"The GNSO would like to thank the Board and the GAC for the hard work that has been done during the recent and ongoing consultations. The GNSO appreciates these efforts to bring to a close the implementation of the Policy Development Process that it approved by supermajority vote in 2007.

The GNSO is ready to help the Board and the GAC complete work on the issues that are currently before them and to provide any detail or context that may be needed during those discussions.

We wish to emphasize the importance of the bottom-up multi-stakeholder approach and request that in formulating any further changes to and new elements for the final version of the Applicant Guidebook, the Board fully consider the input provided by the GNSO.

We also ask that any resulting modifications to the Applicant Guidebook be carried out in a timely manner and the final version of that Guidebook be published as soon as possible."

Cheers

Mary