<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Dorothy,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">if I may respond to the questions:<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-04-04 7:42 GMT+09:00 dorothy g <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dgdorothydg@gmail.com" target="_blank">dgdorothydg@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good job Farell. I am sure people will find this helpful. My first point would be most people will not read long comments. A few staffers have no choice but to read them and summarize them. Our goal should be to be succinct. This usually takes more effort but it should help us to be clear and less subject to misinterpretation. We should also avoid emotional statements (in general).<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>staff will summarize all comments in report within few weeks from the the closure of public comment. to be honest, I don't have strong opinion about having passionate comments or not because at the end all comments are summarize and consolidate, so tone may not important. The WG members will review the summary and decide based on all comments to make revision to report or not (it depends of the stage, it is easier to influence a initial report than a final report) . I think the length may be correlated to the length of report itself and its complexity (how many areas it covers e.g. the budget and operation plan). Few recommendations won't raise so much comments but if we have around 20 or more recommendations , we should expect longer response as we may even propose change on wording or go into (devil) details. I guess at the end we will have to find balance and from previous comments submitted by NCSG, few were long (budget, CCT-RT )</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>My next question would be, how do we evaluate the effectiveness of a public comment? How often are our concerns taken into account in final decision making? In drafting comments we need to understand the policy context and mindset of the eventual decision makers.<br><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>short answer: it depends.</div><div>Public comment is a tool and milestone within a whole process and long lifecycle. If we assume different levels of effectiveness, I would say the best is to have active members of WG from the beginning and volunteering to be penholder within a subgroup, that ensures that we can steer and shape discussion. They can influence the process from inside and public comment can helpful for them to push in some direction and support their position.</div><div> </div><div>that is why we encourage and try to be present in all working groups (PDP or CCWG) and worked to some extent like in CCWG accountability. those members can also ensure that our comments are reviewed and considered in the recommendations revisions. They also can support for drafting comments and guide other volunteers. we usually found more issues to respond to comment where we dont have coverage or not really PDP process. there are other public consultations initated by staff and ICANN as organization and so the public comment is the only mean to input and influence the process.</div><div><br></div><div>I usually check the staff report and amiling list archives to check if our comments were considered but we need better follow-up maybe from the drafters and/or members of WGs in particular for the comments review in WG deliberations.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div> </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:03 PM, Farell FOLLY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" target="_blank">farell@benin2point0.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>Following The NCUC Policy and Public Comment Writing Course I participated in in San Juan, I committed to suggest a few guidelines to guide people who will volunteer to draft public comments in the future. It can also helps us within the PC to quickly assess a document by using a common framework. Most of the contents derived from the course which was very appreciated by all the participants.</div><div><br></div><div>Please see the document <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1-Kuw_nS6uul7f3P-z6C3EopU8s3QP_BZhS0PRnm0o/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> </div><div><ol><li>The first page briefly outlines the key point to focus on while drafting a comment : Feel free to comment or make any suggestion that can help improve it.</li><li>The second page is intended to help the new drafter start writing a comment by answering the questions directly : feel free to add more questions or modify the existing ones.</li></ol></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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