All:
Here's the latest development in the GNSO Review. Apparently Carlos
would prefer that I review it? As you see we cannot circulate even the
limited sections of the report we are allowed to review. But this does
indicate that the final report should be forthcoming soon.

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From: Dunleavy,P 
Sent: 27 August 2006 16:35
To: constituency contacts
Cc: 
Subject: Fact checking of GSO Review report sections by constituencies

Dear Colleagues.

I am writing to you in your role as designated Constituency Leader
within GNSO to seek your assistance with final fact-checking for the
GNSO Review. We are very grateful for all the assitance and information
that your constituency has already provided to us, which has materially
enhanced the value of the report. Before the final report becomes
public, we would like to give each constituency a chance to look over
the relevant sections of the report relating to them, so as to  check
for factual accuracy. I assume that you will be the designated
representative/s unless we receive immediate notice of another point of
contact. I very much
hope that you will be able to help us with this final factual check.

I am afraid that we are only allowed to send you at this stage
sections
of the report that relate to your constituency. Please could you also
respond only with specific editing changes or suggested alternative
forms of wording if you identify things that you believe are factually
incorrect. Please note that at this stage general comments are not
very
useable and that if you believe something is incorrect we would much
rather get from you a specific statement that you believe is
completely
accurate to replace the problematic text. Brief explanatory comments
supporting alternative wording suggestions are also useful.There will
also be some comparative charts and tables, and here please note that
we
are unable to take into account comments about other constituencies
(or
about the main themes of the report, which will largely not be covered
in the sections that you see).

We will be sending you (or your nominated representatives) this
material
on 29 August. Plese could any comments be emailed back to us no later
than 5 September. We will respond to comments within two days of
receipt. It would also be useful to have a contact phone number for the
person 
originating the comments in case we need more clarification on any
suggested change or comment.

Lastly, we would strongly ask that the sections of the report provided
to you should be treated as this stage as completely confidential.
Please do not circulate the sections of the report to other members
since this might create a misleading impression of what the review as
a
whole is about.

Thank you in advance for your help and please accept my apologies for
this being anotified to you at short notice. 

Best wishes,

 

Patrick Dunleavy 

Professor of Political Science and Public Policy 

London School of Economics and Political Science,

Chair, LSE Public Policy Group