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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">For your information, the Policy & Implementation Working Group has published its </font><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/policy-implementation/pi-wg-initial-recommendations-19jan15-en.pdf" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Initial
Recommendations Report</a><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> for public comment. Comments can be submitted through the traditional public comment forum or via a survey that has been developed by the WG (see </font><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PI-InitialReport" style="font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PI-InitialReport</a>). </div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday 19 January 2015 20:08<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>ICANN News Alert -- GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group Publishes Initial Recommendations Report for Public Comment<br>
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<h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px;">GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group Publishes Initial Recommendations Report for Public Comment</h2>
<p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px;">19 January 2015</p>
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<td class="light"><strong>Forum Announcement:</strong></td>
<td>Comment Period Opens on</td>
<td class="light"><strong>Date:</strong></td>
<td>19 January 2015</td>
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<td class="light"><strong>Categories/Tags:</strong></td>
<td colspan="3">Policy Processes</td>
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<td class="light"><strong>Purpose (Brief):</strong></td>
<td colspan="3">Mainly as a result of discussions stemming from implementation related issues of the new generic Top-Level Doman (gTLD) program, there has been an increased focus on which topics call for policy and which call for implementation work, including
which processes should be used, at what time and how issues which are the subject of diverging opinions during the implementation process should be acted upon. Following several discussions, including the publication of a staff discussion paper and a community
session during the ICANN meeting in Beijing in April 2013, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council decided in July 2013 to form a Working Group (WG) which was tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations on a number of
questions that specifically relate to policy and implementation in a GNSO context. The WG has now published its
<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/policy-implementation/pi-wg-initial-recommendations-19jan15-en.pdf">
Initial Recommendations Report</a> [PDF, 1.46 MB] for community input which can be provided either through input received via this public comment forum or via the following survey:
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PI-InitialReport">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PI-InitialReport</a></td>
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<td class="light"><strong>Public Comment Box Link:</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/policy-implementation-2015-01-19-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/policy-implementation-2015-01-19-en</a></td>
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