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Nomination of Marilyn Cade for BC Chair
by Anders Halvorsen Jan. 21, 2011

Jan. 21, 2011

Dear All, This is to announce that the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) has nominated Ms. Marilyn Cade for another term as Chair of the BC. We believe Marilyn's leadership has made the BC stronger over the past year, with many proactive stances and dialogue with the Board as well as various constituencies and stakeholders. WITSA believes the BC will continue to benefit from Marilyn's effective leadership, communication and bridge-building skills and extensive network of relationships. Best regards, Anders Anders Halvorsen Director of Public Policy World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) [cid:image001.jpg@01CBB914.DA750E20] WITSA 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 450 Vienna, VA 22182 United States of America Tel: +1 571 633-0620 Fax: +1 703 893-1269 Mobile: +1 571 265-5964 Email: ahalvorsen(a)witsa.org<mailto:ahalvorsen@witsa.org> URL: www.witsa.org<http://www.witsa.org/> The contents of this electronic mail are solely intended for the person(s) or organisation to whom it was addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are not permitted to copy, distribute or take any action in reference to its contents. If you have received this electronic mail in error please notify the sender and copy the message to webmaster(a)witsa.org<mailto:webmaster@witsa.org>. Thank you.

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Nomination for Vice Chair - Finance and Operations
by Chris Chaplow Jan. 21, 2011

Jan. 21, 2011

Dear Members, I am pleased to report that I have accepted the nomination for Vice Chair - Finance and Operations proposed by Jon Nevett and Ron Andruff. Thank you for the support and confidence that Jon and Ron and other members have given me. Best regards, 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@andaluciaws.com> chris(a)andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com

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Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 3 February 2011.
by Marilyn Cade Jan. 21, 2011

