Hi Amr, Thanks for your question. I don¹t think the principles would necessarily become part of the Bylaws, but I guess it would be possible that a reference would be included to these principles if deemed appropriate? As the GNSO Council resolution was worded, it foresees that the Board following adoption would direct ICANN Staff to follow these guidelines - it may not need more than that? However, it is definitely something I will flag in the preparation of the materials for the Board as something that may require further thought. Best regards, Marika On 15/07/15 14:08, "owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of Amr Elsadr" <owner-council@gnso.icann.org on behalf of aelsadr@egyptig.org> wrote:

Hi,

Thank you very much for this, Marika. While we¹re on the topic, I have a question that I¹m hoping you can help me figure out an answer to. Apart from the processes the GNSO Council recommended be created, how would adoption of the various principles detailed in the policy and implementation working group final report take place (in the event that the ICANN board votes in favour of adopting them)? Would these be reflected by changes in the ICANN bylaws?

Thanks again.

Amr

On Jul 14, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> wrote:

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Dear All,

For your information, per the GNSO Council¹s resolution of Buenos Aires (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#20150624-2), an updated version of the GNSO Operating Procedures has been posted and is now in effect (see GNSO Operating Procedures v3.0). This version includes a new Annex III (see ANNEX III: Input Process Manual) that covers the GNSO Input Process and updates have been made to section 14 of the PDP manual (see ANNEX II Policy Development Process Manual) to reflect that the formation of Implementation Review Team (IRT) is mandatory following the adoption of GNSO policy recommendations by the ICANN Board, unless in exceptional circumstances the GNSO Council determines that an IRT is not required.

Best regards,

Marika