Hi,

The doodle poll results can be found at:  http://is.gd/VWqRsM

We had a tie for first choice, with 20 votes each, between:

1.   How does the increase role of the GAC affect the multistakeholder balance.
3.   New Constituency Process and the NCSG charter

In third place, with 15 votes, we had:

8. ICANN engagement with developing and transitional countries

The other votes were: 

4.   Trademark Issues  (14 votes)
2.  Cross Community Working Groups (11 votes)
5.   Board Staff Papers: Transparency and Accountability (8 votes)
7.   GNSO 'Improvements" and Restructuring (2 votes)
6.  DNS-CERT plans (0 votes)

And unfortunately I forgot to include the option offered by DeeDee

ICANN's commitment to transparency and accountability is emphasized in its foundational documents

I have included the current text of the selected topics.  thanks to those who took the time to participate in the poll.

Please send comments on how the text can be improved over the next 2 days.  I will float the draftI am planning to send the Board on Sunday and will plan on sending it in Monday morning UTC.


1.   How does the increase role of the GAC affect the multistakeholder balance.

- How does the Board weighs GAC advice in relation to  GNSO recommendations, the CWG work and community comment on the implementation in the by-laws mandated process.  
- How well does the current GAC model mesh with the ICANN bottom-up, multistakeholder policy development processes?  
- Are there any specific areas of tension between the two, and if so how can these be managed?  
- What specific steps could be taken to promote better communication & coordination, given GAC's professed constraints with respect to collective and individual government participation in multistakeholder processes?  Can the Board see government representatives becoming more integrated in this model? If so, how?

3.   New Constituency Process and the NCSG charter

While understanding that the NCSG Stakeholder Group charter is waiting on the approval of the standardized New  Constituency process recommended by the Structural Improvements Committee, we would like to understand what issues, if any, may be blocking Board approval of both the New Constituency Process and the NCSG Stakeholder Group charter.

8. ICANN engagement with developing and transitional countries

How can ICANN enhance its engagement with developing and transitional countries?  What procedural/institutional improvements could be envisioned to increase the effective participation of governments and other stakeholders from these countries?  How can we increase the development-sensitivity of ICANN policy outputs, including but not only with respect to new gTLD applicant support?