September 2009 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

Nomination for Councilor
by Mike O'Connor 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

hi all, i'd like to nominate Zahid Jamil for another term as Councilor. i've much appreciated his insight and energy and think that he's just the person we need to represent us. mikey - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)

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Acronym Helper
by Chris Chaplow 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Dear all, One of the ideas to come out of the CCT - Sub team, 1 design scrum (see earlier post) was an Acronym helper. This has been requested many times and was discussed at the Sydney GNSO council meeting. One of my programmers has produced a BETA test and located it at: http://www.andalucia.com/icann Feel free to test it by entering the first letters of you favourite ICANN GNSO Acronyms. We used the out of date Acronym list currently on the GNSO website as the basis. I now respectfully ask the BC to Suggest an Acronym in the form at the lower part of the page. There are many to do. Feel free to pass this tool to other members and lists of the community who may find it useful. Any testing and comments welcome to me chris(a)andalucia.com In this way we will build up the Acronym database so that the Acronym Helper it will be ready to migrate onto the new GNSO website (in the header of every page) when it is launched in due course. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris(a)andalucia.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain. Please think of the Environment before you print this email

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DC hearing today (10 am Eastern time)
by George Kirikos 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hi folks, Just a reminder that the hearing in DC on new TLDs starts in less than an hour (at 10 am Eastern time). One can watch the webcast live via the September 23rd link at: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/calendar.html and read the prepared statements at: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090923.html As an experiment, I've created a little free chatroom via TinyChat.com if some others (even perhaps from other constituencies) might want to text chat during the hearing. See: http://tinychat.com/newtlds Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/

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Letter from Rob Beckstrom to US House Committee on the Judiciary
by Philip Sheppard 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Please find attached the ICANN CEO's response to the letter from the US House Committee on the Judiciary.

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GNSO council post on "formal request" from the BC on travel funding
by George Kirikos 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

Hi folks, I noticed this post on the GNSO Council mailing list that purports to be a "formal request" from the constituency: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07394.html "The BC formally requests travel funding for Philip Sheppard, as a retiring council member, for the Seoul meeting." I don't recall the BC taking a formal vote or discussing this matter at all. If some one can point me to the email(s) I missed in the archives, I'd appreciate it. Before we start handing out gold watches for retirement, perhaps these issues should be discussed internally amongst BC members first? With remote participation tools, certainly the need for a physical presence in 2009 is much less than say in 1985. I recall Rita Rodin participated via video at the last meeting, for example, and didn't miss a thing. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/

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Election of a BC representative to the GNSO Council
by BC Secretariat 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

21 September 2009 Call for nominations for a Business Constituency representative to the GNSO Council This is to announce that an election will take place to elect a Business Constituency representative to the GNSO Council. The position open for election is currently held by: Zahid Jamil (Asia/Australia/Pacific) This position is for a two-year period, ending at the ICANN Annual General Meeting 2011. Nominations Nominations for candidates should be made by the designated representative of a paid-up member of the BC, nominating ONE other designated representative of a paid-up member of the BC. Nominees for this position must be a national of any these ICANN regions: Africa Asia/Australia/Pacific Europe Latin America/Caribbean Nominations are open from Monday 21 September 2009 and close at midnight in your local time zone on Sunday 27 September 2009. Nominations cannot be accepted outside of these dates. Nominations should be sent to the BC secretariat who acts as the officer for these elections. Elections After the closure of the nomination period, elections will take place from Tuesday 29 September until Monday 5 October . Gary Hills BC Secretariat

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Chris Martin: Nominating Committee election
by BC Secretariat 21 Sep '09

