[ALAC] ICANN blog: Sharing a Plan for Public Comment Improvements

[Carlton Samuels]

IMHO, what is most important here is that analysis of comments received.
 That output would be a very important element to determine a definitive
overall -meaning global - view of the subject matter. And the best
opportunity to 'game' and/or channelize.

Carlton


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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
wrote:

> Dear Dev,
>
> if they're following the ATRT2 recommendations, they're testing out
> different methods so we'll see how they work/don't work for the ALAC. It
> is for 6 months after all?
> Kind regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 13/06/2014 01:48, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
> > The 40 day minimum comment period and the standardised schedule for
> opening
> > public comments are good improvements. Not so sure about the reply
> comment
> > phase.
> >
> > Dev Anand
> >
> >
> > "The immediate improvements to be implemented after the London meeting
> > include:
> >
> > The reply comment phase of public comment forums will be eliminated. Data
> > evaluation and community feedback confirm that this experiment inspired
> by
> > the ATRT1 recommendations has not been effective.
> >
> > Staff will establish a standardized schedule for the opening of future
> > public comment periods at regular intervals. We intend to open public
> > comment periods on an established monthly schedule - likely two times a
> > month (e.g., first Monday and third Monday of every month). It is hoped
> > that this will enable the various ICANN communities and their members to
> > better organize their work.
> >
> > Expectations will be established and enforced among ICANN staff to ensure
> > prompt creation of post-public comment period summary reports. Compliance
> > with these new processes will be rigorously managed and metrics recorded.
> >
> > A process for community complaints about summary report content and
> > mechanisms for corrections will be instituted.
> >
> > ICANN will return to a minimum comment period format. For the next six
> > months (after the new processes are implemented) the default minimum
> > comment period will be 40 days."
> >
> > Read
> >
> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/sharing-a-plan-for-public-comment-improvements
> >
> > for the full text.
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> --
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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