January 2017 - Gnso-igo-ingo-crp

Initial Report has been published for public comment
by Mary Wong Feb. 21, 2017

Feb. 21, 2017

Dear all, Steve and I are pleased to inform you that our Initial Report has now been published on the ICANN website for public comment: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/igo-ingo-crp-access-initial-2017-01-2…. The public comment period will close on 1 March 2017 and, as noted previously, we will plan to hold an open community session at ICANN58 between 11-16 March to discuss and receive further community feedback on our preliminary recommendations. In addition, our co-chairs, Phil and Petter, will be conducting a webinar to present the recommendations to the community within the next two weeks, possibly on 7 February 2017. Please feel free to circulate this announcement and our report so that we can obtain as much feedback as we can on the preliminary recommendations. Thank you all for all the work that you have put into this PDP! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org Telephone: +1-603-5744889

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Webinar -- Tuesday February 7, 2017 @ 1400 UTC
by George Kirikos Jan. 28, 2017

Jan. 28, 2017

ICANN announced the webinar today: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-01-27-en for Tuesday February 7, 2017 at 1400 UTC, and there's a link to a Google Form in order to sign up for it (I wasn't sure if members of this PDP are automatically signed up for the webinar, so I went ahead and reserved a spot for myself). Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/

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ICANN Policy staff Workshop 23 - 27 January 2017
by Nathalie Peregrine Jan. 12, 2017

Jan. 12, 2017

Dear all, ICANN Policy staff will be holding its annual Policy Workshop in Los Angeles from Monday 23 January 2017 to Friday 27 January 2017. Staff will be replying to email requests, but there will be delays. Thank you for your understanding, GNSO SO/AC Support

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FOR FINAL REVIEW: Updated draft Initial Report
by Mary Wong Jan. 12, 2017

Jan. 12, 2017

Dear Working Group members, Thank you for your eagle eyes and helpful comments on the last draft of our Initial Report, last circulated in December 2016. Staff has now updated the draft with all the suggestions and comments received. The updated draft Initial Report is available for download and review on our WG wiki space, in both clean and redlined Word and PDF versions (as you prefer): https://community.icann.org/x/ZwG4Aw. Please note that there are likely to be some remaining formatting and typographical errors that staff has not yet caught in this version; we will of course be sure to review the final document carefully prior to publishing for public comment. Please note also that we have added in the latest WG Charter (as amended by the GNSO Council in April 2015) and new Annexes (per Phil’s suggestion) that show the full text of the IGO Small Group Proposal and compilation of GAC advice on the topic since 2012. We have also restored the footnote numbering in Professor Swaine’s memo and added in a list of WG members. As agreed on our last call, please let us know if you spot any significant errors or omissions by next Friday 13 January 2017. Following that date, staff will do one last pass through the document and prepare it for publication for public comment, early the following week (week beginning 16 January 2017). With a 40-day comment period, this means that the public comment forum will close at the end of February, in time for ICANN58. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org Telephone: +1-603-5744889

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