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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'>As mentioned in the chat, please find below the standard methodology for making decisions as per the GNSO WG Guidelines (see <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf)">https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-01sep16-en.pdf)</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>3.6 Standard Methodology for Making Decisions </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The Chair will be responsible for designating each position as having one of the following designations: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Full consensus </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>- when no one in the group speaks against the recommendation in its last readings. This is also sometimes referred to as <b>Unanimous Consensus. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Consensus </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>- a position where only a small minority disagrees, but most agree. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Strong support but significant opposition </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>- a position where, while most of the group supports a recommendation, there are a significant number of those who do not support it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Divergence </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>(also referred to as <b>No Consensus</b>) - a position where there isn't strong support for any particular position, but many different points of view. Sometimes this is due to irreconcilable differences of opinion and sometimes it is due to the fact that no one has a particularly strong or convincing viewpoint, but the members of the group agree that it is worth listing the issue in the report nonetheless. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Minority View </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>- refers to a proposal where a small number of people support the recommendation. This can happen in response to a <b>Consensus</b>, <b>Strong support but significant opposition</b>, and <b>No Consensus; </b>or, it can happen in cases where there is neither support nor opposition to a suggestion made by a small number of individuals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>In cases of <b>Consensus</b>, <b>Strong support but significant opposition</b>, and <b>No Consensus</b>, an effort should be made to document that variance in viewpoint and to present any <b>Minority View </b>recommendations that may have been made. Documentation of <b>Minority View </b>recommendations normally depends on text offered by the proponent(s). In all cases of <b>Divergence, </b>the WG Chair should encourage the submission of minority viewpoint(s). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The recommended method for discovering the consensus level designation on recommendations should work as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>i.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>After the group has discussed an issue long enough for all issues to have been raised, understood and discussed, the Chair, or Co-Chairs, make an evaluation of the designation and publish it for the group to review. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>After the group has discussed the Chair's estimation of designation, the Chair, or Co-Chairs, should reevaluate and publish an updated evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Steps (i) and (ii) should continue until the Chair/Co-Chairs make an evaluation that is accepted by the group. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>iv.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>In rare case, a Chair may decide that the use of polls is reasonable. Some of the reasons for this might be: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>A decision needs to be made within a time frame that does not allow for the natural process of iteration and settling on a designation to occur. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>It becomes obvious after several iterations that it is impossible to arrive at a designation. This will happen most often when trying to discriminate between <b>Consensus </b>and <b>Strong support but Significant Opposition </b>or between <b>Strong support but Significant Opposition </b>and <b>Divergence. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>v.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>Care should be taken in using polls that they do not become votes. A liability with the use of polls is that, in situations where there is <b>Divergence </b>or <b>Strong Opposition</b>, there are often disagreements about the meanings of the poll questions or of the poll results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</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'><o:p>&nbsp;</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 &amp; Team Leader for the GNSO,&nbsp;Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;</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'>&nbsp;</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&nbsp;<a href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso"><span style='color:#0563C1'>interactive courses</span></a>&nbsp;and visiting the&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>