1. Text #ICANN49 Policy & Implementation Working Group Update

2. Text #ICANN49 Recent Developments Input requested from all SO/AC/SG/C Input received from ALAC and RySG Two sub-teams formed to develop working definitions & principles WG adopted proposed working definitions and is in the process of finalizing proposed working principles

3. Text #ICANN49 Recent Developments Working definitions & principles intended to facilitate WG deliberations on charter questions – will be updated at the end of the process to capture WG recommendations For review: https://community.icann.org/x/9xrRA g https://community.icann.org/x/9xrRA g

4. Text #ICANN49 Next Steps Review input received in Singapore on working definitions & principles and edit them as applicable Start deliberations on charter questions (creation of sub-teams) Target date for Initial Report - ICANN meeting in Los Angeles

5. Text #ICANN49 Sub-Teams to be created Sub-Team I Sub-Team II-III Sub-Team IV Develop criteria to determine when an issue, once identified as "policy", may be appropriately addressed outside a formal PDP (e.g. Through Policy Guidance) & Develop a process for addressing such issues outside the formal PDP Develop criteria to determine when an action should be addressed through a policy process (whether through a PDP or as Policy Guidance) and when it should be considered implementation & Develop a framework for discussing implementation issues associated with GNSO policy recommendations Develop more explicit guidelines as to how GNSO Implementation Review Teams (as defined in the GNSO PDP Manual) should function and operate

6. Text #ICANN49 Questions

7. Text #ICANN49 Annex

8. Text #ICANN49 GNSO agreed to create a DT in Beijing to develop a charter for a Working Group to address issues that have been raised in the context of the recent discussions on policy & implementation that affect the GNSO DT was formed and started its discussions on 10 June Proposed charter submitted to GNSO Council for consideration on 5 July and approved on 17 July 2013 Background

9. Text #ICANN49 Charter WG tasked to provide recommendations on: 1. A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy and implementation related discussions, taking into account existing GNSO Operating Procedures. 2. A process for developing gTLD policy, perhaps in the form of “Policy Guidance”, including criteria for when it would be appropriate to use such a process (for developing policy other than “Consensus Policy”) instead of a GNSO Policy Development Process; 3. A framework for implementation related discussions associated with GNSO Policy Recommendations; 4. Criteria to be used to determine when an action should be addressed by a policy process and when it should be considered implementation, and; 5. Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams, as defined in the PDP Manual, are expected to function and operate.

10. Text #ICANN49 Further Information WG Workspace - https://community.icann.org/x/y1 V-Ag https://community.icann.org/x/y1 V-Ag Project info - http://gnso.icann.org/en/group- activities/active/policy- implementation http://gnso.icann.org/en/group- activities/active/policy- implementation

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