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Please let me know if there is any feedback from the group on this document.

thanks

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> From: "Philip Sheppard" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 31 March 2010 09:33:01 EDT
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [gnso-osc] For comment by OSC: GCOT section 5 - statements/disclosure of interest
>
> For comment - by April 16
>
> Fellow OSC members,
> please find attached a revised document for comment.
> It is section 5 of the GNSO operating procedures.
> It concerns statements of interest (SOI) and disclosure of interest (DOI).
>
> The intended difference is that an SOI refers to a member of a body whereas a
> DOI refers to an issue being discussed by a body at a moment in time.
> It is quite feasible that a specific DOI would be made by someone who has
> already made a more general SOI, should it be pertinent to the body's discussion
> at the time.
>
> My own instinct is to make this subtle distinction clearer in a revised set of
> definitions. See proposed text below.
> In the meantime may I have by April 16:
> a) your approval of the substantive content and/or
> b) your approval or proposed edit to the revised definitions below
> c) any other proposal for text changes.
>
> I would like ordinarily to work with a 10 calendar day comment period for our
> OSC reviews. I am extending this one in light of the Easter holiday celebrated
> by some members of our group.
>
> Philip
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> Proposed revised definitions (for clarity rather than substance).
>
> GNSO Group:
> a) the GNSO Council, or
> b) a work team, working group, committee or other such policy development body
> formed by and under the supervision of the GNSO Council.
>
> Relevant Party:
> An individual who participates as a member of a GNSO Group.
>
> Statement of Interest:
> Relevant to membership of the GNSO Group.
> A written statement made by a Relevant Party that provides a declaration of
> direct and indirect interests that may affect, or be perceived to affect, the
> Relevant Party's judgment, on any matters to be considered by the GNSO Group.
>
> Disclosure of Interest:
> Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time.
> A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests
> that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g.
> non-tangible
> benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or
> be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.