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Hi - as mentioned, sharing Maria's observations of the ATRT2 in
particular in relation to the GNSO policy development process.<br>
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Joy <br>
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<td>[council] Some observations re ATRT2 from the
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<td>Maria Farrell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maria.farrell@gmail.com"><maria.farrell@gmail.com></a></td>
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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I'm still creeping through this report and thought to send
you what I've got, about 3/4 way through the Interconnect
report on the GNSO PDP. <br>
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IMHO, the report itself is absolutely essential reading, as
some of the data in it is quite concerning. <br>
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Anyway, here are what you might call the 'greatest hits', with
some not entirely rhetorical questions of mine peppered
through.<br>
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<div>I will send more anon, but thought I should circulate what
I have as time is marching on toward BA.<br>
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All the best, Maria<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Interconnect Report
on the GNSO PDP</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">The
“ATRT2 was
convened to review the GNSO PDP with a view toward
identifying its strengths
and weaknesses, differences between defined process and
actual practice, and
the extent to which it incorporates the views, advice and
needs of all
stakeholders, both those active in ICANN and those not
typically present for
ICANN deliberations.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">30
interviews
done.</span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(2,21,77)"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First off, though the Interconnect report
necessarily
concentrates on what can be done better, it loudly applauds
the work of
volunteers who put in hours per week in multi-year processes.
It also points
out that compared with other multi-stakeholder, bottom-up
processes, the GNSO
PDP copes with a greater diversity of stakeholder types and
more varied subject
matter expertise. It is also not just open to anyone who wants
to take part,
but those who do say everyone’s input in welcomed and valued.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So I think we should just pause a moment
and remind
ourselves of what the GNSO PDP has achieved and continues to
achieve, and also
the significant organisation support underpinning it. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now...</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Participation in WG’s</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Vast majority
taking part in WGs do so only once. “<span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">100
Working Group participants have belonged
to only one Working Group while less than 20 people have
belonged to two
Working Groups.” </span>(this is shocking! We are scaring
motivated people
away...) <span style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""><span style="">•<span
style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Attendance in WGs is dominated by
those for whom
it’s part of their job</p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""><span style="">•<span
style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>English language is a barrier to many
</p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""><span style="">•<span
style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Very Western culture of interaction
(As a European,
I would observe it’s a peculiarly American legal mode of
adversarial
interaction) </p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""><span style="">•<span
style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Constituencies match developed
country needs but
not necessarily developing country ones – some people struggle
to find one in
the existing structure that really fits them</p>
<p class="" style=""><span style=""><span style="">•<span
style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>WGs have 75% men and 25% women, but
the
percentage of women is growing</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">North Americans
are 70% of WG members, Europeans are
just under 20%, and <i style="">everyone else</i> a
bit over 10%. This is “<span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">a
potential
problem for global legitimacy”. </span>That is putting it
mildly, in the
current geopolitical context. <span style="font-family:Times"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Small pool of participants creates
accountability,
credibility and resource risk, and means we cultivate few
potential leaders.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s too hard to get agreement on group
positions in time
for comment periods. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt">So, we need
other
ways to participate, recruit people from other regions
directly to WGs and<span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">
“reconsider the underlying collaboration and
discourse model of the PDP” see how to make changes for
people it doesn’t suit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Commitment
to
the Process</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">“Significant”
number of responses saying policy is
changed after the fact by the Board and GAC, often because
of lobbying by some
parts of the community. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Specific
to GNSO, people are lobbying us for “changes
in substance or implementation after a Working Group’s Final
Report has been
completed”.</span><span style="font-family:Times"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">“<i
style="">in one very recent Working Group,
participants challenged others in the Working Group on the
issue of whether
