A vital part of ICANN’s processes is the opportunity for there to be public comment on each substantial piece of work before it is put forward for final approval. This is an archive of one month’s public comment periods, arranged according to the month in which the comment period was closed.
Each box below provides a brief explanation of what the comment period hoped to achieve, as well as: links to relevant reports and/or webpages; a link to the official announcement of the comment period; a link to where all existing comments can be found; and an email link for anyone that wished to send in a comment. A “summary/analysis” objectively reviews the comments.
| Forums Closing This Month | Public Comment | Archived Forums |
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2009 |
Closed Forums
| Bylaw Amendments Related to Restructuring of the GNSO Council (Version 2) | |||||
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Explanation/Background: Implementation of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Review/Improvements process requires the amendment of a substantial number of the ICANN Bylaws to reflect new GNSO structures, processes and mechanisms. In particular, a specific package of draft Bylaws and additional Staff recommendations has been developed for Public review and comment so that the ICANN Board can move forward with Bylaw amendments to seat the new GNSO Council by the annual ICANN meeting in Seoul, Korea. Approving the Bylaws amendments is a key step toward seating a newly structured Council consistent with the recommendations of the ICANN Board Governance Committee. An initial set of Bylaws amendments (Version 1) were posted for public comment on 30 June 2009, reflecting the work product of a GNSO Council Restructure Drafting Team (consisting of the entire GNSO Council and additional GNSO community members), and additional Staff recommendations. The Bylaw Amendments (Version 2) [PDF, 256K] being posted for public comment today are based upon the 30 June 2009 initial version and include additional amendments that reflect guidance received by Staff from the Board’s Structural Improvements Committee (SIC) as well as other issues identified by Staff in its efforts to develop Bylaws that are internally consistent and conform to the principles of the BGC Report. The package consists of three documents. • The first document is a side-by-side comparison showing the existing Bylaws, revised and redlined in the left column, and clean text (Version 2) in the right column: http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaw-amendments-comparison-31jul09-en.pdf [PDF, 256K] • The second document identifies the key differences between the draft Bylaws developed by the GNSO through its Restructure Drafting Team and this Version 2 text: http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaw-amendments-notes-comments-03aug09-en.pdf [PDF, 76K] • The third document is additional background and explanation of Staff’s rationale for certain proposed amendments included in Version 2: http://www.icann.org/en/general/proposed-gnso-council-bylaw-amendments-explanation03aug09-en.pdf [PDF, 76K] Staff Responsible: Robert Hoggarth Deadline and How to Submit Comments: The Staff is opening a 21-day public consultation forum, from 3 August 2009 through 24 August 2009, and invites community comments on this topic. To submit comments: Comments on the document are welcome via email at gnso-council-draft2@icann.org. This public forum will be open through 23 August 2009. To view comments: An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-council-draft2/. For a copy of the public Announcement of this forum please see http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/en/announcements/announcement-03aug09-en.htm. That Announcement provides inks to a number of documents that give some useful context and background regarding the issues in this forum. |
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| Staff member responsible: Robert Hoggarth | |||||
| Proposed ICANN Meeting Dates 2011 - 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Explanation:While ICANN continues to examine the overall structure of its meeting dates and geographic rotation, it is important to move forward with future planning. In an effort to secure the dates for ICANN meetings through 2013, Staff recommendations have been developed for Public review and comment. Approving the meeting dates is important to prevent conflicts with other community events and to allow all participants sufficient time to plan their travel and attendance. The proposed dates below have been selected based on careful avoidance of important holidays, celebrations, and observances around the globe. Similarly, every effort was made to identify and prevent scheduling conflicts with other community events. ICANN will not be able to accommodate every request for a date change. However, in an effort to be fully cognizant of holidays and occasions from countries and religions around the world, we’d like to provide an opportunity for comment so the ICANN Public Participation Committee of the Board can move forward with approving the dates. Deadline and How to Submit Comments: The Staff is opening a 30-day public comment forum, from 13 July 2009 through 14 August 2009, and invites community comments on this topic. To submit comments: Comments are welcome via email to proposed-meeting-dates@icann.org. This public forum will be open through 14 August 2009. To view comments: An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/proposed-meeting-dates. |
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| Staff member responsible: Tanzanica King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Modification of UDRP Rules | |||||
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Explanation: The implementation rules for the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) document the procedures for the implementation of UDRP proceedings (http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm). ICANN has received a proposal from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) regarding suggested changes to the implementation rules to allow for a paperless UDRP proceeding, or “eUDRP.” WIPO does not propose any changes to the UDRP itself. The WIPO proposal [PDF, 13K] includes an explanation for WIPO’s proposal, as well as a redline of the proposed rule changes. WIPO’s proposal is being posted for public comment for 30 days to ensure broad community input. Feedback received will be considered in the evaluation of the need to modify the implementation rules to give effect to the specific purpose proposed. Note: The proposal also includes sections relating to proposed changes to WIPO’s supplemental rules for the administration of UDRP proceedings. The public comment forum is not intended to address the supplemental rules change issues. Comments regarding WIPO’s proposed amendments to the implementation rules maybe submitted by email to: eudrp@icann.org through 12 August 2009. |
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| Staff member responsible: Tim Cole | |||||
| Bylaw Amendment Related to Organizational Review Cycles | |||||
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Explanation: In its present formulation, the Section 4 of Art. IV of Bylaws contains provision for a three-year period between each consecutive review of the same key structure of ICANN. Based on the experiences made during the first cycle of Organizational Reviews, the Structural Improvements Committee of the Board considers that a modification of Section 4 of Art. IV of the Bylaws is needed in order to:
The whole chapter 2 of the Section 4 of Article IV –containing a calendar of the first planned reviews- is furthermore removed from the proposed reformulation, because it is obsolete. Public comments are invited to the proposed version of the amended Section 4 of Art. IV of the Bylaws [PDF, 72K]; the attached version contains the present text of the Section 4 of Art. IV of the Bylaws, a redline version of its proposed reformulation, and a clean version of it. |
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| Staff member responsible: Marco Lorenzoni | |||||