[announce] 30 APRIL 2006 Public Comment Period closes PDP-Feb06

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REMINDER: 30 APRIL 2006 closing date for the Public Comment Period and 
constituency statements on the Terms of Reference for the PDP on 
policies guiding contractual conditions for existing gTLD registry 
agreements, (PDP-Feb06)

Please submit constituency statements to the task force working list:
<pdp-pcceg-feb06[at]gnso.icann.org>

Please submit comments to: <gtld-policies-tor@xxxxxxxxx>.
Comment archives at: <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-policies-tor>.

On 2 March 2006, the GNSO Council resolved to launch a policy 
development process (PDP) on Policies for contractual conditions for 
existing gTLDs.

The Terms of Reference for this PDP are online at
< http://gnso.icann.org/issues/gtld-policies/tor-pdp-28feb06.html >.
"Public comments are invited on any of the policy issues included in the
Terms of Reference for the PDP on policies guiding contractual
conditions for existing gTLD registry agreements, notably:


1.	Registry agreement renewals
2.	Relationship between registry agreements and consensus policies
3.	Policy for price controls for registry services
4.	ICANN fees
5.	Uses of registry data
6.	Investments in development and infrastructure


Public comments are open from 7 March 2006 to 30 April 2006.

Please note that any new policies to address these issues must be
consistent with the ICANN mission and core values, thus it would be
particularly helpful if the comments are made with reference to the
ICANN mission and core values as defined in the ICANN bylaws 
http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-08apr05.htm#I

Thank you for respecting these timelines.
Kind regards,
--
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org