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'''CCT''' is the abbreviation for '''Communications and Coordination Work Team'''. The Operations Steering Committee chartered the CCT in March 2009 with a mission to enhance ~~the communication~~ within the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and increase the coordination with other ~~Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (~~ICANN) bodies, such as the Supporting Organizations of ICANN, Advisory Committees (ACs) and also the ICANN Board. ~~However, the~~ goals of CCT are not restricted to these and may change as and when required.

'''CCT''' is the abbreviation for '''Communications and Coordination Work Team'''. The Operations Steering Committee chartered the CCT in March 2009 with a mission to enhance communications within the Generic Names Supporting Organization ([[GNSO]]) and increase the coordination with other [[ICANN]] bodies, such as the [[SO|Supporting Organizations]] of ICANN, Advisory Committees (ACs) and also the ICANN Board. The goals of CCT, however, are not restricted to these and may change as and when required.

== Composition of CCT ==

The CCT comprises of participants who are ~~mostly~~ selected from the GNSO Council, GNSO constituencies and from the ICANN community as a whole. These members ~~are mostly the ones who~~ have good ~~amount~~ of ~~interests~~ and experience in the arena of communications including the expansion ~~of development~~ of online collaboration tools as well as strategies for internationalization. The CCT is composed of the following members:

The CCT comprises mostly of participants who are selected from the GNSO Council, GNSO constituencies and from the ICANN community as a whole. These members have a good level of interest and experience in the arena of communications, including the development/expansion of online collaboration tools as well as strategies for internationalization. The CCT is composed of the following members:

* Minimum of one GNSO Councilor ~~and~~ most probably two ~~Councilors~~ to ~~work as liaisons~~ between the Council and the team

* Minimum of one GNSO Councilor, most probably two, to liaison between the Council and the team

* Three Councilors to maintain separation between Council’s oversight role and team’s work

* One representative from each Constituency

* Representatives from GNSO Advisory Committee and Supporting Organizations

* Representatives from the GNSO Advisory Committee and Supporting Organizations

* Members not associated with Advisory Committee (apart from NomCom appointed Councilors) or any Constituency

* Interim Chair ~~comprising members~~ from associated ~~steering committee~~ <ref>[https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_work_team_charter st.icann.org]</ref>

* Interim Chair from an associated Steering Committee <ref>[https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_work_team_charter st.icann.org]</ref>

== Recommendations of the CCT ==

As part of their mission to enhance the communications within the GNSO the CCT came up with ~~several~~ recommendations ~~which are mentioned below~~:

As part of their mission to enhance the communications within the GNSO, the CCT came up with the following recommendations:

'''A website for GNSO:''' Creating a GNSO website with a view to provide a productive environment to support communications as well as coordination and to serve as a center for inter and intra organization communication.

'''A website for GNSO:''' Creating a GNSO website with a view to provide a productive environment to support communications as well as coordination and to serve as a center for inter- and intra-organization communication.

'''Content Sharing:''' Building a platform to share the content across the various ICANN sites. For this, it suggested that all the content should be stored in a relational database having robust tagging capabilities for greater accessibility.

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== Tactical Actions Recommended by CCT ==

The CCT ~~had~~ also recommended tactical actions as a means to contribute towards enhancing the communications within the GNSO. Some of these recommendations were as follows:

The CCT has also recommended tactical actions as a means to contribute towards enhancing the communications within the GNSO. Some of these recommendations were as follows:

'''Community Feedback Solicitation:''' The CCT recommended that ~~a lot of~~ community feedback ~~can~~ be increased by making communications accessible and intelligible. For this, it recommended various activities such as providing opportunity for the community to comment on pending GNSO policies with a higher frequency, linking of ICANN and GNSO ~~web sites~~, summarizing all ~~the~~ GNSO documents, creating an easier document search system, making localized policies consistent and others.

'''Community Feedback Solicitation:''' The CCT recommended that community feedback could be increased by making communications accessible and intelligible. For this, it recommended various activities such as providing opportunity for the community to comment on pending GNSO policies with a higher frequency, linking of ICANN and GNSO websites, summarizing all GNSO documents, creating an easier document search system, making localized policies consistent and others.

