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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Very well written Jen. Thanks for doing this. I have no objections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here’s a very minor edit: Delete ‘a’ in the following in the last large paragraph: “. . .
</span>we expect <s><span style="color:red">a </span></s>significant volunteer time to be invested into planning and implementing needed improvements. <span style="color:#1F497D">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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-review-dt@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jen Wolfe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-review-dt@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Larisa B. Gurnick; Charla Shambley<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gnso-review-dt] GNSO Review Working Party Public Comment on the Review Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello GNSO Review Working Party, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope everyone had a safe trip back from Buenos Aires! During our meeting last we discussed the importance of the<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>GNSO Review Working Party providing a response to the <span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-aoc-org-reviews-process-2015-05-15-en">Public Commen</a>t
</span>on the Proposed Review Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for AoC and Organizational Reviews. This public comment is due Thursday, July 2<sup>nd</sup>. Based upon our discussion, I have drafted a public comment related to the timing issues
we all agreed upon as problematic to the process. I realize this is a very short turn-around time, but respectfully request any proposed changes or support in submitting the public comment. I focused the public comment on the importance of allowing community
members sufficient time to respond to the Review process, so hopefully it is non-controversial.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If I don’t hear any objections, I will go ahead and submit this by the deadline on Thursday, July 2<sup>nd</sup>. If you do have an objection to the comment, please let me know. Of course, we certainly encourage all of your in your
individual capacities to provide a comment if there are other concerns you would like to raise regarding the Review time frame and process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">DRAFT COMMENT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the GNSO Review Working Party, I appreciate the opportunity to submit this public comment regarding the schedule and process for Reviews mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments and the ICANN Bylaws. The GNSO Review began
approximately one year ago following the ICANN 50 meeting in London. Since that time, the members of the GNSO Review Working Party have requested two extensions of time in order to allow for the necessary time to review, contemplate and provide thoughtful
and meaningful feedback to ICANN staff and the independent examiner. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a result of these extensions of time, we were able to provide important feedback into the scope of the questions asked in the 360 survey and to provide additional time for announcements and outreach during the ICANN 51 Los Angeles meeting
to encourage more participation. This allowed for more meaningful results from the community. We also requested an extension of time to review the initial draft report provided by the independent examiner. This extension gave members of the Working Party
additional time to consider the voluminous information and track more than 120 comments to the report. This feedback was documented and responses were provided by the independent examiner.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We believe this additional time allowed for a better outcome and end result. Accordingly, we urge you to consider allotting additional time for other Reviews and their respective Working Parties so that the time and consideration can be
given to obtain quality results in the survey and interview process and quality feedback to the report produced by the independent examiner.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, we ask you to consider the impact of scheduled reviews on the volunteer workload. Qualified, experienced and knowledgeable community members willing to dedicate focused and significant effort are an essential component of
this important accountability mechanism functioning effectively. As the GNSO Review Working Party, our group of 20 volunteers has put in significant energy and time to help make the GNSO Review and recommendations useful and supportive of continuous improvement
- 17 meetings and two rounds of nearly 120 comments leading up to the Draft Report. The broader community also contributed to the GNSO Review in important ways by offering their views and feedback – 178 people completed online surveys and 40 people participated
in one on one interviews. As we begin planning for the implementation phase, we expect a significant volunteer time to be invested into planning and implementing needed improvements. We fully support this approach to conducting future Organizational Reviews
and urge you to ensure that adequate time and volunteer resources are available not just to conduct each Review, but as importantly, to contribute to a productive implementation of Review recommendations and applying lessons learned to future reviews.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thank you for the opportunity to provide this public comment and share our experiences in the GNSO Review.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The GNSO Review Working Party<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your time and input!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jen<o:p></o:p></p>
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