All, Please find enclosed the Final Working Group Work Team report as approved by the Policy Process Steering Committee. I am also attaching for the Council's review a redline of the report that compares the Final to the Interim Report that came out prior to the Brussels meeting. The changes reflect public comments to the Interim report plus changes made as a result of questions raised by the PPSC as addressed by the Working Group Work Team. All of the constituencies/Stakeholder Groups represented on the PPSC approved the final report with the exception of the Business Constituency, who did not vote. The ALAC representative, who does not officially get a vote, also expressed his approval of the report. A non-official informal poll was taken within the PPSC as to whether we should recommend to the Council that it put the final report out for public comment before review/approval given the changes that have been made since the last time the report was out for comment. The Registries, IPC and ISP representatives believe the GNSO Council should place the report out for comment; the Registrars did not think it was necessary, but did not object; the BC did not vote; and the NCSG opposed making this recommendation to the Council (believing that the Council should decide for itself what it wanted to do). The motion I present below acknowledges receipt of report and requests that the report go out for comment (should the council elect to put it out for comment). I would be happy to answer any questions. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Motion to Acknowledge the Receipt of the GNSO Working Group Guidelines and Initiate a Public Comment Period WHEREAS, in October 2008, the GNSO Council established a framework (see GNSO Council Improvements Implementation Plan; http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implement...) for implementing the various GNSO Improvements identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2008 (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182 <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm>); WHEREAS, that framework included the formation, in January 2009, of two Steering Committees, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and thePolicy Process Steering Committee (PPSC), to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements; WHEREAS, the PPSC established two work teams, including the Working Group Work Team (WG WT), which was chartered to develop a new GNSO Working Group Model that improves inclusiveness, improves effectiveness, and improves efficiency; WHEREAS, the WG WT completed its deliberations and forwarded the GNSO Working Group Guidelines to the PPSC on 1 November 2010; WHEREAS, the PPSC reviewed and approved the GNSO Working Group Guidelines on 20 December 2010 [includelink to GNSO Working Group Guidelines once posted] and forwarded the report to the GNSO Council on 30 December 2010; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED that the GNSO Council acknowledges receipt of the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as delivered by the PPSC and directs ICANN Staff to commence a twenty-one (21) day public comment period on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. RESOLVED FURTHER that the GNSO Council shall take action on the GNSO Working Group Guidelines as soon as possible after the end of the public comment period. Jeffrey J. Neuman Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy 46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166 Office: +1.571.434.5772 Mobile: +1.202.549.5079 Fax: +1.703.738.7965 / jeff.neuman@neustar.biz<mailto:jeff.neuman@neustar.biz> / www.neustar.biz<http://www.neustar.biz/> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this e-mail message in error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and delete the original message.