Here's what I just mentioned on the call and in the Chat. Would be helpful for John and Zahid to ask Christine/staff for a progress report on their work on this
See ICANN's Christine Willett video interview here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/video-willett-new-gtld-17sep13-en.h…>.
At 1:50 Christine discusses string confusion evaluations. She admits there are concerns over experts' decisions and said, "There isn't an appeal process, but Staff is working diligently with dispute resolution service providers to ensure that all procedures have been followed and to look at the expert determinations — we’re looking at these consistency issues."
Also see DomainIncite article here<http://domainincite.com/14512-icann-looking-into-string-confusion-confusion>.
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Dear BC Members,
Please note that the new election process for the GNSO Councilor seat and
Small Business seat in the Nominating Committee will open on Friday, Oct.
4th, 2013. Please find the full election procedure attached outlining the
procedure and timeline. I will send an official election announcement at the
opening of the nomination period, as per procedure.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions about the
election process attached.
Thank you,
Kind Regards,
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Dear BC Members,
Please note that this is an election announcement regarding the GNSO
Councilor Election currently open in the BC. Please note that this election
has been temporarily suspended, so please do not submit any nominations for
now.
Due to the sudden vacancy in the Nominating Committee Small Business Seat,
the GNSO Councilor Election has been suspended to allow one election for
both the GNSO Councilor position and NomCom seat, rather than running two
separate elections for these positions.
The election will reopen shortly, and I will submit a new election procedure
for the new election.
Thank you ever so much for your understanding,
Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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