[governance] Speakers for IGF - ideas?

[Danny Younger]

Dan,

You asked:  can you clarify exactly what is done with
public comments and exactly how they can affect
policy-making at ICANN?  

With regard to public comments on new gTLDs there were
a total of 81 such comments submitted.  

During today's GNSO Council meeting the agenda called
for a review of the Final Report on the Introduction
of New Generic Top-Level Domains, followed by a review
of the public comments, followed by a vote.

After the Council finished their discussion on the
report's principles, recommendations and
implementation elements they proceeded directly to a
vote without any structured discussion of the public
comments -- the formal review of the public comments
as mandated by the agenda never happened.  

Yes, certain public comments were noted in passing
throughout the discussion, but no segment of time was
specifically set aside and used to review these
comments.

Sending your comments to ICANN's GNSO is very often
pretty much like attaching a note to a brick and
throwing it over the wall... maybe it will get read,
but don't count on it.  That's the reality.





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