[council] Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on New Permanent Charter of GNSO's Commercial Stakeholder Group

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-02dec10-en.htm
Public Comment: Community Comment Invited on New Permanent Charter of GNSO's 
Commercial Stakeholder Group

2 December 2010

The Constituencies of the GNSO's Commercial Stakeholder Group (CSG) have 
informed ICANN Staff that they have ratified a permanent CSG charter document.

Consistent with the Board's oversight authority regarding GNSO Stakeholder 
Group Charters (see ICANN Bylaws Article X, Section 5 (3)), the Staff has 
opened a public comment forum to seek community comments on the new permanent 
charter document.

A copy of the new CSG Charter document ratified by the Commercial and Business, 
Intellectual Property and Internet Service and Connection Providers 
Constituencies can be found at - 
http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/csg-revised-charter-30nov10-en.pdf [PDF, 301 
KB]

All members of the ICANN community are invited to review the document and share 
comments and observations with the Board and the wider community through 23 
January 2011.
Background and Explanation:

As part of the comprehensive GNSO Improvements effort, last July the ICANN 
Board approved (see ICANN Board Resolution 2009.30.07.09) the Charters of four 
new GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs). These SG structures represented a new 
concept for the GNSO that was envisioned by the Board Governance Committee GNSO 
Review Working Group On GNSO Improvements (BGC WG -see the BGC WG's February 
2008 Report here [PDF, 193 KB]).

The Charter approved for the CSG last July was termed a "transitional" charter 
[PDF, 32 KB]. Sections 3 and 8.2 of that transitional charter anticipated 
future CSG efforts to establish a permanent "final' charter document. The 
Constituencies of the CSG (Commercial and Business, Intellectual Property and 
Internet Service and Connection Providers) have informed ICANN Staff that they 
have now ratified a permanent charter document.
The Process From Here:

At the end of this public comment forum period, the ICANN Staff will provide a 
summary/analysis of the comments submitted regarding the CSG Charter. That 
summary/analysis will be shared with the community and the Board. The Board 
will subsequently take action regarding the charter document consistent with 
its GNSO SG oversight authority.
Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

The Staff is opening a public consultation forum through 23 January 2011, and 
invites community comments on this topic.

The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201101-en.htm#csg-permanent-charter

To submit comments: csg-permanent-charter@xxxxxxxxx

To view (and consider responding) to the comments of others: 
http://forum.icann.org/lists/csg-permanent-charter/

Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org