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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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Marika <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks – yes, good point. The GAC needs to get into a position of being able to sift the PDPs quickly in order to identify only those where it has a substantial public policy interest which would merit direct involvement in the policy development. How we get to that decision stage is dependant on the information submitted to the GAC. This information should capture the essence of each proposal as concisely as possible but should not pre-empt GAC consideration of its response: it should not be in the form of advice or a recommendation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I expect in more complex proposals, some discussion around the GAC table may be needed with the ability to ask questions of experts for clarification but I hope that this step of GAC assessment of public policy interest will be easier to facilitate than it sounds! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I expect it is also quite possible that a substantive public policy interest may not emerge until some time after the PDP has been launched so I guess some kind of a trigger would be required for reverting the PDP notification process back to the GAC for it to consider possible involvement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope that these comments are helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mark Carvell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>United Kingdom Representative on the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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"'> gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marika Konings<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 January 2014 17:39<br><b>To:</b> Olof Nordling; Winterfeldt, Brian J.; GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gac-gnso-cg] TO DO: GNSO / GAC Early Engagement Document<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Having said that, I would like to caution against charging staff with such an assignment as I don't think we would be in a position to take responsibility for identifying what does and what does not constitute public policy implications as that is really within the GAC's remit to determine. Of course, if there are any specific objective criteria that would assist the GAC in this task, those could possibly be added to the one-pagers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Olof Nordling <<a href="mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org">olof.nordling@icann.org</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday 10 January 2014 18:32<br><b>To: </b>"Winterfeldt, Brian J." <<a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org">GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org">GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gac-gnso-cg] TO DO: GNSO / GAC Early Engagement Document<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian and all,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually, there is a system in place already, close to what you are requesting: for each active GNSO PDP (and for ccNSO as well), a monthly one-pager update is produced, posted on the GAC website, notified on the GAC mailing list and translated into six languages. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That said, currently these one-pagers do not specifically identify or highlight public policy implications, so I believe your request can be focused on that aspect, given the existing information structure as a basis.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very best regards</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Olof</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org">gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Winterfeldt, Brian J.<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 10, 2014 5:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org">GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gac-gnso-cg] TO DO: GNSO / GAC Early Engagement Document</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all:</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I think the updated version of the document looks great, and would only add one inquiry to the Working Group phase of the PDP, namely whether it is possible to create a neutral party, possibly within ICANN staff, charged with flagging any PDPs with clear public policy implications for the GAC.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The aim is to lighten their load in making sure that PDPs with obvious policy implications, such as the recently initiated Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation PDP, do not slip through any cracks. It would be great to hear views on this suggestion.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thank you,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Brian</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Brian J. Winterfeldt <br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Head of Internet Practice<br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#83A6BD'>Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>2900 K Street NW, North Tower - Suite 200 / Washington, DC 20007-5118<br>p / (202) 625-3562 f / (202) 339-8244<br><a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> / </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.kattenlaw.com/">www.kattenlaw.com</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org">gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Robinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org">GAC-GNSO-CG@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Gac-gnso-cg] GNSO / GAC Early Engagement Document</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For our records, an updated version of document which tracks current and purposed mechanisms for GAC engagement in the GNSO PDP.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jonathan</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='background:white;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><pre><span style='color:black'>===========================================================</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: Pursuant to Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>Service, any tax advice contained herein is not intended or written to be used and cannot be used</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer.</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>===========================================================</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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