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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Starting in 2013, the Council, in collaboration with ICANN Staff, gathered a number of ideas and suggestions to be explored to improve and streamline the existing Policy Development Process. These ideas and suggestions were translated into 10 PDP Improvements (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-16jan14-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-16jan14-en.pdf</a>). Many of these improvements were also closely aligned with the recommendations of the <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-recommendations-31dec13-en.pdf">ATRT2</a> in relation to the GNSO PDP. Staff was tasked to explore and implement next steps for each item, including in pilot format. Since then, Staff has been providing regular status updates to the GNSO Council in conjunction with ICANN meetings. The attached memo is intended to provide a final status update, including proposed next steps on how to transform some of the GNSO Improvements that have been determined successful into permanent features of the PDP and close out this project until such time the Council identifies new improvements that are deemed worth exploring and/or revamps some of the improvements that were not deemed suitable for implementation at this stage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We look forward to receiving your feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Marika Konings</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>marika.konings@icann.org</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Find out more about the GNSO by taking our <a href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style='color:#0563C1'>interactive courses</span></a> and visiting the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm#newcomers"><span style='color:#0563C1'>GNSO Newcomer pages</span></a>.</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Cambria'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>