[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] REMINDER: 30 APRIL 2006 closing date for the Public Comment Period and constituency statements on the Terms of Reference for the PDP on policies guiding contractual conditions for existing gTLD registry agreements, (PDP-Feb06) Please submit constituency statements to the task force working list: <pdp-pcceg-feb06[at]gnso.icann.org> Please submit comments to: <gtld-policies-tor@icann.org>. Comment archives at: <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-policies-tor>. On 2 March 2006, the GNSO Council resolved to launch a policy development process (PDP) on Policies for contractual conditions for existing gTLDs. The Terms of Reference for this PDP are online at < http://gnso.icann.org/issues/gtld-policies/tor-pdp-28feb06.html >. "Public comments are invited on any of the policy issues included in the Terms of Reference for the PDP on policies guiding contractual conditions for existing gTLD registry agreements, notably: 1. Registry agreement renewals 2. Relationship between registry agreements and consensus policies 3. Policy for price controls for registry services 4. ICANN fees 5. Uses of registry data 6. Investments in development and infrastructure Public comments are open from 7 March 2006 to 30 April 2006. Please note that any new policies to address these issues must be consistent with the ICANN mission and core values, thus it would be particularly helpful if the comments are made with reference to the ICANN mission and core values as defined in the ICANN bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-08apr05.htm#I Thank you for respecting these timelines. Kind regards, -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org