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<p class=title><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:black'>GNSO Review - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">London</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Economics (LSE)
Report <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=docdate><i><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>15 September 2006 <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'><!-- announcement text follows -->ICANN has been provided with the
LSE's review of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) [<a
href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/gnso-review-report-sep06.pdf">Report</a>,
<a href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/gnso-review-annexes-sep06.pdf">Annexes</a>].
This report will be used to inform ICANN's effort to develop detailed proposals
for improving the GNSO's structures and processes. ICANN's Board will work with
the GNSO and the ICANN community to consider this report, along with previous
reviews and public input, in a collaborative process to strengthen this key
policy-making body. This independent review of the GNSO is the first in a
series of such reviews mandated in ICANN's bylaws as part of ICANN's ongoing
commitment to evolve and improve its operations. Comments on this report can be
posted to <a href="mailto:gnso-improvements@icann.org">gnso-improvements@icann.org</a>
and reviewed at <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements">http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-improvements</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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