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| *Regional manager, Africa @ ICANN, Ms Anne-Rachel Inne |
ITRealms Online recalls that the initial request for
comments on the second phase of the process enhancement ended Friday,
September, this year.
The contact person for this call at ICANN, Filiz Yilmaz,
disclosed that as an initial test of the “Reply Cycle” concept introduced
within this solicitation, the comment forum on this topic has been extended for
an additional 15 days.
During this “Reply” period, Yilmaz noted that contributors
are asked to address only previously posted comments.
“Please do not use this extension to submit new comments
about the topic. For each Reply, it will be helpful to everyone for the
contributor to cite the original poster’s name, comment date, and any
particular text that is pertinent,” Yilmaz said.
The official also said that at the conclusion of the reply
cycle, a consolidated report will incorporate both the initial comment and
subsequent reply periods.
Further, ITRealms Online recollects that ICANN staff from
the Policy Development Support Department had invited comments for the purpose
of this solicitation is to request community feedback concerning three of the
Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) recommendations that affect the way ICANN publishes and
manages Public Comments.
These recommendations, which comprised Phase II of the
Public Comments Improvement programme tend to address, stratification, which
entails categorizations topics to assist the community understand the subject
matter and inform a participation decision.
On the prioritization, ICANN staff explained that it would
assist community members in determining the importance or urgency of a
solicitation by providing key information.
While comment circles has been structured to aid the
community’s input process into an initial period for submitting new comments
followed by a separate reply period during which community respondents would be
able to address and rebut arguments raised in opposing parties’ previous
comments.
A fourth area involving, ITRealms Online gathered has to do
with the technical forum improvements is also incorporated into this
solicitation.
Current status of the phase I of the public comments
improvement initiative was completed effective 30 June 2011 and included
completely redesigned web pages, improved navigation menus, the addition of a
new Upcoming Topics page, and the development of internal Staff templates to
facilitate publication and ensure presentation consistency.
The Phase II improvements including Stratification,
Prioritization, Comment/Reply Cycles, and Technical Forum Improvements were
targeted for implementation on or before 31 December 2011.
Hence, integral to that preparation, this public comment
solicitation requests community feedback concerning planned enhancements in
these four areas.
Remmy Nweke
ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D
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