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nominating Berry for the Councillor slot
by Mike O'Connor Oct. 16, 2010

Oct. 16, 2010

hi all, it gives me great pleasure to nominate Berry Cobb for the upcoming GNSO Councillor position. here's why i think he'd do a terrific job. -- he's trustworthy. in my experience he's careful to only make promises he can keep, and then he keeps those promises. -- he's up to speed on the policy front. he's been an active participant and strong contributor on a boatload of working-groups over the last couple years. he's one of the people who shows up on all the calls, all the way to the end. -- he's a strong analyst. some of this is just his nature, some of it is his background coming from IBM. but Berry's delivered a lot of analysis for the working groups he's been on. those analyses often form the starting place when we come to consensus. we who have worked with him often refer to him the master of the pivot-table. -- he "gets" the new role of the Council. Berry understands the destination that the GNSO Council is headed toward -- that of being the manager of a policy-making process rather than the policy-making body. i think he can play a crucial role to help the Council achieve that destination. i think Berry would be a great representative for us at the Council. i hope he will accept this nomination, and that the rest of you will support him. thanks, mikey - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web http://www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)

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INFORMATIONAL: Draft Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 28 October 2010.
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 15, 2010

Oct. 15, 2010

I am asked to forward the draft GNSO Council agenda to the BC members list so that members are aware of the Council's agenda and topics. Thanks, Marilyn Cade Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 28 October 2010. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28oct10-en.htm https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_28_october_2010 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.pdf For 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 20:00 UTC See the following and http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 13:00 PDT; 15:00 CDT; 16:00 EST; 17:00 Buenos Aires; 17:00 Brazil; 22:00 CET; 24:00 Moscow Friday, 29 October 01:00 Pakistan; 04:00 Hong Kong; 05:00 Tokyo, 07:00 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.m3u Item 1: Administrative matters (15 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 issue for this meeting is GNSO Prioritization 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: • 7 October 2010 meeting minutes – Approved on 28 October 2010. Item 2: GNSO Project Prioritization (20 minutes) 2.1 Refer to posted project ratings: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-work-prioritization-project-list-value-r… 2.2 Key points made in the 15 July Council meeting (from meeting minutes): • “. . . not a useful exercise, not much was learnt, should not proceed further with the prioritization exercise.” • “. . . spending more time on the exercise will not accomplish useful results.” • “It was a difficult exercise, policy matters were not prioritized and the core issue, management of the workload, still has not been resolved.” • “The exercise was intended as a first step and not intended to solve the workload management; other steps are needed. The exercise contributed an important degree of common awareness and dissent to the group.” • “The prioritization process could be improved with further input from the Councilors and stakeholder groups.” • “The exercise is important and informative from a staff perspective and the Council needs to look at a two-step process going forward: step one - form a small team to improve the process used to date drawing on input received; step two - develop a process to manage the workload with input from staff of the resources being used to support each of the working groups, which will reflect both staff and community efforts.” • “Support was expressed for continuing the prioritization work, but linking it to the overall ICANN Staff and Community workload and to the Budget process.” • “The question of available resources should be looked at in context. The Vertical Integration working group as an example of one that would not normally have commenced with all the work before Council, yet it did and the community resources were available.” • “Some believe that work should be prioritized but the methodology chosen is not the most appropriate or efficient.” 2.3 Next Steps • Staff Utilization Analysis (Liz Gasster) Refer to: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-resource-management-polic… • Results of Adobe Connect Poll regarding possible next steps: o Option 1: Spend no more time on prioritization - 5 votes (33%) o Option 2: Develop a plan for using the results to manage the workload in the near term - 2 votes (13%) o Option 3: Form a drafting team with the task of developing a new process - 0 votes (0%) o Option 4: Form a drafting team with the task of improving the process - 1 vote (7%) o Option 5: Other? (including combinations of options 2, 3, and or 4) - 7 votes (47%) • Discussion? • Action Items Item 3: Whois Study #3 - WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Abuse (15 minutes) Refer to: The Abuse Study Staff Analysis http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/gnso-whois-pp-abuse-studies-report-05oct… 3.1 Status Report (Liz Gasster) 3.2 Discussion 3.3 Next steps? Item 4: Absentee Voting Procedures (25 minutes) 4.1 Overview (Ken Bour, Staff; Ray Fassett, GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) Chair) 4.2 Discussion 4.3 Report from Operations Steering Committee/ GNSO Council Operations Work Team (OSC/GCOT) (Philip Sheppard, OSC Chair; Ray Fassett) 4.4 Next steps? Item 5: Disclosure of Interest Procedures (15 minutes) 5.1 Report from OSC/GCOT (Philip Sheppard, Ray Fassett) 5.2 Discussion 5.3 Next steps? Item 6: Planning for Cartagena Meetings (15 minutes) 6.1 Overview of plans/schedule (Stéphane Van Gelder, Glen de Saint Géry) 6.2 Next steps? Item 7: Status of Continued Action Items (10 Minutes) 7.1 Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter (Chuck Gomes) 7.2 Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation (Glen de Saint Géry) • Volunteers to date: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (ISCPC), Tatyana Khramtsova (RrSG), Ray Fassett (RySG), Avri Doria (NCSG), Rudi Vansnick (NCSG), Philip Sheppard (CBUC) • Feedback from Steering Committees (Rob Hoggarth) • Question raised regarding GNSO Operating Procedures: Should the concerns about the newly approved disclosure of interest requirements be dealt with by the OSC & GCOT or by the standing committee? • Next steps? Charter? 7.3 Progress of House/SG Elections • Councilors • Chair & Vice Chair Nominations • NCA Assignments 7.4 Whois Studies • Refer to redline version of Proxy/Privacy Reveal study (Study 4) RFP at http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29sep10-en.htm • Status of Whois Study 4, WHOIS Privacy/Proxy Relay & Reveal Study (Liz Gasster) Item 8: Other Business (5 Minutes) 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 March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ________________________________________ Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) 20:00UTC ________________________________________ California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 13:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 15:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 16:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 17:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 17:00 Dublin, Ireland (GMT) UTC+0DST 21:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 22:00 Moscow, Russian Federation (MSK) UTC+3+0DST 00:00 next day Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 01:00 next day Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 04:00 next day Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 05:00 next day Melbourne/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:00 next day ________________________________________ The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2010, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Communication
by Chris Chaplow Oct. 9, 2010

