Avri, Your lecture at the wee hours of your local time was very interesting. The framework has been documented and it does not matter to my mind if it is in - use of not. However, I gather that in the US, a gesture is deemed an act. I think of "soft" status of many docketed works in ICANN from this standpoint. *My very first brush with the "Public Interest" was in the context of "Public Interest Litigation" in India.* Public interest litigation [PIL] is a legal action brought in court to address matters of public or general interest, such as human rights, environmental issues, or social injustice, even if the petitioner is not directly harmed. It allows individuals or groups to file a case on behalf of a larger group or the public to seek justice, particularly for those who cannot represent themselves. I tried to read the *ICANN Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF)* in a limited time. Your talk has been of great help. For ICANN, the "global public interest" [GPI] is defined within its specific mission and primarily concerns the stability, security, and accessibility of the Internet. This includes a good measure of "technical component", I suppose. If and when the GPIF is used, "global commons" is the crux and in the "Software Defined" contexts, it is not at all easy to indict any entity. Your thoughts... Gopal T V 0 9840121302 https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545 https://www.facebook.com/gopal.tadepalli ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. T V Gopal Retired Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Retired Director, Centre for Applied Research in Indic Technologies [CARIT] College of Engineering, Guindy [CEG] Campus Anna University Chennai - 600 025, INDIA Ph : (Off) 22351723 Extn. 3340 (Res) 24454753 Home Page : http://www.annauniv.edu/staff/gopal +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM ICANN At-Large Staff via APAC-Discuss < apac-discuss@icann.org> wrote:

Dear All,

Please join us for the *APRALO Policy Forum Webinar: **“ICANN Global Public Interest Framework”, *scheduled on *Mon**day, **24 November** 2025 at 06:00 UTC* for 60 minutes.

The *ICANN Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF)* [icann-community.atlassian.net] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/downlo...> is a set of guidelines developed to help the ICANN community understand how ICANN Board decisions relate to the global public interest. It was designed to facilitate a bottom-up, multistakeholder approach to identifying the public interest in decisions, but not to change how those decisions are made. The framework underwent a pilot program - completed in October 2023 - and now offers a toolkit - *the GPIF* *Checklist* [docs.google.com] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uVOXywoow...> - for community groups to use voluntarily (see: ICANN wiki [icann-community.atlassian.net] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/twKI...> ).

Join the APRALO Policy Forum Webinar on *24 November 2025 at 06:00 UTC for 60 minutes*, where *Barkha Manral* will be inviting *Avri Doria*, a co-chair of ICANN’s Review of Reviews Cross Community Group (RoR CCG), co-chair of the At Large Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG) and former ICANN Board Member, to discuss the GPIF, and where participants can expect to gain an understanding of:

- The origins of the Global Public Interest Framework (GPIF): why it was developed, how it works. - How the ICANN Board has used the GPIF in its decision-making. - How the At-Large community can leverage the GPIF in its own policy and advocacy work. - Opportunities to evolve and shape the future application of the GPIF.

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Thank you.

Kind Regards,

At-Large Staff

ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community

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