We didn't talk about providing a summary, but here's my take on it: It is accurate to say that there was support for not changing the motion. (I did not agree on several points, but ultimately decided that it was necessary to agree to disagree given my singular status on these points.) Only comments raised by participants were discussed. There was no systematic effort to track the public comment summary provided by staff. Comments that Council should define or delineate "exceptional circumstances" and "regularly" or should instruct Staff to do so in implementation were not acted upon on the ground that doing so would cause delay in action on motion and that review period could be relied upon to disclose abuses. Comments that "exceptional circumstances" information should be publicly disclosed were not acted upon on the ground that that information is the business of only the relevant registry, registrar, and ICANN staff, and that review period can be relied upon to disclose abuses. Comments that a timeframe for implementation should be added were not acted upon on the ground that implementation is beyond scope. There was general agreement that implementation should occur in a reasonable time. Extensive discussion about whether Council should include in motion provision regarding budget mechanism. General agreement that should be included in motion, but follow on motion may be appropriate. As best I could determine, I was the only who supported budget mechanism in addition to policy. Out of concern that the team would later be accused of ignoring public comment, I started a discussion on the fact that a number of comments had called for elimination of the AGP or indicated that elimination was the preferred mechanism. My personal view is that these comments were not given the consideration they warrant. -----Original Message----- From: owner-gnso-dt-wg@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-dt-wg@icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:01 AM To: gnso-dt-wg@icann.org Cc: Council GNSO Subject: Re: [gnso-dt-wg] FW: Summary of public comments on a draft GNSO Council resolution to curb domain tasting Hi, I am wondering whether the DT is going to go through all the comments and include an initial response to them in their report to the council or whether the council itself will approach then raw at the council meeting. I am fine either way, though I think having the DT do the first pass a responding to all comments will facilitate the work and give a better perspective. I want to make sure that in our deliberations we cover all of the possibilities and issues mentioned in the public comments, including those that are not direct comments on the motion before the council or the proposals before the Registry Services Evaluation Process. I.e. we should discuss not only modification to the AGP but must make sure we cover in our discussions the proposal to eliminate the AGP. We also need to make sure we understand the implications of the current motion on the proposal before the Registry Services Evaluation Process and the Board resolution (2008.01.04) to investigate using ICANN's budgetary process to control DT through the introduction of fees . thanks a.