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Rec #	Language	Cost/Benefit (ease Ease of implementation and impact)	Cost	GNSO Capacity?	Alignment with Strategic Direction?	Dependence and impact on other groups/work?	Need for additional information?	Additional Notes
1	That the GNSO develop and monitor metrics to evaluate the ongoing effectiveness of current outreach strategies and pilot programmes with regard to GNSO Working Groups (WGs) (as noted in the WG participation recommendations under section 5.4.5).	Easy Medium Hard	Low Medium High	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate: Determine if work is being done by other groups	Needs additional development
2	That the GNSO develop and fund more targeted programmes to recruit volunteers and broaden participation in PDP WGs, given the vital role volunteers play in Working Groups and policy development.	Easy Medium Hard	Low Medium High	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:	Depends on how this impacts other funding; refine to include communications
3	That the GNSO Council reduce or remove cost barriers to volunteer participation in WGs.	Easy Medium Hard	Low Medium High	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
4	That the GNSO Council introduce non-financial rewards and recognition for volunteers.	Easy Medium Hard	Low Medium High	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
5	That, during each WG self-assessment, new members be asked how their input has been solicited and considered.	Easy Medium Hard	Low Medium High	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
6	That the GNSO record and regularly publish statistics on WG participation (including diversity statistics).	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
7	That Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and Constituencies (Cs) engage more deeply with community members whose first language is other than English, as a means to overcoming language barriers.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
8	That WGs should have an explicit role in responding to implementation issues related to policy they have developed.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
9	That a formal Working Group leadership assessment programme be developed as part of the overall training and development programme.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
10	That the GNSO Council develop criteria for WGs to engage a professional facilitator/moderator in certain situations.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
11	That the face-to-face PDP WG pilot project be assessed when completed. If the results are beneficial, guidelines should be developed and support funding made available.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
12	That ICANN assess the feasibility of providing a real-time transcripting service in audio conferences for WG meetings.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
13	That the GNSO Council evaluate and, if appropriate, pilot a technology solution (such as Loomio or similar) to facilitate wider participation in WG consensus-based decision making.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
14	That the GNSO further explores PDP ‘chunking’ and examines each potential PDP as to its feasibility for breaking into discrete stages.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
15	That the GNSO continues current PDP Improvements Project initiatives to address timeliness of the PDP.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
16	That a policy impact assessment (PIA) be included as a standard part of any policy process.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
17	That the practice of Working Group self-evaluation be incorporated into the policy development process; and that these evaluations should be published and used as a basis for continual process improvement in the PDP.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
18	That the GNSO Council evaluate post implementation policy effectiveness on an ongoing basis (rather than periodically as stated in the current GNSO Operating Procedures); and that these evaluations are analysed by the GNSO Council to monitor and improve the drafting and scope of future PDP Charters and facilitate the effectiveness of GNSO policy outcomes over time.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
19	As strategic manager rather than a policy body the GNSO Council should continue to focus on ensuring that a WG has been properly constituted, has thoroughly fulfilled the terms of its charter and has followed due process.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
20	That the GNSO Council should review annually ICANN’s Strategic Objectives with a view to planning future policy development that strikes a balance between ICANN’s Strategic Objectives and the GNSO resources available for policy development.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
21	That the GNSO Council should regularly undertake or commission analysis of trends in gTLDs in order to forecast likely requirements for policy and to ensure those affected are well-represented in the policy-making process.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
22	That the GNSO Council develop a competency-based framework, which its members should utilise to identify development needs and opportunities.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
23	In order to support ICANN's multi-stakeholder model, all Cs should have seats on the GNSO Council, allocated equally (as far as numerically practicable) by their SGs.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
24	That the GNSO Council and SGs and Cs adhere to the published process for applications for new Constituencies. That the ICANN Board in assessing an application satisfy itself that all parties have followed the published process, subject to which the default outcome is that a new Constituency is admitted. That all applications for new Constituencies, including historic applications, be published on the ICANN website with full transparency of decision-making.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
25	That the GNSO Council commission the development of, and implement, guidelines to provide assistance for groups wishing to establish a new Constituency.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
26	That GNSO Council members, Executive Committee members of SGs and Cs and members of WGs complete and maintain a current, comprehensive SOI on the GNSO website. Where individuals represent bodies or clients, this information is to be posted. If not posted because of client confidentiality, the participant’s interest or position must be disclosed. Failing either of these, the individual not be permitted to participate.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
27	That the GNSO establish and maintain a centralised publicly available list of members and individual participants of every Constituency and Stakeholder Group (with a link to the individual’s SOI where one is required and posted).	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
28	That section 6.1.2 of the GNSO Operating Procedures be revised, as shown in Appendix 6, to clarify that key clauses are mandatory rather than advisory, and to institute meaningful sanctions for non-compliance where appropriate.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
29	That SOIs of GNSO Council Members and Executive Committee members of all SGs and Cs include the total number of years that person has held leadership positions in ICANN.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
30	That the GNSO develop and implement a policy for the provision of administrative support for SGs and Cs; and that SGs and Cs annually review and evaluate the effectiveness of administrative support they receive.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
31	That the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group on GAC Early Engagement in the GNSO Policy Development Process continue its two work streams as priority projects. As a part of its work it should consider how the GAC could appoint a non-binding, non-voting liaison to the WG of each relevant GNSO PDP as a means of providing timely input.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
32	That ICANN define “cultural diversity” (possibly by using birth language); and regularly publish this along with geographic, gender and age group metrics, at least for the GNSO Council, SGs, Cs and WGs.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
33	That SGs, Cs and the Nominating Committee, in selecting their candidates for appointment to the GNSO Council, should aim to increase the geographic, gender and cultural diversity of its participants, as defined in ICANN Core Value 4.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
34	That PDP WGs rotate the start time of their meetings in order not to disadvantage people who wish to participate from anywhere in the world.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
35	That the GNSO Council establish a WG, whose membership specifically reflects the demographic, cultural, gender and age diversity of the Internet as a whole, to recommend to Council ways to reduce barriers to participation in the GNSO by non- English speakers and those with limited command of English.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:
36	That, when approving the formation of a PDP WG, the GNSO Council require that its membership represent as far as reasonably practicable the geographic, cultural and gender diversity of the Internet as a whole. Additionally, that when approving GNSO Policy, the ICANN Board explicitly satisfy itself that the GNSO Council undertook these actions when approving the formation of a PDP WG.	Easy Medium Hard		Yes No	Yes No	Yes No	Yes No If yes, please indicate:

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