Oct. 9, 2010

Dear member, I have just sent an email to the BC meeting mailing list which many of you have subscribed to. If you have subscribed and did not just receive an email entitled BC meeting mailing list please let me know and I will add you to the list. Thanks, . 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)andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com

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Joint SO/AC-WG Draft Report
by Zahid Jamil Oct. 7, 2010

Oct. 7, 2010

FYI! Comments welcome! http://gnso.icann.org/issues/jas/draft-final-report-excerpt-jas-04oct10-en.p df http://gnso.icann.org/issues/jas/new-gtld-applicant-support-draft-recommenda tions-summary-report-23sep10-en.pdf [This summary has been generated for a briefing to the GNSO, September 2010. This is a summary of the recommendations in draft format. The JAS WG Final Report not yet published].

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Meeting email list
by Chris Chaplow Oct. 5, 2010

Oct. 5, 2010

Dear BC members, We have set up a dedicated non archived email list for BC meetings. The intention is it is to be used for emails that are relevant to attendees of BC or ICANN meeting and not relevant to the membership in general. The next meeting is the BC meeting in Washington DC on the 12th October 2010. Any member who is attending next weeks Washington DC meeting either in person or remotely should email me asking to be added to this list. I will confirm your request and advise you of the email address for posting. (Those members who have already replied to my test email do not need to reply again) Thanks for your support. 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@andalucia.com> chris(a)andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com

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FW: Call details & Adobe Connect for GNSO Council meeting Thursday 7 October 2010 at 15:00 UTC
by Mike Rodenbaugh Oct. 1, 2010

