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<H2 style="CLEAR: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Public Comment: GNSO Council
Requests Your Input on Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines</H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 15px 0px 0px">18 January 2011</P>
<P><STRONG></STRONG>As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its
objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO), the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC)
has now submitted to the GNSO Council the proposed GNSO Working Group
Guidelines (see <A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec10-en.pdf</A>
[PDF, 626 KB]). Prior to considering the proposed GNSO Working Group
Guidelines, the GNSO Council is seeking your input. Comments on the <A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec10-en.pdf">proposed
GNSO Working Group Guidelines</A> [PDF, 626 KB] can be submitted until 8
February 2011 (see details below). Following the public comment period, the
GNSO Council will review the comments received and determine whether
additional modifications need to be made to the document or whether the
document is ready for adoption following which it will be incorporated in the
GNSO's Operating Procedures and become applicable to all new GNSO Working
Groups. </P>
<H3><STRONG>Background</STRONG></H3>
<P>In the past, the GNSO decided policy mainly through small legislative
bodies called “Task Forces.” Intentionally, it is moving towards a more
inclusive, representative model where key parties tackle an issue together as
a “Working Group”. This Working Group Model should become the focal point for
policy development and enhance the policy development process by making it
more inclusive and representative, and – ultimately – more effective and
efficient. </P>
<P>The PPSC tasked a Working Group Work Team (WG WT) to define this new
Working Group model. The WG WT prepared a first draft that was put out for <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-31may10-en.htm">public
comment</A>, following which it reviewed the comments and <A
href="https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/icann-ppsc/attachments/working_group_team:20100928090126-0-24693/original/GNSO%20Working%20Group%20Guidelines%20-%20Including%20Comments%20-%20updated%2024%20August%202010.doc">modified</A>
[DOC, 188 KB] the document accordingly. In addition, the PPSC identified a
number of issues that were subsequently <A
href="https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/icann-ppsc/attachments/policy_process_steering_committee_ppsc:20101101171932-0-13671/original/PPSC%20Comments%20%252B%20WG%20WT%20Response%20-%2014%20October%202010.doc">addressed</A>
[DOC, 48 KB] by the WG WT. </P>
<P>The proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the PPSC, bring
together all the different elements of the Working Group process; it addresses
what should be considered in creating, chartering, staffing, and
instructing/guiding a WG to accomplish the desired outcome, and; secondly,
what guidance should be provided to a WG on elements such as structure,
decision-making, tasking, reporting, and delivering the outcome(s) as
chartered. </P>
<H3><STRONG>Background documents / links</STRONG></H3>
<UL>
<LI><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec10-en.pdf">GNSO
Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the PPSC</A> [PDF, 626 KB]
<LI><U><A href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/">The GNSO
Improvements Web Site</A></U>
<LI><U><A
href="https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?policy_process_steering_committee_ppsc">PPSC
Workspace</A></U>
<LI><U><A
href="https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?working_group_team">WG WT
Workspace</A></U> </LI></UL>
<P><STRONG>Staff responsible:</STRONG> Marika Konings </P>
<H3><STRONG>Deadline and how to submit comments</STRONG></H3>
<P>Comments are welcome via e-mail to <A
href="mailto:gnso-wg-guidelines@icann.org">gnso-wg-guidelines@icann.org</A>
until 8 February 2011. </P>
<P>Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be posted can be
found at <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201102-en.htm#gnso-wg-guidelines">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201102-en.htm#gnso-wg-guidelines</A>.</P>
<P>An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at <A
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/</A>.
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