Jan. 21, 2011

Dear BC Members I am forwarding the upcoming Council agenda for Feb 3 Council call.There are two Council calls in February, and we will manage the BC mmbers calls around those two calls. As such these calls will address both policy topics and preparation for the S.F. meeting. As we have committed, we will schedule a BC Call before each Council call, tol allow BC members to comment on the topics on the Council agenda. And we will do our best to have both BC councilors confirmed for these calls,as well as the full ExComm. These calls will need to address additional topics since we want to limit demand for mmbers calls. Thus, both calls will address other critical topics.such as close of comments on the Operating Plan; planning for the upcoming S.F. meeting, public comments as establishedby ICANN. Chris Chaplow, V.Chair, Finance and Operations and I will be working on dates for the next two BC calls with the ExComm and will post the BC calls in the next few days.In the meantime, if you want to add an agenda item other than those referenced in theCouncil agenda or the Operating Plan/Strategic Plan, please do post that to the bc-gnso list. Last BC Call: The transcript and BC participation in the last BC call was posted recently. If you can't find it, email to either me or Chris separately and we will resent it. We will continue the process of providing a BC transcript with the list of members in future BC calls. Please feel free to share the BC calls with your internal team membersand encourage them to join the BC calls. Our Bc Councilors may be sharing information on various topics on the Council's agenda. This is posting of the agendaas an informational 'hold the date' if you want to listen in via the Council's new feature that does allow real time listening. Separately, please look for an update from me as chair, on the debates on whether chairsof the Constituencies should talk about budget/operational plan issues, and whether the CEO/Chair of ICANNshould be convening a two day meeting of a self selected list of attendees to discuss the GNSO governance. That last item should intrique all BC members. I'll do a briefing email tomorrow. Marilyn CadeBC Chair From: Glen(a)icann.org To: liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:45:52 -0800 Subject: [liaison6c] Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 3 February 2011. FYI Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 3 February 2011. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-03feb11-en.htm (Wiki agenda will have latest updates)https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_3_febru… This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdfFor convenience:* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.Meeting Time 11:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time:11:00 UTC - see below for local times (03:00 Los Angeles, 06:00 Washington DC, 11:00 London, 12:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne ) Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3uItem 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest • Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion” in this meeting. Here is the definition provided in the procedures:“Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.”The main issues for this meeting are: GNSO Project Decision Making Registration Abuse PoliciesPost Expiration Domain Name Recovery New gTLD Applicant Guidebook 1.2 Update any statements of interest 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: • 13 January 2011 Draft Council minutes – Scheduled for approval on 31 January 2011. http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg10512.html Item 2: Pending Projects – Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) (15 minutes)Update on Working Group's progess. Working Group (WG) was started on November 20, 2008. WG is chaired by Alan Greenberg. Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf. 2.1: Update on WG - Alan Greenberg, WG Chair. 2.2: Discussion2.3: Next steps Item 3: Joint Applicant Support Working Group (20 minutes)Refer to motion passed in previous meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 Refer to action item from previous meeting: "Discuss the way forward given there are now two different charters for the JAS working group, one approved by the ALAC and one approved by the GNSO Council." 3.1: Would ALAC be open to accepting the charter as amended by the GNSO? Report from ALAC Liaison - Alan Greenberg 3.2: Discussion3.3: Next steps Item 4: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (15 minutes)Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 Refer to action item from previous meeting: The Council agreed that Rosemary Sinclair would liaise with Bruce Tonkin and then the Council would consider whether it should send a letter to the Board saying the GNSO does not have the resources to undertake this work. 4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair4.2 Discussion 4.3 Next steps?Item 5: Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policy (RAP) (20 minutes)Refer to letter from RAP team http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/rap-idt-to-gnso-council-15nov10-en.pdf Refer to motion in response to the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAP WG) final report, deferred from previous meeting.(motion 1) https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?3_february_motions 5.1 Discussion 5.2 Vote (Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House) Item 6: Status of Stakeholder Group and Constituency statements on Recommendation 6 (10 minutes)Refer to action item from previous meeting: Compile the constituency/stakeholder group comments and submit to the Board.6.1 Update on Rec6 CWG (Margie Milam) 6.2 Discussion and feedback from Stakeholder Groups and constituencies6.3 Confirmation of compilation of constituency/stakeholder group comments and submission to the Board (Margie Milam)Item 7: Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and new Standing Committee (20 Minutes)Refer to motion passed in Cartagena meeting (Motion 6 Motion to extend the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) and the Operations Steering Committee (OSC)charters). http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201012 Especially resolve clauses. RESOLVED, The Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as necessary through the ICANN public meeting in June 2011. RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 2011, including expected deadlines for final delivery. RESOLVED FURTHER, a drafting team shall be established no later than 19 January 2011, to draft a charter for a Standing Committee to track and coordinate implementation of those OSC, PPSC and work team recommendations already approved by the Council and adopted, as recommended by the Communications and Coordination Work Team in its final report of 9 April 2010 7.1 Establish Drafting Team (DT) for new Standing Committee • Volunteers? Avri Doria (NCSG) Mary Wong (NCSG) Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISPCP) Others? • DT Chair? 7.2 Update on OSC work – Philip Sheppard, OSC Chair 7.3 Update on PPSC work – Jeff Neuman, PPSC Chair 7.4 Discussion 7.5 Next steps? 7.6 Updating OSC Recommendation for Proxies in the GNSO Operating Procedures • Bill Drake has volunteered to lead • Update • Next steps Item 8: Any Other Business (10 Minutes)8.1 Update from Staff on goals, expected outcomes and organization of GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels (Staff). 8.2 Status of San Francisco planning (Olga Cavalli). 8.3 CSG vice chair election results (Olga Cavalli) Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions: 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; 2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of one House; 3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO Supermajority”); 4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation; 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and 6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that “a two-thirds vote of the council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision.Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4)Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot: 1. Initiate a policy development process; 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; 4. Fill a position open for election.The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours following the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that, in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 11:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+0DST 03:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+0DST 05:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+0DST 06:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 08:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-2+1DST 09:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 11:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 12:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 12:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 16:00 Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 19:00 Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 20:00 Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com Glen de Saint GéryGNSO Secretariatgnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.orghttp://gnso.icann.org

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Fw: IP-Watch: 2011: Renewed Fights Over Internet Control In A Post-Wikileaks World
by Phil Corwin Jan. 19, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011

FYI-link is to very comprehensive overview of the ongoing Internet governance debate Philip S. Corwin Partner, Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875/Office 202-255-6172/Cell "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey From: Intellectual Property Watch [mailto:info@ip-watch.ch] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 07:40 AM To: Phil Corwin Subject: IP-Watch: 2011: Renewed Fights Over Internet Control In A Post-Wikileaks World This is the post digest for pcorwin(a)butera-andrews.com<mailto:pcorwin@butera-andrews.com> sent by the Intellectual Property Watch website. ******************************************************************************************************** January 19, 2011. 2011: Renewed Fights Over Internet Control In A Post-Wikileaks World For many experts in internet governance the future of the multi-stakeholder model is the top issue in 2011. The participation of governments, technical experts, industry and civil society in discussions about how best to organise - and regulate - society on the net is at stake. Link to the article: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=14072&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&ut… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Become an Intellectual Property Watch subscriber to receive all the news stories, briefs, and the latest on people in the IP policy community not available elsewhere on the IPW website. Click here for details: http://www.ip-watch.org/user/registration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are signed up to receive these notifications. You may change the frequency of your email alerts to immediate, daily, weekly or monthly and may choose the topics you wish to be notified about. If you would like to modify the settings of your subscription or to be removed, visit the url below: http://www.ip-watch.org/user/manage/u/c859c44fa492b224d22834fdd315fe65