Oct. 1, 2010

Fyi, for anyone interested. Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 <http://rodenbaugh.com/> http://rodenbaugh.com From: owner-ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-council@icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:13 AM To: mail=ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org Subject: Call details & Adobe Connect for GNSO Council meeting Thursday 7 October 2010 at 15:00 UTC Dear Councillors, Please find the dial-in numbers for the GNSO Council call on Thursday, 7 October 2010 at 15:00 UTC. Please notify your constituency and stakeholder group members that the meeting will be audio cast GNSO Council meeting audiocast <http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u> http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Meeting Time 15:00 UTC See the following and <http://www.timeanddate.com/> http://www.timeanddate.com/ for other times: 08:00 PDT; 10:00 CDT; 11:00 EST; 12:00 Buenos Aires; 12:00 Brazil; 17:00 CET; 19:00 Moscow, 20:00 Karachi, 23:00 Hong Kong, 00:00 Thursday, 9 September 00:00 Tokyo, 02:00 Melbourne Other times may be found at: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html Participant passcode: COUNCIL Please click on the link to join the GNSO Council Adobe Connect room http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/gnsocouncil/ To log into the Adobe Connect room, please use the login ID and password that you have recently received via email Please let me know immediately if you have any questions in this connection. The agenda is posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-07oct10-en.htm and the agenda on the Wiki has the latest updates https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_7_october_2010 the motions are posted on page: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?7_october_motions The dial-in numbers can also be found on the Wiki at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?call_in_numbers Please let me know whether you would like the operator to call you. Current dial-outs noted: · Andre Kolesnikov · Rafik Dammak · Jaime Wagner · Zahid Jamil Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________ Participant passcode: COUNCIL For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the call. ____________________________________________________________________________ Dial in numbers: Country Toll Numbers Freephone/Toll Free Number ARGENTINA 0800-777-0519 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4842 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1944 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7713 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5223 1-800-657-260 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8205-8129 1-800-657-260 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-81-113 0800-005-259 BELGIUM 32-2-400-9861 0800-3-8795 BRAZIL 0800-7610651 CHILE 1230-020-2863 CHINA CHINA A: 86-400-810-4789 10800-712-1670 CHINA CHINA B: 86-400-810-4789 10800-120-1670 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156474 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-64 800-700-177 DENMARK 45-7014-0284 8088-8324 ESTONIA 800-011-1093 FINLAND Land Line: 106-33-203 0-800-9-14610 FINLAND Mobile: 09-106-33-203 0-800-9-14610 FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-85 080-511-1496 FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-70-60-72 080-511-1496 GERMANY 49-69-2222-20362 0800-664-4247 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0687 00800-12-7312 HONG KONG 852-3001-3863 800-962-856 HUNGARY 06-800-12755 INDIA INDIA: 000-800-852-1268 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3982 IRELAND 353-1-246-7646 1800-992-368 ISRAEL 1-80-9216162 ITALY 39-02-3600-6007 800-986-383 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4799 0066-33-132439 JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5191 0066-33-132439 LATVIA 8000-3185 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1364 MALAYSIA 1-800-81-3065 MEXICO 001-866-376-9696 NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8588 0800-023-4378 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4771 0800-447-722 NORWAY 47-21-590-062 800-15157 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072065 PERU 0800-53713 PHILIPPINES 63-2-858-3716 POLAND 00-800-1212572 PORTUGAL 8008-14052 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-0144011 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9230 800-120-4663 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-25 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-80414 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1083 00798-14800-7352 SPAIN 34-91-414-25-33 800-300-053 SWEDEN 46-8-566-19-348 0200-884-622 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-6398 0800-120-032 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7379 00801-137-797 THAILAND 001-800-1206-66056 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9025 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3225 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2125 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7108-6370 0808-238-6029 UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1425 0808-238-6029 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3421 USA 1-517-345-9004 866-692-5726 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3702 Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, dependent on the participants' local telecom provider. Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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ICANN Announcement on SSR and WHOIS Review Teams
by Deutsch, Sarah B Oct. 1, 2010

Oct. 1, 2010

See the attached announcement from ICANN about team selections for the review teams on WHOIS policy and Security Stability and Resiliency (SSR). The reviews will take place over the next 12 months. Our two CSG endorsed candidates, Jeff Brueggeman for SSR and Susan Kawaguchi for WHOIS, are included on the teams. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-30sep10-en.htm. 　 Sarah B. Deutsch Vice President & Associate General Counsel Verizon Communications Phone: 703-351-3044 Fax: 703-351-3670

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BC and CSG working sessions and BC Meeting+ Oct 12, 2010
by Marilyn Cade Sept. 29, 2010