they were truly committed to the process or if they simply
intended to wait the
process out then “lobby” for the results they wanted in
other parts of the
organization. Some of the people interviewed for this
report indicated that
cynicism about other participants’ commitment to the PDP
was a barrier to their
own participation</i>.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">This
is rather
horrifying stuff and must be part of what is giving the GNSO
a bad name. The
report says “there needs to be process and procedure applied
to ensure that
other parts of the organization do not inadvertently subvert
the accountability
and transparency of the PDP.”</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">As
Councilors, should we consider making a positive
commitment or ‘re-commitment’
to the PDP’s primacy as the policy development tool for
gTLDs?</span></u><u><span style="font-family:Times"
lang="EN-US"></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">The
GAC</span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Rarely
takes
advantage of points in the process to contribute, and, as we
know quite
well;</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Raises
its
concerns when the process is almost complete</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Report
says no structural or bylaw changes needed but
that the GAC basically needs to step up and engage with GNSO
WGs the way it
does on ccNSO WGs and did on the AOC reviews. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">The
Future</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Most
people think the new gTLDs and also changes in
Internet Governance will bring more players into the
process. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Should
the GNSO be <u>pro-actively sponsoring and
facilitating</u> open discussion on what forms this might
take, and how/if it
may change the constituency structure?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"><span
style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">The GNSO PDP</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Current PDP started being used in December
2011. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">FWIW, in Section 3 the
report gives a very handy high-level primer on the stages of
the PDP –
especially how they differ to the previous version – that
may be of use to new or
returning councillors. </i>Though the 42 Stages of the PDP
could be a bit
daunting to anyone!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I found this observation quite interesting:
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">“Note
that
implementation is not included as one of the essential
elements of the PDP.
Implementation is, however, included as Section 10 of Annex
A. The Bylaws,
therefore, appear to suggest that implementation </span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">can </span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">be
an
element of a PDP, but that implementation is not essential
to a PDP.” Page 8</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Section
4,</span></b><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"> on
ICANN’s historical context and environment is a
great refresher on why we’re all here and how important it
is to make this thing
work...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">It
also notes
that ‘volunteer fatigue’ is due not just to ICANN’s own work
but part of the
acceleration of the whole Internet governance calendar of
activities. And bear
in mind, this was written before the last 8 or so weeks of
I* seismic shift,
IGF Bali and an entirely new meeting proposed by Brazil.
Figure 3, a diagram of
just the 2013 calendar of major global Internet Governance
is quite exhausting!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">I
also want to
draw your attention to Fig. 4 on page 21 of the report (p.
102 of the overall
document) which is a Calendar of ICANN Public Comments. It
is astonishingly
dense and illustrates perfectly in one graphic the massive
workload of reading,
consulting and response demanded of ICANN’s stakeholders. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">The
report includes
some insightful academic research about whether<span
style="">
</span>and how people participate in policy processes that
is expressed in
wonderfully plain language:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">People
participate
if they feel strongly about something</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">If
they think they can make a difference</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Different
forms
of participation (f2f, online, written) must be acknowledged
and valued
so people can participate in ways that suit them</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">You
have to enable and support participation – i.e. timings of
calls, support to
attend physical meetings, etc. Otherwise it just won’t
happen.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:
13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">•<span style="font:7pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">“Structures
and
processes must not be alienating (for example, real-time
meetings favor
those who think quickly and are native speakers of the
language of the meeting.”
We all know this one is true!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Other
academics
have analysed and even isolated the mythical ‘sweet spot’
between participation
and the legitimacy and speed of the process. We know it
exists because they
have even drawn a graph of it. (p. 25) So, fear not, we may
yet find this
earthly paradise... </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Which
is not
meant to be at all facetious or critical. This is a useful
report that reminds
us that although we often think of ICANN as being <i
style="">sui </i>generis, we’re not the first people in
humanity to struggle
with this. In the over-used ICANN Bingo phrase, ‘we don’t
have to re-invent the
wheel.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Here
is some
interesting quantitative data they gathered on recent PDPs.
