[ispcp] WG: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines

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Wolf-Ulrich 

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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jan11-en.htm

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	Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on Proposed
GNSO Working Group Guidelines


	18 January 2011

	As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its
objective to improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO), the Policy Process Steering Committee
(PPSC) has now submitted to the GNSO Council the proposed GNSO Working
Group Guidelines (see
http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-1
0dec10-en.pdf [PDF, 626 KB]). Prior to considering the proposed GNSO
Working Group Guidelines, the GNSO Council is seeking your input.
Comments on the proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines
<http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-
10dec10-en.pdf>  [PDF, 626 KB] can be submitted until 8 February 2011
(see details below). Following the public comment period, the GNSO
Council will review the comments received and determine whether
additional modifications need to be made to the document or whether the
document is ready for adoption following which it will be incorporated
in the GNSO's Operating Procedures and become applicable to all new GNSO
Working Groups. 


	Background


	In the past, the GNSO decided policy mainly through small
legislative bodies called "Task Forces." Intentionally, it is moving
towards a more inclusive, representative model where key parties tackle
an issue together as a "Working Group". This Working Group Model should
become the focal point for policy development and enhance the policy
development process by making it more inclusive and representative, and
- ultimately - more effective and efficient.  

	The PPSC tasked a Working Group Work Team (WG WT) to define this
new Working Group model. The WG WT prepared a first draft that was put
out for public comment
<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-31may10-en.htm> ,
following which it reviewed the comments and modified
<https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/icann-ppsc/attachments/working_gro
up_team:20100928090126-0-24693/original/GNSO%20Working%20Group%20Guideli
nes%20-%20Including%20Comments%20-%20updated%2024%20August%202010.doc>
[DOC, 188 KB] the document accordingly. In addition, the PPSC identified
a number of issues that were subsequently addressed
<https://st.icann.org/data/workspaces/icann-ppsc/attachments/policy_proc
ess_steering_committee_ppsc:20101101171932-0-13671/original/PPSC%20Comme
nts%20%252B%20WG%20WT%20Response%20-%2014%20October%202010.doc>  [DOC,
48 KB] by the WG WT. 

	The proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the
PPSC, bring together all the different elements of the Working Group
process; it addresses what should be considered in creating, chartering,
staffing, and instructing/guiding a WG to accomplish the desired
outcome, and; secondly, what guidance should be provided to a WG on
elements such as structure, decision-making, tasking, reporting, and
delivering the outcome(s) as chartered. 


	Background documents / links


	*	GNSO Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the PPSC
<http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-
10dec10-en.pdf>  [PDF, 626 KB] 
	*	The GNSO Improvements Web Site
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/>  
	*	PPSC Workspace
<https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?policy_process_steering_commi
ttee_ppsc>  
	*	WG WT Workspace
<https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?working_group_team>  

	Staff responsible: Marika Konings 


	Deadline and how to submit comments


	Comments are welcome via e-mail to gnso-wg-guidelines@xxxxxxxxx
until 8 February 2011. 

	Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be
posted can be found at
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201102-en.htm#gnso
-wg-guidelines.

	An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at
http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/. 



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