Hello All, Here is an excerpt of the General Counsel's opinion: General Counsel's opinion: The General Counsel's opinion is that the development of policies relating to ICANN's introduction of IDN gTLDs is within the scope of the GNSO and the ICANN policy development process. The General Counsel notes that care will need to be taken to ensure that any PDP on IDNs stays narrowly focused on discrete gTLD policy questions in line with the limited intended ambit of the policy development process as set forth in the ICANN Bylaws <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#AnnexA>, and does not become over-broad and begin to encompass more questions than can be successfully answered in one policy development process. The General Counsel's office will continue to work closely with ICANN's policy development staff and the GNSO on the appropriate scope of the PDP as work on IDNs evolves and additional specific policy development tasks are defined. Regards, Bruce