A couple have been
almost unbelievably long:</span></p>
<table class="" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:medium
none" width="303" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border:1pt solid
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">PDP</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:1pt 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:solid solid solid
none;border-color:windowtext windowtext windowtext
-moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">PDP
Initiation Date</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:1pt 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:solid solid solid
none;border-color:windowtext windowtext windowtext
-moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
src="file://localhost/Users/mariafarrell/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image002.png"
width="3" height="3"></span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">Completed?</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:1pt 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:solid solid solid
none;border-color:windowtext windowtext windowtext
-moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">Implemented?</span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:1pt 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:solid solid solid
none;border-color:windowtext windowtext windowtext
-moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"><img
moz-do-not-send="true"
src="file://localhost/Users/mariafarrell/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image004.png"
width="38" height="3"></span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US">Total length
of PDP</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Fast Flux</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2008-05-08</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">N/A</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">546</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">IRTP Part A</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2008-06-25</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">N/A</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">343</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">PEDNR</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2009-05-07</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">1745</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">IRTP Part B</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2009-06-24</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">1142</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">UDRP Lock</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2011-12-15</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">N/A</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">IRTP Part C</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2011-09-22</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">YES</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:49.6pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="50">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:63.8pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="64">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">547</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="">
<td style="width:69.2pt;border-width:medium 1pt
1pt;border-style:none solid
solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt" width="69">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Thick WHOIS</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:77.95pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="78">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2012-03-14</span><span
style="font-family:Times" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
</td>
<td style="width:42.55pt;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt
medium;border-style:none solid solid
none;border-color:-moz-use-text-color windowtext
windowtext -moz-use-text-color;padding:0cm 5.4pt"
width="43">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">N/A</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">IGO-INGO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">2012-10-17</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">N/A</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">IRTP Part D</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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style="font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">NO</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">How
do people
find out about and then get involved in PDPs? Not from the
GNSO website,
unfortunately, but mostly it seems from being on mailing
lists or being
contacted (and also through the overall ICANN website): </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">“The
questionnaire found that ICANN meetings and mailing lists
were the most popular
sources of information about PDPs (Figure 11), with 90
percent and 80 percent,
respectively, of respondents saying they were their sources
of information
about PDPs. <u>In contrast, other ICANN websites (for
example, the GNSO, and
other SO and AC websites) and external websites were the
least popular sources
of information about PDPs</u>.” (my underlining)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">This
means we’re
only getting new participants from among the small pool of
people we – as
individuals and constituencies – are already in touch with.
<b style="">Can we do better on informing people and
drumming
up participation via the GNSO website or in other ways?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b style=""><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Public
comments</span></b><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US"> –
fewer from individuals than a few years ago, and
more from groups already in the process (constituencies,
etc.) and also from
outside organisations, typically companies or trade
associations. So, on the
face of it, some improvement in the numbers of organisations
getting involved
in commenting. Is it a problem that we have fewer
individuals commenting? Maybe
it’s a sign of a maturing model, but are we at risk of
losing enthusiasm and
expertise?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Fig.
19 on page
40 of the report is <i style="">horrifying</i>. It
shows that on our most recent PDPs – Fast flux, IRTP Part C,
PEDNR, Thick
Whois, IGO-INGO, IRTP Part B and UDRP Lock – we had ZERO
input from the
entirety of Asia Pacific, Latin America / Caribbean and the
continent of
Africa. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">(Jonathan
mentioned
on the last Council call that the GNSO should, in part, look
at doing
important, valuable and compelling work – should we look
harder at prioritizing
and working on issues of importance to non-North America /
European players?)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">On
the plus side,
60% of interviewees thought the public comments part of the
PDP is accountable
and transparent. Though about half of people thought this
part of the process
was effective – can we as a Council do more to discuss the
substantive issues
raised in public comments??</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">Also
worrying, in
terms of our relevance and mandate: half of the interviewees
thought PDP
outcomes reflected the public interest and ICANN’s mandate.
Half emphatically
did not.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">On
the whole ‘PDP
takes too long’ side of things, the data uncovered are
interesting: there is a
wide variance in time taken. </span></p>
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