<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><base href="x-msg://238/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">hi all,<div><br></div><div>i was reviewing this proposal today and realized that it would have been helpful when we were deciding to suspend the DSSA last December. as it was, we went ahead and suspended it on our own, without checking back with our respective ACs and SOs. having a more formal process would have given us the opportunity to bring broader attention to that decision.</div><div><br></div><div>so i could either write a personal comment of support as co-chair of that working group, or i could write one for us and use that as an example. i'm not envisioning a really long comment, just an expression of support.</div><div><br></div><div>thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"ICANN News Alert" <<a href="mailto:communications@icann.org">communications@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>ICANN News Alert -- Proposed Modification of GNSO PDP Manual to Address the Suspension of a PDP</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 7, 2013 8:09:24 PM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:mike@haven2.com">mike@haven2.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div style="width: 758px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><div style="width: 738px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><img alt="ICANN" src="http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg" style="border: 0px none; width: 94px; height: 94px; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; "></a><h2>News Alert</h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07mar13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07mar13-en.htm</a></p><hr style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; "><h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Proposed Modification of GNSO PDP Manual to Address the Suspension of a PDP</h2><p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px; ">7 March 2013</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><table class="convey" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Forum Announcement:</strong></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">Comment Period Opens on</td><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Date:</strong></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">7 March 2013</td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Categories/Tags:</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; "><ul><li>Policy Processes</li><li>Reviews/Improvements</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Purpose (Brief):</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI) is recommending a modification of the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Manual, which is an integral part of the GNSO Operating Procedures, to address the possible termination or suspension of a PDP.</td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); 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