[council] Fwd: [soac-discussion] Phase II of Public Comments Process Enhancements

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Councillors,

Please see the call for input below.

Thanks,

Stéphane



Début du message réexpédié :

> De : Filiz Yilmaz <filiz.yilmaz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Objet : [soac-discussion] Phase II of Public Comments Process Enhancements
> Date : 7 septembre 2011 21:09:53 HAEC
> À : "soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx" <soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Dear ICANN Community Leaders,
> 
> Phase II of Public Comments Process Enhancements was opened for public 
> comments last week on 31 August 2011, as planned. 
> This was a milestone in the implementation plans for ATRT recommendations 15, 
> 16 and 17. 
> 
> You can find the full announcement at: 
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-31aug11-en.htm
> 
> the Public Comment box at: 
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-enhancements-ii-31aug11-en.htm
> 
> and the main report linked from these at:
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comments-process-enhancements-phase-ii-31aug11-en.pdf
> 
> 
> With this solicitation, we are seeking input from the ICANN Community on the 
> following proposed constructs.
> 
> 1) Stratification: Categorize topics to assist the community understand the 
> subject matter and inform a participation decision. 
> 
> 2) Prioritization: Assist community members in determining the importance or 
> urgency of a solicitation by providing key information.
> 
> 3) Comment/Reply Cycles: Structure the community's input process into an 
> initial period for submitting new comments followed by a separate reply 
> period during which community respondents would be able to address and rebut 
> arguments raised in opposing parties' previous comments. The proposed periods 
> are minimum 30 days, followed by another 15 days' period. 
> 
> As an initial test of this concept, at the conclusion of the initial comment 
> period (30 September) of "Phase II of Public Comments Process Enhancements", 
> and assuming that on-topic submissions have been received, the comment period 
> will be extended for an additional 15 days (15 October), introducing a 
> "Reply" cycle.
> 
> 4) Ideas on Technical Forum Improvements are also incorporated into this 
> solicitation. We believe providing a threaded discussion environment as a 
> complementary element to ATRT recommendations and to the three constructs 
> above might be useful, maximizing transparency and assisting the link in the 
> thought process between comments and corresponding replies to them. However, 
> switching to a threaded discussion environment is a big change and we want to 
> find out whether or not this is how Community wants to interact, via this 
> public solicitation. Thinking we may receive good feedback about it, we 
> already began development of a prototype Public Comment space utilizing 
> ICANN’s Confluence Wiki platform by mid-July. If we receive enough positive 
> community interest on the issue, we plan performing a limited community 
> testing on such an environment during October-November period. 
> 
> Thank you again for your support in appointing volunteers for the Focus 
> Group, who helped us by providing initial feedback on the subject matters of 
> this solicitation. Their valuable feedback is also referred and linked within 
> this the solicitation. 
> 
> 
> We hope to hear further comments from your groups on these subjects, during 
> the public comment period. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Filiz Yilmaz
> Sr Dir Participation and Engagement
> ICANN
>