[council] Cairo Public Forum Response Published

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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-15dec08-en.htm
Cairo Public Forum Response Published

15 December 2008

A summary and response to questions raised at the public forum in Cairo has 
been published (see below for links).

The response seeks to capture the comments made during the public forum and, 
where possible, provide answers to questions raised. Input has been split into 
three areas - comments, questions and suggestions - and split up according to 
subject.

It also comes with the following foreword from Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush.

Note from the Chairman:

One of the most significant features of ICANN meetings is the Public Forum, 
where members of the ICANN community are able to present their views on issues 
of concern to them to the ICANN Board, in public session. The fact that we 
rotate meetings through each of the geographic sectors of the world enhances 
the opportunity that people from every region to present their views to the 
ICANN Board, in the presence of Staff and the whole ICANN community.

As a long-time participant from the floor presenting views, in my case from the 
ccTLD community, I am well aware of the time, effort and expense that goes into 
the preparation of such statements. As a board member, I have valued hearing 
those submissions, from individuals, governments and constituencies. I am 
determined as Chair to continue this tradition, and to maximise the 
opportunities for information sharing it represents.

I have been concerned, however that we have not always captured the inputs from 
these sessions, so in Cairo I asked Staff to review the comments made in the 
open microphone sessions of the Public Forum, and to provide responses to 
comments, and answers to questions that, in the interests of hearing from 
everyone wishing to speak, were not given on the day.

Those comments and answers are given below. I hope members of the community 
find this a useful process, and one which is worth continuing, after future 
Public Forums.

Thank you to those who contributed in Cairo. Please accept the Staff invitation 
to continue to contribute through the mechanisms they identify in the paper 
below.

Peter Dengate Thrush
Chairman, ICANN
15 December 2008

Related links:

The response:
http://www.icann.org/en/participate/cairo-public-forum-response.html

The full transcript of the public forum:
http://www.icann.org/en/participate/cairo-public-forum-transcript.html

The response as a PDF file:
http://www.icann.org/en/participate/cairo-public-forum-response.pdf [PDF, 233K]

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