'''Board-GNSO communications:''' ~~For this~~, it recommended that the Board ~~should~~ take steps to update ~~the~~ members appointed by the GNSO about pending GNSO issues, ~~articulation of~~ near-term objectives regarding policy development and ~~co-ordination,~~ following all ~~the~~ ICANN public meetings, briefing Council and Board members about effective use of revamped GNSO ~~web site and so on.~~

'''Board-GNSO communications:''' Among other things, the CCT recommended that the Board take steps to update members appointed by the GNSO about pending GNSO issues, as well as near-term objectives regarding policy development and coordination following all ICANN public meetings. It also recommended briefing Council and Board members about effective use of the revamped GNSO website.

~~'''Cross SO/AC Communications:''' The CCT was also of the view that the GNSO would benefit heavily if there is a greater information sharing and collaboration between ACs and SOs~~.

'''~~Simplifying Complex terminology~~:''' The CCT ~~also recommended~~ that the ~~complex terms of ICANN should be simplified as it will ensure common understanding. For this, it recommended that ICANN and~~ GNSO ~~to come together~~ and ~~develop~~ and ~~support a dictionary that would help to know the ICANN and GNSO acronyms~~.

'''Cross SO/AC Communications:''' The CCT was of the view that the GNSO would benefit heavily from greater information sharing and collaboration between ACs and SOs.

Apart from these, the CCT also recommended the Board to provide extra rationale behind ~~the~~ decisions ~~it takes~~. It banked ~~for~~ establishing a proper context to handle the communications and work of the GNSO. <ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/bitcache/9e96892dfa3d459e7625d4ed2ae1f201ba0c7bd7?vid=12244&disposition=attachment&op=download gnso.icann.org]</ref>

'''Simplifying Complex Terminology:''' The CCT also recommended that the complex terms of ICANN should be simplified in order to ensure common understanding. For this, it recommended that ICANN and the GNSO come together to develop and support a dictionary that would help to know the ICANN and GNSO acronyms.

Apart from these, the CCT also recommended that the Board provide extra rationale behind its decisions. It banked on establishing a proper context to handle the communications and work of the GNSO.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/bitcache/9e96892dfa3d459e7625d4ed2ae1f201ba0c7bd7?vid=12244&disposition=attachment&op=download gnso.icann.org]</ref>

