Summary

Board directs the CEO to extend the Public Comment Forum on the Proposed Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies.

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Whereas, in June 2008, the ICANN Board of Directors endorsed a series of recommendations concerning how to improve the GNSO's structures and operations and those improvements included recommendations endorsed by the Board to clarify and promote the option to self-form new GNSO Constituencies.

Whereas, the Board directed ICANN Staff to develop and administer procedures that a prospective organizer could follow in submitting a petition to become approved as a new GNSO Constituency, and initial procedures were implemented.

Whereas, after some experience with those procedures, the Structural Improvements Committee identified opportunities for improvement to those procedures., and developed a proposed replacement "Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies."

Whereas, the SIC's proposed new process significantly modifies the original procedures and is designed to accomplish the following goals:

  1. Optimize the time and effort required to form, organize, and propose a new GNSO Constituency through prescribing a streamlined sequence of steps and associated evaluation objective, fair, and transparent criteria, and preserving opportunity for community input.
  2. Delegate more authority to each GNSO Stakeholder Group in evaluating new Constituency proposals while maintaining the Board's oversight role.
  3. Manage the entire process to a flexible, but specific and limited timeframe; and
  4. Provide a partial set of criteria for use during the periodic review of the GNSO.

Whereas, the SIC authorized staff to open a Public Consultation Forum (PCF) on the Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies to allow for community feedback. The PCF was opened on 2 February 2011 for an initial period of 30 days, within which two comments were received.

Whereas, the SIC recommends that the community would benefit from additional time to review, discuss and comment on the proposed new process, and that the PCF should be extended.

RESOLVED (2011.03.18.39), the Board directs the CEO to extend the PCF on the Proposed Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies (http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201103-en.htm#newco-process-recognition) for two additional weeks after conclusion of the ICANN Silicon Valley Public Meeting, closing 3 April 2011.

Implementation Actions

  • Extend the Public Comment Forum on the Proposed Process for Recognition of New GNSO Constituencies. 
    • Responsible entity: CEO
    • Due date: None provided
    • Completion date: March 2011

Rationale

The promotion of new GNSO Constituencies was one of the fundamental recommendations of the GNSO Review effort and an important strategy to expand participation in GNSO policy development efforts. The extension of this public consultation forum (PCF) will give community members more opportunity to submit comments on a proposal designed to improve existing processes. No budget resources will be impacted by this extension of the consultation period and further management of the PCF is within normal operational parameters. The extension of the PCF does not have any impact on the security, stability or resiliency of the DNS.

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