The 40 day minimum comment period and the standardised schedule for opening public comments are good improvements. Not so sure about the reply comment phase. Dev Anand "The immediate improvements to be implemented after the London meeting include: The reply comment phase of public comment forums will be eliminated. Data evaluation and community feedback confirm that this experiment inspired by the ATRT1 recommendations has not been effective. Staff will establish a standardized schedule for the opening of future public comment periods at regular intervals. We intend to open public comment periods on an established monthly schedule - likely two times a month (e.g., first Monday and third Monday of every month). It is hoped that this will enable the various ICANN communities and their members to better organize their work. Expectations will be established and enforced among ICANN staff to ensure prompt creation of post-public comment period summary reports. Compliance with these new processes will be rigorously managed and metrics recorded. A process for community complaints about summary report content and mechanisms for corrections will be instituted. ICANN will return to a minimum comment period format. For the next six months (after the new processes are implemented) the default minimum comment period will be 40 days." Read https://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improvemen... for the full text.