Yes we do!  That is a weird setup.  And there is a continuing committee 
of board/GNSO members who will have some kind of role ....
Stephanie Perrin

On 2015-07-20 4:31, PeterGreen wrote:
> Hi Amr，
>
> I am curious that you mention that the PDP was initiated by the ICANN 
> Board, rather than the GNSO Council, and that the GNSO Council cannot 
> reject it.
>
> For my understanding, that means the PDP was not initated in a 
> bottom-up multi-stakeholder manner.
> Does anyone care about this?
>
> Best Regards
> Peter
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:31:43 +0200
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Next-Generation gTLD Registration 
> Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi,
>
> So it’s finally here. A preliminary issues report kicking off the 
> policy development process (PDP) for the post Expert Working Group on 
> next generation gTLD registration directory services (aka WHOIS EWG).
>
> This is a PDP that I suspect will keep the NCSG (and other groups 
> within the ICANN community) quite busy over the next couple of years. 
> The deadline to submit a comment on the preliminary issues report is 
> September 6th.
>
> For those who are interested, but not familiar with the GNSO PDP 
> cycle, you can learn more about it here: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/basics/consensus-policy/pdp
>
> Note…, this PDP was initiated by the ICANN Board, not the GNSO 
> Council. This means that after a final issues report is published, the 
> GNSO Council cannot reject it. It will have to proceed to a PDP 
> working group.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
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>         Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to
>         Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report
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>     13 July 2015
>     *Forum Announcement:* 	Comment Period Opens on 	*Date:* 	13 July 2015
>     *Categories/Tags:* 	Policy Processes; Contracted Party Agreements;
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>     community input on the new Preliminary Issue Report concerning
>     Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services (RDS) to
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