Mar, 2008 : ICANN Extends Comment Period for GNSO Improvements

📅 March 24, 2008 -

Email comments by 25 Aprilto the public forum at: gnso-improvements-report-2008@icann.org.

The public comment period on the GNSO Improvements Report has been extendedby 30 days and will now close on 25 April 2008.

In response to a request from three constituencies of the Generic Names SupportingOrganization (GNSO), the Executive Committee of the ICANN Board agreed to grantthe month long extension of the original March 25 deadline to permit sufficienttime for: (1) the parties requesting the extension to have additional timeto prepare and provide their proposal to the ICANN Board (including the detailsof the consultations and nature of the support that they have gathered); and(2) to allow time for an additional call to the community to file submissionsrelating to all aspects of the posted report.

The extension decision by the Executive Committee was prompted by a requestfrom Philip Sheppard on behalf of the Commercial and Business Users, the IntellectualProperty, and the Internet Service and Connection Providers Constituencies.

The comment forum was originally opened for the community to respond to aset of recommendations developed by the ICANN Board Governance Committee'sGNSO Review Working Group to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO, includingits policy activities, structure, operations and communications (see 3 February2008 Reportof the Board Governance Committee GNSO Review Working Group On GNSO Improvements [PDF,197K].

TheReport reflects the Working Group's examination of many aspects of theGNSO's functioning, including the use of working groups and the overall policydevelopment process (PDP), and the structure of the GNSO Council and its constituencies.The Board Governance Committee determined that the GNSO Improvements workinggroup had fulfilled its charter and forwarded the report to the Board for consideration.

On 15 February 2008, the ICANN Board acknowledged receipt of the "GNSOImprovements Report" and indicated that it would like to receive finalpublic comments on the Report to enable it to consider and implement the Report'srecommendations as soon as possible. The Board directed ICANN Staff to opena public comment forum on the Report for 30 days, draft a detailed implementationplan in consultation with the GNSO, begin implementation of the non-contentiousrecommendations, and return to the Board and community for further considerationof the implementation plan.

The entire comment forum, as well as background information, is availableonline at https://www.icann.org/public_comment/#gnso-improvements-report-2008.

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