21 Sep '09

I want to thank everyone for their support. I also want to thank Rick for his kind words, and agree that this was a healthy exercise for the BC. I look forward to working with all my fellow BC members towards progressing the voice of business at this critical time in ICANN and the evolution of the Internet. Best, Chris Christopher G. Martin Manager - Marketing & Advertising, ICT, Banking, Emerging Markets United States Council for International Business 1212 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 (t)+1 212 703 5061 (m)+1 917 238 0902 (f)+1 212 575 0327 cgmartin(a)uscib.org www.uscib.org Celebrate ICC's 90th Anniversary USCIB Annual Dinner - October 8, 2009 Waldorf-Astoria, NYC www.uscibgala.com

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BC charter revision - basic principles
by Philip Sheppard 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

In order to shape any conference call on the Charter I wonder if members would be kind enough to provide thoughts on the following. Background Today we have 41 members, 3 elected volunteer member officers, 3 appointed credentials committee, and 2 nom com appointees plus a part time secretariat. Additionally a number of members contribute to ad hoc policy and other task forces etc. Issue 1 - the balance between doers and members What is the right balance between the number of annually elected positions and the membership size ? Today (and for the last 10 years) it is 3/41 = 7% Draft charter changes it to 5/41 =12%. The draft charter also envisages other admin committees totalling with the elected positions 13/41 =32%. What is the right balance between elected, appointed and ad hoc ? Are there one third of the BC willing to volunteer their time to non-policy work? Is there sufficient motivation to be a member volunteer for mostly non-policy work? Do members want one set of elections per year or several ? What does it mean if we conduct an election but less than half the members vote? Issue 2 - balance of independence As ICANN starts to offer more services what degree of independence do we want as a constituency ? Do members wish to authorise the release of their private data to enable ICANN staff for instance in the future to run BC elections? Do members wish to entrust ICANN with the funds in the BC bank account ? Or should the ICANN toolbox be a basket of services that the secretariat can choose from? Knowing how members feel on these higher level issues may help us move forward and reach consensus on the shape of our future Charter. Philip

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Nominating Comittee Large Business Election
by Rick Anderson 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Congratulations to Chris who I'm sure will do an excellent job representing the BC. And thank you to everyone who participated, I believe this was a healthy and positive exercise for the BC. cheers/Rick Rick Anderson EVP, InterBorder Holdings Ltd email: randerson(a)interborder.ca cell: (403) 830-1798 ________________________________ From: owner-bc-gnso(a)icann.org To: BC gnso Sent: Sat Sep 19 04:11:40 2009 Subject: [bc-gnso] Nominating Comittee Large Business Election Dear Members Voting for the election of a representative to the Nominating Committee (Large Business) closed at midnight yesterday. I can announce that the candidates received the following weighted votes: Rick Anderson 20 votes Chris Martin 35 votes 24 members voted - representing a 58% turnout. Chris Martin will therefore represent the BC for Large Business on the Nominating Committee 2009-2010. Many thanks to both candidates and to those members who voted in the election. Gary Hills This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the addressee. In the event this e-mail is sent to you in error, sender and sender’s company do not waive confidentiality or privilege, and waiver may not be assumed. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of, or action taken in reliance on, the contents of this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have been sent this e-mail in error, please destroy all copies and notify sender at the above e-mail address. Computer viruses can be transmitted by e-mail. You should check this e-mail message and any attachments for viruses. Sender and sender’s company accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. Like other forms of communication, e-mail communications may be vulnerable to interception by unauthorized parties. If you do not wish to communicate by e-mail, please notify sender. In the absence of such notification, your consent is assumed. Sender will not take any additional security measures (such as encryption) unless specifically requested.

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Nominating Comittee Large Business Election
by BC Secretariat 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Dear Members Voting for the election of a representative to the Nominating Committee (Large Business) closed at midnight yesterday. I can announce that the candidates received the following weighted votes: Rick Anderson 20 votes Chris Martin 35 votes 24 members voted - representing a 58% turnout. Chris Martin will therefore represent the BC for Large Business on the Nominating Committee 2009-2010. Many thanks to both candidates and to those members who voted in the election. Gary Hills

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