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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Attached for consideration during our Council meeting in Helsinki is a motion proposing the adoption of GNSO PDP Improvements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The motion relates to a memo Marika provided to Council via email on 9 June. The memo is included here for easy reference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">By way of background</span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">:<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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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