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RE: [bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on Proposed New GNSO Policy Development Process

  • To: "Steve DelBianco" <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on Proposed New GNSO Policy Development Process
  • From: <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:03:25 -0700
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; 
font-size:10pt;"><div>Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Philip for 
slogging through the proposed policy document.&nbsp; The two points made -- 
long and complex -- combine to create an even more difficult problem: it is 
hard for new people to feel comfortable.&nbsp; Making the process -- and ICANN, 
in general -- more accessible is a goal worth 
promoting.</div><div><br></div><div>Berard<br></div>
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Subject: [bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on Proposed New GNSO Policy<br>
Development Process<br>
From: Steve DelBianco &lt;<a 
href="mailto:sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>&gt;<br>
Date: Fri, March 25, 2011 2:48 pm<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:bc-GNSO@xxxxxxxxx";>bc-GNSO@xxxxxxxxx</a>" &lt;<a 
href="mailto:bc-GNSO@xxxxxxxxx";>bc-GNSO@xxxxxxxxx</a>&gt;<br>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div><div><div>ICANN is now gathering public comment on 
the final report and recommendations by a work team focused on the Policy 
Development Process (PDP-WT)</div><div><br></div></div></div><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div>Below is a draft 
for BC comments prepared by Philip 
Sheppard.</div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><br></div><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><span 
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">ICANN's Comment period 
closes 1-April, so today (25-March) begins an abbreviated 7-day review period 
for these abbreviated 
comments.</span></div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><br></div><span
 id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><div><span 
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Please review and post 
your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. &nbsp; If there are no 
disagreements noted by 30-March, these comments will be adopted without a 
voting period, and posted to ICANN on 1-April.</span></div><div><span 
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"><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" 
face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 
Arial; ">For topic background, see &nbsp;</span></font><a target="_blank" 
href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-pdp-final-report";>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#gnso-pdp-final-report</a>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks
 again to Philip Sheppard for his brief but pointed review of a report that's 
over 100 pages 
long.</div></div></div></span></div></div></span><div><br></div><div>Thanks 
also to BC members who served on the PDP work team:</div><blockquote 
style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>Marilyn 
Cade</div><div>Mike Rodenbaugh</div><div>John Berard</div></blockquote><span 
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 
0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><blockquote 
style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; 
padding:0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote></div></div></span><div>----</div><div><br></div><div>
 <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b 
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">DRAFT BC position on 
Policy Development Process (PDP) Work Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b 
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Proposed Final Report 
&amp; Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span 
lang="EN-GB">General Comments<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">At 109 pages the 
report is thorough but overly long. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">It is a report of a team with 
recommendations but not yet a guide for prospective participants in a PDP.<span 
style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>As noted in recommendation 3 this work 
needs to be turned into a short practical manual on the PDP without references 
to the working team or recommendation number ## or extraneous points of 
discussion. The start of such a document in section 5 is good but seems overly 
long at around 15 pages. A rigorous edit is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div> 
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">The flow charts are useful but 
overly complex. A simplified one for council initiated work only is needed. A 
flowchart showing timelines would be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span 
lang="EN-GB">Comments on specific recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> 
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">10 and 11. The BC is concerned that 
the “preliminary issues report” is being over engineered. This report is 
intended to be short and factual outlining the issue raised NOT solving it or 
adding opinion on its merit. Therefore an additional public comment period at 
this stage is both redundant and will waste time.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">12. Whereas certain issues will 
indeed benefit from a workshop, making this a mandatory procedure is short 
sighted.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">13. A possible 
impact analysis before a vote to start a PDP is an option that will be gamed by 
parties wishing to delay a new PDP. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span 
lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">16. Codifying a practice to delay 
seems a dangerous precedent. If done the wording needs to be clear that this is 
not a cumulative right potentially delaying a decision to launch a PDP by six 
Council meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" 
style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></div> <div 
class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span lang="EN-GB">Voting thresholds. 
There is a lot of discussion about Council voting thresholds. The BC recommends 
further changes to these should simplify not add complexity to an already 
overly complex structure.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div>  </div><span 
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