<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div>Resending to the list this message from Marika relating to today's agenda item.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Julie</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:00 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Proposed language to address suspending a PDP<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Dear All,</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Following on from the last meeting, please find hereby the proposed language to be added to the PDP Manual to address suspending a PDP after initiation:</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The GNSO Council may terminate</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> or suspend*</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> a
PDP prior to the publication of a Final Report only for significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a Supermajority Vote in favour of termination </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">or
suspension</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">. The following are illustrative examples of possible reasons for a premature termination </span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">or
suspension</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> of a PDP:</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><blockquote style="margin-left: 30pt; margin-right: 0in; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">1. Deadlock. The PDP Team is hopelessly deadlocked and unable to identify recommendations or statements that have either the strong support or a consensus of its members despite
significant time and resources being dedicated to the PDP;</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-left: 30pt; margin-right: 0in; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">2. Changing Circumstances. Events have occurred since the initiation of the PDP that have rendered the PDP moot, <s>or</s></span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> no
longer necessary, <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">or warranting a suspension</span></strong>; or<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-left: 30pt; margin-right: 0in; "><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">3. Lack of Community Volunteers. Despite several calls for participation, the work of the PDP Team is significantly impaired and unable to effectively conclude its deliberations
due to lack of volunteer participation.</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-left: 30pt; margin-right: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">* Suspension is a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of the PDP, i.e. all activities are halted upon a decision of the GNSO Council until further notice.</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><div style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This would be a modification of the current language of section 15 of the PDP manual (modified language in bold).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Looking forward to receiving your feedback.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">With best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Marika</span></p></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>