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<p style="margin:0in;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">BC members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:#FEFEFE"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Today we filed the attached
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">BC comment on ICANN’s </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/policy-update/policy-and-implementation-policy-status-report-16-05-2024-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/policy-update/policy-and-implementation-policy-status-report-16-05-2024-en.pdf"><span style="color:#0078D7">Policy
Status Report</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">: GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group Recommendations (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/policy-status-report-gnso-policy-implementation-working-group-recommendations-16-05-2024" target="_blank" title="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/policy-status-report-gnso-policy-implementation-working-group-recommendations-16-05-2024"><span style="color:#0078D7">link</span></a>
to comments page</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Summary posted:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Our goal must be to ensure that efficient procedures and processes are in place, allowing for the delivery of timely, evidence-based reports upon which practical recommendations and actions can be
formulated. We do not see the need for a proliferation of new working methods and structures within the policy development process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">In our comment, we offer assessments and recommendations regarding the listed GNSO processes, and conclude with advice to evaluate every policy outcome to determine whether it is <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">fit
for purpose</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks to Marie Pattullo for drafting, and to Lawrence Olawale-Roberts and Steve Crocker for edits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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