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Dear members,<br><br><div>ICANN org is seeking input on a <b>Community Participant Code of Conduct on SOIs and General Ethics Policy</b>. As you all know or remember, the GNSO council failed to pass a motion last year from the Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) that included a recommendation on the issue of whether there should be an exemption in the SOI for those prevented by professional ethical obligations to disclose who they are representing in a specific effort. A recommendation that the committee itself could not reach full consensus on. <br></div><div><br></div><div>During the vote, the contracted party house submitted statements against exemptions and so were we. You can read Stephanie's statement <a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2023/agenda/perrin-statement-on-ccoici-report-25oct23.pdf">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>ICANN org has put out a draft Community Participant Code of Conduct Concerning Statements of Interest which require SOIs without exemptions for public comment. Considering how involved we were on this issue, I recommend we submit a comment on it.</div><div><br></div><div> Let me know if you'd like to volunteer. Keen for us to submit early before people start disappearing for the holidays. <br></div><ol><ul><li><b>Link</b>: <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/icann-community-participant-code-of-conduct-on-sois-and-general-ethics-policy-16-10-2024">https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/icann-community-participant-code-of-conduct-on-sois-and-general-ethics-policy-16-10-2024</a></li></ul><ul><li>
<b>Deadline</b>: Closes on
02 December 2024
</li><li><b>Draft document</b>: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/194ex0JLysZ-YyF4D2c-_bobPhZGmXS6XgDigZ9sdCpQ/edit?tab=t.0">https://docs.google.com/document/d/194ex0JLysZ-YyF4D2c-_bobPhZGmXS6XgDigZ9sdCpQ/edit?tab=t.0</a></li></ul></ol>
<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>You can view all past NCSG Public comments <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2024">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmly,<br></div>Tomslin<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>