<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br><br>please find below the info about the community consultation on the Global Public Interest framework. We should draft our response to the questions listed below. I will share later the details in NCSG list.<br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Rafik<div><br></div><div>===========================================================<br><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From 18 September – 18 October 2019, a community consultation is taking place on the global public interest framework proposed by the ICANN Board. In reviewing the proposal, the ICANN Board is asking the ICANN community to consider the following questions for input to the ICANN Board:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What are your thoughts on the proposed framework approach? Do you have any suggestions for how it could be improved?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What are your thoughts on the proposed approach for decisions in the ICANN ecosystem to be accompanied by a consideration of their impact on the global public interest (as well as an explanation regarding what is meant by the GPI in the specific case)?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">How do you see this working for the Supporting Organization (SO), Advisory Committee (AC), constituency, group, review team, or cross-community working group (CCWG) to which you are contributing?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The global public interest is central to many of ICANN’s primary governance documents, and the ICANN Board hopes to play a role in facilitating a bottom-up, community-driven process to develop a framework as a toolkit for the ICANN community to consider the global public interest. These considerations would not change the process by which decisions are made but could instead serve as tools for the community to reinforce the commitment to the public interest and to demonstrate how specific recommendations, advice, and public comments are in the global public interest. This includes the ICANN community guiding the ICANN Board about the public interest determination the latter must make in its decisions.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To learn more about the framework, please read the </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3D0014631p6ECz1koeg6ajMSzZrFT7DO05069BKNDJvhNpKDU-2D38mdcxCqJ1EJzj5gscgfkGfGj-2DFGI3o7d-5FcGAxvEYcLuDt-2DuNbFw7pLtAPwsOOBVyljJ-5FnOUkAdXGEq-5Fpqhnx9MAz7aDEHi3hvOaYb3gqWjXDXghZrpf0Ca1iUZzXdnGBbim2ZY09p7WU0m-2DXOMIhpn2CTVR7lR4v-2DDeX-5F4RZFHV0Vx2gnIRwJwkZKqQoiglVM4l6PG-2Df7xB-5FIkXMVwTDMtu5FHvXFhlTLLJIN5Jg-3D-3D-26c-3Dz44JySTIvEGqNJPIjwWImwF59dG21I-2DoxnM1Mz6G5PmaucLg5GaW-5Fg-3D-3D-26ch-3DFcbT1z5bmkz6UEfk6eUJehq3ywPR-5FHTaxr7BzhY6q17TcrAkO831rw-3D-3D&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=Zrm2TmioSoHmD-RVsf08eb9s33A4I2k08_uP0LOo_zA&s=Y1oSQaaaH67cndtqhCcGryOkThAU0RpFNJVzZzD0mGc&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(72,161,153)">discussion paper [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. Community feedback is welcome by <b>Friday, 18 October 2019 via email at </b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(72,161,153)"><a href="mailto:gpitoolkit@icann.org" target="_blank">gpitoolkit@icann.org</a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. After the community consultation, there will be a public session at ICANN66, followed by a Public Comment proceeding.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit: </span><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(72,161,153)"><a href="https://go.icann.org/2kMb7RB" target="_blank">https://go.icann.org/2kMb7RB</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,64,61)">.</span></p></div></div></div>