== References ==

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 [[Image:UnderConstruction.png]]
-'''CCT''' is the abbreviation for '''Communications and Coordination Work Team'''. The Operations Steering Committee chartered the CCT in March 2009 with a mission to enhance the communication within the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and increase the coordination with other Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) bodies, such as the Supporting Organizations of ICANN, Advisory Committees (ACs) and also the ICANN Board. However, the goals of CCT are not restricted to these and may change as and when required.
+'''CCT''' is the abbreviation for '''Communications and Coordination Work Team'''. The Operations Steering Committee chartered the CCT in March 2009 with a mission to enhance communications within the Generic Names Supporting Organization ([[GNSO]]) and increase the coordination with other [[ICANN]] bodies, such as the [[SO|Supporting Organizations]] of ICANN, Advisory Committees (ACs) and also the ICANN Board. The goals of CCT, however, are not restricted to these and may change as and when required.
 == Composition of CCT ==
-The CCT comprises of participants who are mostly selected from the GNSO Council, GNSO constituencies and from the ICANN community as a whole. These members are mostly the ones who have good amount of interests and experience in the arena of communications including the expansion of development of online collaboration tools as well as strategies for internationalization. The CCT is composed of the following members:
+The CCT comprises mostly of participants who are selected from the GNSO Council, GNSO constituencies and from the ICANN community as a whole. These members have a good level of interest and experience in the arena of communications, including the development/expansion of online collaboration tools as well as strategies for internationalization. The CCT is composed of the following members:
-* Minimum of one GNSO Councilor and most probably two Councilors to work as liaisons between the Council and the team
+* Minimum of one GNSO Councilor, most probably two, to liaison between the Council and the team
 * Three Councilors to maintain separation between Council’s oversight role and team’s work
 * One representative from each Constituency
-* Representatives from GNSO Advisory Committee and Supporting Organizations
+* Representatives from the GNSO Advisory Committee and Supporting Organizations
 * Members not associated with Advisory Committee (apart from NomCom appointed Councilors) or any Constituency
-* Interim Chair comprising members from associated steering committee <ref>[https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_work_team_charter st.icann.org]</ref>
+* Interim Chair from an associated Steering Committee <ref>[https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_work_team_charter st.icann.org]</ref>
 == Recommendations of the CCT ==
-As part of their mission to enhance the communications within the GNSO the CCT came up with several recommendations which are mentioned below:
+As part of their mission to enhance the communications within the GNSO, the CCT came up with the following recommendations:
-'''A website for GNSO:''' Creating a GNSO website with a view to provide a productive environment to support communications as well as coordination and to serve as a center for inter and intra organization communication.
+'''A website for GNSO:''' Creating a GNSO website with a view to provide a productive environment to support communications as well as coordination and to serve as a center for inter- and intra-organization communication.
 '''Content Sharing:''' Building a platform to share the content across the various ICANN sites. For this, it suggested that all the content should be stored in a relational database having robust tagging capabilities for greater accessibility.
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 == Tactical Actions Recommended by CCT ==
-The CCT had also recommended tactical actions as a means to contribute towards enhancing the communications within the GNSO. Some of these recommendations were as follows:
+The CCT has also recommended tactical actions as a means to contribute towards enhancing the communications within the GNSO. Some of these recommendations were as follows:
-'''Community Feedback Solicitation:''' The CCT recommended that a lot of community feedback can be increased by making communications accessible and intelligible. For this, it recommended various activities such as providing opportunity for the community to comment on pending GNSO policies with a higher frequency, linking of ICANN and GNSO web sites, summarizing all the GNSO documents, creating an easier document search system, making localized policies consistent and others.
+'''Community Feedback Solicitation:''' The CCT recommended that community feedback could be increased by making communications accessible and intelligible. For this, it recommended various activities such as providing opportunity for the community to comment on pending GNSO policies with a higher frequency, linking of ICANN and GNSO websites, summarizing all GNSO documents, creating an easier document search system, making localized policies consistent and others.
-'''Board-GNSO communications:''' For this, it recommended that the Board should take steps to update the members appointed by the GNSO about pending GNSO issues, articulation of near-term objectives regarding policy development and co-ordination, following all the ICANN public meetings, briefing Council and Board members about effective use of revamped GNSO web site and so on.
+'''Board-GNSO communications:''' Among other things, the CCT recommended that the Board take steps to update members appointed by the GNSO about pending GNSO issues, as well as near-term objectives regarding policy development and coordination following all ICANN public meetings. It also recommended briefing Council and Board members about effective use of the revamped GNSO website.
-'''Cross SO/AC Communications:''' The CCT was also of the view that the GNSO would benefit heavily if there is a greater information sharing and collaboration between ACs and SOs.
-'''Simplifying Complex terminology:''' The CCT also recommended that the complex terms of ICANN should be simplified as it will ensure common understanding. For this, it recommended that ICANN and GNSO to come together and develop and support a dictionary that would help to know the ICANN and GNSO acronyms.
+'''Cross SO/AC Communications:''' The CCT was of the view that the GNSO would benefit heavily from greater information sharing and collaboration between ACs and SOs.
-Apart from these, the CCT also recommended the Board to provide extra rationale behind the decisions it takes. It banked for establishing a proper context to handle the communications and work of the GNSO. <ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/bitcache/9e96892dfa3d459e7625d4ed2ae1f201ba0c7bd7?vid=12244&disposition=attachment&op=download gnso.icann.org]</ref>
+'''Simplifying Complex Terminology:''' The CCT also recommended that the complex terms of ICANN should be simplified in order to ensure common understanding. For this, it recommended that ICANN and the GNSO come together to develop and support a dictionary that would help to know the ICANN and GNSO acronyms.
+Apart from these, the CCT also recommended that the Board provide extra rationale behind its decisions. It banked on establishing a proper context to handle the communications and work of the GNSO.<ref>[http://gnso.icann.org/bitcache/9e96892dfa3d459e7625d4ed2ae1f201ba0c7bd7?vid=12244&disposition=attachment&op=download gnso.icann.org]</ref>
 == References ==