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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All,<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'>Sorry to chime in so late. I’ve lost complete control of email and am just now catching back up.<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'>I agree with what James has said below with Marika’s clarification that this discussion is about suspending a PDP and not about terminating a PDP.<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'>Thanks!<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><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Krista Papac<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>General Manager, Policy & Industry Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:krista.papac@ausregistry.com">krista.papac@ausregistry.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web: <a href="www.ausregistry.com">www.ausregistry.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><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 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James M. Bladel<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marika Konings; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Proposed language to address suspending a PDP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Not speaking for Krista or other registrars, but as an individual.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I think it makes sense to have _some_ mechanism for the council (or "Chartering Organization", if it is the Board or someone else) to shut off a PDP that is already underway. But I have concerns about how this mechanism could be used/misused.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Also, our criteria must be defined as air-tight as possible:<br><br>"Lack of Participation" should be defined in terms of a percentage of meetings / teleconferences that failed to reach quorum, or lack of volunteer members, or absence of traffic on the mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"No Longer Necessary" not sure who makes this determination. The constituencies / SGs / councilors / organization that originated the PDP should be involved, at a minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"Deadlock" Pretty much every PDP has hit this point on some issue or another. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I think all definitions should be as narrow as possible, and the voting threshhold to kill a PDP should be high (supermajority?).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Thanks--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br>J.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' id=replyBlockquote><div id=wmQuoteWrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Proposed language to address<br>suspending a PDP<br>From: Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br>Date: Tue, July 24, 2012 3:00 am<br>To: "<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>><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear All,<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'>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:<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><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The GNSO Council may terminate</span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> or suspend*</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> 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;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>or suspension</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. The following are illustrative examples of possible reasons for a premature termination </span></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>or suspension</span></i></strong><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> of a PDP:</span></em><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> no longer necessary, <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>or warranting a suspension</span></strong>; or</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>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='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>* 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='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This would be a modification of the current language of section 15 of the PDP manual (modified language in bold).</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Looking forward to receiving your feedback.</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>With best regards,</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Marika</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>