section 4,</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> on ICANN’s historical context and environment is a great refresher on why we’re all here and how important it is to make this thing work...</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>It also notes that ‘volunteer fatigue’ is due not just to ICANN’s own work but part of the acceleration of the whole Internet governance calendar of activities. And bear in mind, this was written before the last 8 or so weeks of I* seismic shift, IGF Bali and an entirely new meeting proposed by Brazil. Figure 3, a diagram of just the 2013 calendar of major global Internet Governance is quite exhausting!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>I also want to draw your attention to Fig. 4 on page 21 of the report (p. 102 of the overall document) which is a Calendar of ICANN Public Comments. It is astonishingly dense and illustrates perfectly in one graphic the massive workload of reading, consulting and response demanded of ICANN’s stakeholders. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>The report includes some insightful academic research about whether and how people participate in policy processes that is expressed in wonderfully plain language:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>People participate if they feel strongly about something</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>If they think they can make a difference</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Different forms of participation (f2f, online, written) must be acknowledged and valued so people can participate in ways that suit them</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>You have to enable and support participation – i.e. timings of calls, support to attend physical meetings, etc. Otherwise it just won’t happen.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>“Structures and processes must not be alienating (for example, real-time meetings favor those who think quickly and are native speakers of the language of the meeting.” We all know this one is true!</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Other academics have analysed and even isolated the mythical ‘sweet spot’ between participation and the legitimacy and speed of the process. We know it exists because they have even drawn a graph of it. (p. 25) So, fear not, we may yet find this earthly paradise... </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Which is not meant to be at all facetious or critical. This is a useful report that reminds us that although we often think of ICANN as being <i>sui </i>generis, we’re not the first people in humanity to struggle with this. In the over-used ICANN Bingo phrase, ‘we don’t have to re-invent the wheel.’</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Here is some interesting quantitative data they gathered on recent PDPs. A couple have been almost unbelievably long:</span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=303 style='width:227.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>PDP</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>PDP Initiation Date</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><img width=3 height=3 id="_x0000_i1025" src="file:///\\localhost\Users\mariafarrell\Library\Caches\TemporaryItems\msoclip\0\clip_image002.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Completed?</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Implemented?</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'><img width=38 height=3 id="_x0000_i1026" src="file:///\\localhost\Users\mariafarrell\Library\Caches\TemporaryItems\msoclip\0\clip_image004.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'>Total length of PDP</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Fast Flux</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2008-05-08</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>N/A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>546</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>IRTP Part A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2008-06-25</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>N/A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>343</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>PEDNR</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2009-05-07</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1745</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>IRTP Part B</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2009-06-24</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1142</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>UDRP Lock</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2011-12-15</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>N/A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>IRTP Part C</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2011-09-22</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>YES</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>547</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Thick WHOIS</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2012-03-14</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>N/A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>IGO-INGO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2012-10-17</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>N/A</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=92 style='width:69.2pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>IRTP Part D</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=104 style='width:77.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2012-01-17</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=57 style='width:42.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=66 style='width:49.6pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>NO</span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=85 style='width:63.8pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>How do people find out about and then get involved in PDPs? Not from the GNSO website, unfortunately, but mostly it seems from being on mailing lists or being contacted (and also through the overall ICANN website): </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>“The questionnaire found that ICANN meetings and mailing lists were the most popular sources of information about PDPs (Figure 11), with 90 percent and 80 percent, respectively, of respondents saying they were their sources of information about PDPs. <u>In contrast, other ICANN websites (for example, the GNSO, and other SO and AC websites) and external websites were the least popular sources of information about PDPs</u>.” (my underlining)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>This means we’re only getting new participants from among the small pool of people we – as individuals and constituencies – are already in touch with. <b>Can we do better on informing people and drumming up participation via the GNSO website or in other ways?</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Public comments</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> – fewer from individuals than a few years ago, and more from groups already in the process (constituencies, etc.) and also from outside organisations, typically companies or trade associations. So, on the face of it, some improvement in the numbers of organisations getting involved in commenting. Is it a problem that we have fewer individuals commenting? Maybe it’s a sign of a maturing model, but are we at risk of losing enthusiasm and expertise?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Fig. 19 on page 40 of the report is <i>horrifying</i>. It shows that on our most recent PDPs – Fast flux, IRTP Part C, PEDNR, Thick Whois, IGO-INGO, IRTP Part B and UDRP Lock – we had ZERO input from the entirety of Asia Pacific, Latin America / Caribbean and the continent of Africa. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>(Jonathan mentioned on the last Council call that the GNSO should, in part, look at doing important, valuable and compelling work – should we look harder at prioritizing and working on issues of importance to non-North America / European players?)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>On the plus side, 60% of interviewees thought the public comments part of the PDP is accountable and transparent. Though about half of people thought this part of the process was effective – can we as a Council do more to discuss the substantive issues raised in public comments??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>Also worrying, in terms of our relevance and mandate: half of the interviewees thought PDP outcomes reflected the public interest and ICANN’s mandate. Half emphatically did not.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'>On the whole ‘PDP takes too long’ side of things, the data uncovered are interesting: there is a wide variance in time taken. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times","serif"'> </span><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 style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>