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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a suggested outline for a <span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
GNSO Council Response to the Geographic Regions WG Recommendations:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:#1F497D">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank the WG for their considerable and thorough work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:#1F497D">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Acknowledge a few key points that we strongly support, for example:</span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Executive Summary item 7 - “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. . provide flexibility to individual communities and structures within ICANN . . .
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">” by permitting them to: f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ollow the same framework as the Board, or develop their own mechanisms (with Board oversight) for ensuring geographic diversity within
their own organizations.</span><span style="color:#1F497D">”</span></p>
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<span style="color:#1F497D">b.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Executive Summary Item 8 – “. . . </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff should also develop and implement a process to permit stakeholder communities in countries or territories to pursue,
if they wish, re-assignment to a geographic region that they consider to be more appropriate for their jurisdiction.</span><span style="color:#1F497D">”</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in; text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Call attention to any points about which we have questions, for example: Executive Summary Item 9 – “. .
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">the Working Group recommends that ICANN seek ways to recognize and accommodate Special Interest Groups to promote the interests and unique attributes of stakeholder communities that may not
clearly fit into the formal top down regional structures. These “bottom-up” groupings would be complementary to the formal regional framework, and would not replace it. They would not form any part of ICANN’s decision-making structure but would be free to
lobby for the support of elected representatives.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">” Some clarification of what is meant by the last sentence would be helpful. Assuming we understand the intent, we would suggest that such groups work within existing structures as much as possible to communicate their
concerns.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this would be much better than saying “no response”. This version includes some edits in item 3 that were suggested by an RySG participant.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chuck</p>
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