Public Comment is a vital part of our multistakeholder model. It provides a mechanism for stakeholders to have their opinions and recommendations formally and publicly documented. It is an opportunity for the ICANN community to effect change and improve policies and operations.
consensus
The ALAC/At-Large is, in general, able to support the intent of the proposed recommendations on Applicant Support Guidance as currently worded by the GGP or with some altered wording.
However as the detailed polling results show, for recommendation 4, the support for ‘Support Recommendation intent with wording change’ when added to the ‘Support the Recommendation as written’ indicates support for the intent at a level of 83.8% of respondents. The value of the same bundled support for the intent of the recommendation for recommendation 5 is a lower value of 78.6% with the highest number of respondents stating ‘Significant change required: changing intent and wording’ at 13.5%. Of the 37 respondents 2 or 3 indicated ‘Do not support Recommendation’ to all 9 recommendations.