In fulfillment of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team Recommendation No. 6, a document was produced that specifically sets forth the topics that are subject to policy development processes, and those that are generally within the ICANN Board level Organizational Administration Function. While Recommendation 6 has been completed, the work performed identified an area in which improvement is required – how the Board obtains the advice that it needs from the ICANN community beyond the traditional public comment process. Recently, issues have surfaced where the Board has sought in-depth input or advice from the community, and has specifically requested portions of the community to come together for that purpose.

As the frequency of use of this function increases, ICANN is now initiating discussion among the community to help formalize this process. This workshop will inform this process as will the document which has been posted for public comment (see http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/input-advice-function-24sep12-en.htm).