Hi Michele, Apologies for the late message. As far as a "definition" is concerned, there is no consensus on any official definition. However, from the standpoint of the context that "public interest" entails, we discussed how this relates in regards to new gTLD applications. The discussion today was centered around the Public Interest Commitments and whether or not they fulfill their purpose as being in the public interest, if they are insufficient, and how volunteer Public Interest Commitments should be applied in subsequent procedures. Also, how we should approach these from a policy perspective. Of course, nothing has been decided, but please reference the slides that were shared on the wiki today. https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/2017-06-01+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Pro... Regards, Michael Flemming On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight < michele@blacknight.com> wrote:
Michael
Public Interest is always an “interesting” topic.
Are there any working definitions of what it actually is that have been circulated?
Regards
Michele
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*From: *<gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Michael Flemming <flemming@brightsconsulting.com> *Date: *Thursday 1 June 2017 at 10:20 *To: *"gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2@icann.org" <gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2@icann.org> *Subject: *[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt2] Agenda for WT2 Meeting June 1st at 21 UTC
Dear All,
I hope you are doing well. This is the agenda for our call today at 21 UTC for WT2.
This week we will be discussing the Global Public Interest and reflecting on how the Public Interest Commitments weigh in on this.
We will also be considering other aspects about how we public interest should be baked into policy.
1. Welcome 2. SOI 3. Global Public Interest 4. AOB
I look forward to discussing with everyone today.
Kind regards,
Michael Flemming