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RE: [bc-gnso] GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support
by john＠crediblecontext.com Jan. 19, 2011

Jan. 19, 2011

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ETNO announces addition of new colleague on BC mailing lists/
by Marilyn Cade Jan. 18, 2011

Jan. 18, 2011

Please join me in welcoming Caroline Greer, who will join Leo Debecker and Konstatine Kladouras in representing ETNO in the BC. Caroline joins ETNO as Regulatory Affairs Manager (see http://www.etno.eu/Default.aspx?tabid=2306) Some of us are fortunate to know Caroline from her previous 'life' in her role in .mobi. Among many other topics within her ETNO responsibilities, Caroline will be co-responsible for the ETNO Internet Governance WG. Caroline, you have a great couple of coaches in Konstantine and Leo, but do count on the rest of your new BC colleagues to help in answering questions about BC positions. Caroline will be added to the BC list, but I wanted in particular to introduce her in this role, and ask you to welcome her. And in the meantime, while she is being added to the list, if you send her an email via the list, do copy her! This is a good time to mention that I'll be in Brussels February 28-March 2, and will be asking Brussels based BC members to join me in an informal gathering, yet to be developed and scheduled, but to take advantage of being there, just before an ICANN meeting, and to do some outreach to non BC members with presence in Brussels to promote BC visibility.

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DRAFT: Business Constituency support for Non-profit Constituency Petition
by Kladouras Konstantinos Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

Dear BC members, With some delay, I would like to inform you that ETNO supports the draft BC statement on the new Non-Profit Constituency in the GNSO, with the comment made by Marilyn Cade (strike the second sentence - see below), or as it was in the original draft from 8 December 2010 (second sentence: We believe this petition is timely - fullstop). In addition, we would like to ask Steve to kindly clarify the process for adopting this BC draft (will it be put on a vote? when is the deadline to comment on this draft?), as the message from 8 January is not very clear about this. Thanks and best regards, Konstantin Konstantin KLADOURAS Chairman ETNO IGV-WG OTE S.A. Directorate General for Regulatory Affairs 99 Kifissias Ave., GR-151 24 Maroussi GREECE Tel: +30 210 611 8319 Mob: +30 697 33 44 006 e-mail: kkladouras(a)ote.gr<mailto:kkladouras@ote.gr> ________________________________ From: owner-bc-gnso(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Marilyn Cade Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 7:46 PM To: Steve DelBianco ; Bc GNSO list Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] DRAFT: Business Constituency support for Non-profitConstituency Petition >From Marilyn as individual member: Clarification re statement: propose statement strike second sentence. That was intended for internal explanation. Making that point externally will garner objection to new constituency from non commercial/civil society and registrars. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ________________________________ From: owner-bc-gnso(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve DelBianco Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:24 AM To: 'bc - GNSO list' Subject: [bc-gnso] DRAFT: Business Constituency support for Non-profit Constituency Petition On 8-Dec in Cartagena, Philip Sheppard circulated a statement supporting the petition to create a non-profit constituency. The petition is at http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/npoc-charter-redacted-07dec10-en.pdf Philip's original note is shown at the bottom of this note. 14 BC members immediately supported Philip's suggestion and Marilyn Cade suggested an additional point. No objections have been registered. The deadline for comment on this proposal was extended to 30-Jan-2011 after the proponents modified their mission statement. (new mission is "The purpose of the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency shall be to represent, specifically, the operational concerns related to service delivery of not-for-profit and non- governmental organizations who are domain registrants in the DNS" ) On Monday's BC call, let's discuss points the BC should make in indicating support for the petition. Here's what we have so far from Philip and Marilyn: The Business Constituency supports this petition to form a new non-profit Constituency in the GNSO. We believe this petition is timely, since it follows a GNSO restructuring that enables diversification within the non-contract house. We believe there are common interests between this new constituency and our own, since both represent registrants and users of the DNS. -- Steve DelBianco vice chair for policy coordination From: Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard(a)aim.be<mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be>> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:24:46 +0100 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org>> Subject: [bc-gnso] Proposed non profit constituency We ran out of time at the Cartagena BC meeting to agree to send a spportive statement to public comments to welcome the formation of the new NPOC. We had a presentation of the new constituency from Debbie Hughes at the CSG meeting earlier in the day. This constituency is the outcome we have been striving for in the composition of the new non conract parties house. I'd like to propose we make the following statement to public comments as the BC. '"The Business Constituency welcomes the proposal to form a new non-profit consituency. We believe this is timely. We believe there will be areas of common interest between this new constituency and our own, both representing as they do users of the DNS.'' Perhaps we could agree to send this on a no objections basis rather than have to put it through our usual policy 14 day window.

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security events
by Adam Palmer Jan. 17, 2011

Jan. 17, 2011

Hi, I am sorry if some of this is a repost. I can't remember if I sent this to the BC list already. There will be a security education/discussion track at the next ICANN meeting. I am told coordinators are Rod Rasmussen, Yurie Ito and the FBI's Bobby Flaim. I know they are still in early stages of getting it together. Any of them can probably provide more info about plans. Email me if you need help contacting one of them and want more info. I am in Lyon France this week at one of INTERPOL's cybercrime meetings. If I hear any new ideas re: cybersecurity, I will of course try to share them with this group. There is also going to be a large Asia focused cyber security event in KL, Malaysia next month. I will be there on a panel with our colleagues from Facebook, as well as UK Romanian LE. It should also be a great event. If you are in the area let me know. Again, I will try to pass along any interesting news. Best regards, Adam Adam Palmer Norton Lead Cyber Security Advisor Symantec Phone: 703-232-4914

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Re: [bc-gnso] GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support
by Marilyn Cade Jan. 15, 2011

Jan. 15, 2011

I was listening to the call, as was Steve Delbianco, BUT, BC councilors were on the call and shld first respond. Other members may have been on the audio cast as well. Let's first hear from John and Zahoid on for insights. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Phil Corwin <pcorwin(a)butera-andrews.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:55:37 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support FYI--Would appreciate any additional insights from BC members who participated in or observed the GNSO Council meeting -- http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/ ICANN <http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/> staff swamped <http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/> Kevin Murphy <http://domainincite.com/about> , January 14, 2011, 16:13:16 (UTC), Domain Policy <http://domainincite.com/category/domain-policy/> ICANN's board of directors is giving its staff and policy-making bodies more work than they can handle. The GNSO Council yesterday voted to shelve board-requested work on the new top level domains program because no ICANN staffers have the time to help coordinate the project. Last month, the board asked <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6> the GNSO and other constituencies to come up with ideas, before mid-March, about how to measure the consumer benefits of new TLDs after they launch. But the Council yesterday was faced with having to suspend other policy development, in order to get the required staff support, so decided instead to defer the new work. A senior ICANN executive at the meeting said that ICANN staff is "not an unlimited resource" and has "no bandwidth to keep taking these projects". This has apparently been an issue for over a year. In this particular instance, the problem project comprised part of ICANN's obligations under its Affirmation of Commitments with the US government, so it's not trivial stuff. As others have noted <http://domainnamewire.com/2010/08/13/icann-community-faces-policy-overload/> , sometimes the amount of policy development going on in ICANN can appear overwhelming to outsiders, but it seems that this problem also extends to ICANN internally. Philip S. Corwin Partner Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875 (office) 202-347-6876 (fax) 202-255-6172 (cell) "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey

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Re: [bc-gnso] GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support
by Marilyn Cade Jan. 15, 2011

Jan. 15, 2011

I was listening to the call, as was Steve Delbianco, BUT, BC councilors were on the call and shld first respond. Other members may have been on the audio cast as well. Let's first hear from John and Zahoid on for insights. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Phil Corwin <pcorwin(a)butera-andrews.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:55:37 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support FYI--Would appreciate any additional insights from BC members who participated in or observed the GNSO Council meeting -- http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/ ICANN <http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/> staff swamped <http://domainincite.com/icann-staff-swamped/> Kevin Murphy <http://domainincite.com/about> , January 14, 2011, 16:13:16 (UTC), Domain Policy <http://domainincite.com/category/domain-policy/> ICANN's board of directors is giving its staff and policy-making bodies more work than they can handle. The GNSO Council yesterday voted to shelve board-requested work on the new top level domains program because no ICANN staffers have the time to help coordinate the project. Last month, the board asked <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6> the GNSO and other constituencies to come up with ideas, before mid-March, about how to measure the consumer benefits of new TLDs after they launch. But the Council yesterday was faced with having to suspend other policy development, in order to get the required staff support, so decided instead to defer the new work. A senior ICANN executive at the meeting said that ICANN staff is "not an unlimited resource" and has "no bandwidth to keep taking these projects". This has apparently been an issue for over a year. In this particular instance, the problem project comprised part of ICANN's obligations under its Affirmation of Commitments with the US government, so it's not trivial stuff. As others have noted <http://domainnamewire.com/2010/08/13/icann-community-faces-policy-overload/> , sometimes the amount of policy development going on in ICANN can appear overwhelming to outsiders, but it seems that this problem also extends to ICANN internally. Philip S. Corwin Partner Butera & Andrews 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 202-347-6875 (office) 202-347-6876 (fax) 202-255-6172 (cell) "Luck is the residue of design." -- Branch Rickey

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