Sept. 29, 2010

Dear BC members Please mark your calenders for a multi purpose day of events and sessions on October 12, with onsite in Washington, DC and remote participation provided by ICANN for all sessions, and transcription of all sessions. We realize many members cannot attend in person, so the meeting will be fully transcribed, and we will have good remote participation support. Agenda i. CSG Charter : 1.5 Hours Sarah Deutsch, BC ; IPC and ISPCP CSG reps; ICANN staff as presenters ii. Panel on Security, Stability and Resiliency: Business User leadership and key issues Informational Sessionw ith speakers from BC and key industry players ´(GUESTS WHO ARE POSSIBLE RECRUITS/RELEVANT COLLEAGUES FROM ISP-IPC CONSTITUENCIES) iii. Panel on Brands as new top level domain names Informational session: speakers from experts and key NGOs who hold well known brands (RELEVANT GUESTS FROM POSSIBLE RECRUITS-SPECIAL SPEAKERS FROM KEY NGOS WITH SHARED ISSUES AS SPEAKERS) ´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´´ iv. BC Members Meeting -- Hosted at Wilmer Hale Law Offices 8:15 -Continental Breakfast-Registration 8:30 a.m. Meeting opens +Chair Welcome-Overview +Discussion of Panels in a.m. RE reflecting into BC policy priorities overall - Co Moderated by Marilyn Cade and Steve DelBianco +Discussion of three to four key gTLD policy topics - Steve DelBianco, V.Chair, Policy Coordination (Steve will work with the full set of BC members engaged in the working groups to develop this fast paced update and discussion of current issues) +Update from GSNO Council provided by Councilors_Zahid Jamil and Mike Rodenbaugh +BC Charter updates driven by CSG and other Restructuring recommendations - CoModerated by Marilyn Cade and Chris Chaplow +update on Operations and Finance - Chris Chaplow, V.Chair, Operations and Finance - communications plan + presentation of prototype newsletter-initiative -Finance Committee + planning for Cartegeha - Marilyn Cade +NomComm overview - Chris Martin and Mike Roberts, appointees to NC from BC + Chair's Round UP 5:30 Meeting ends 6-7:30 p.m. Networking reception with USG, other industry BC candidates, guests BACKGROUND The CSG [Commercial Stakeholder Group] must update its charter in time to submit it before Cartegena meeting in December, and there are related updates which will affect the BC Charter. The BC also needs to critically examine its current policy prioritiesö look at the range of rapporteur reps, and plan for a challenging rest of year and early 2011. The BC will be holding elections in October for Councilor and confirming the V.Chair of Operations and Finance, and preparing for elections of officers in January for the four offices of Chair, V.Chair, Operations and Finance, V.Chair, Policy Coordination, and CSG Rep. A lot is happening at ICANN that has implications for the role of the business user community in guiding and influencing ICANN as an entity, as well as in gTLD policy. Policy decisions in the cc area and in related secuirity issues, which are broader than gTLD GNSO issues are also growing in importance to business. Accordingly, we will host a meeting, which will be anchored in Washington, D.C., but have remote participation supported by ICANN, for all BC members, on October 12. Many mambers have asked for more time to debate and dicuss business perspectives and policy topics, and like many other constituencies, we need to develop more discussion opportunities among our members. During this meeting, the V.Chair of Operations and Finance and BC colleagues working with him will also present a prototype of a BC communique. While we have added several new members since the new election of officers in 2010, supported by outreach by all of our active members, we need to do more outreach and recruitment. Therefore, the BC also will examine some emerging issues with some invited speakers in two one hour sessions, followed by a BC members discussion, which will include a discussion on the BC Charter changes which will be then formulated into a BC Charter's Update and circulated to the BC Membership for two rounds of comments, via email, and follow up conference call, later in October. All of these sessions will be transcribed. Decisions on the Charter for CSG and BC changes will not be made at the Oct. 12 meeting, but members input, which will include electronic comments or submissions by email will be gathered and incorporated into draft Charter for circulation. The two topics which will provide the emerging issues 'panels' are SSR -- Security, Stability and Resiliency, which will b a discussion with experts from both BC members and one or two industry wide experts The role and considerations of 'brands' TLDs, which will include two guests participants from NGO brands. Both of these sessions are to provoke exchange of views, information, and perspective.They will include invited guests from companies who the BC is interested in recruiting to membership. These sessions will be followed by a BC members only discussion about these topics and how they fit into the BC's mission and an examination of gTLD policy priorities and current activities, with a view to develop priorities for rest of year, and early 2011. [This session will be co-moderated by Marilyn Cade and Steve DelBianco] The outreach/recruitment/informational sessions are being planned by invited members to expand the role and involvement of our BC members. A panel description for each panel will be shared shortly. Chris Chaplow, V.Chair, Operations and Finance will also review a new communications pilot he has undertaken with the assistance of one of our members, John Berard. He will also introduce the new Finance subCommittee members Jon Nevett and Anders Halvorsen. NomComm Appointees Mike Roberts and Chris Martin are also invited to give a short overview of their expectations for the 2011 NomComm process and highlight the importance of early outreach via BC members to possible broader business candidates for the range of positions appointed by the NC. Finally, we will begin the effort to update the BC Charter by looking at the CSG Charter, and the output-recommendations that are'being approved from the Council accepting the recommendations of various restructuring committees with a briefing by ICANN staff, and then discuss the highlighted areas of possible enhancements to the BC Charter. (again, this is a briefing and overview discussion with online distribution fo charter changes. All decisions will be made after two rounds of email consultations to follow this briefing). The BC is a unique constituency and one that can significantly change its role in ICANN through increasing its focus on SSR and other issues that are now becoming a key concern, augmenting the present set of key concerns. We have added 11 new members since the new leadership was elected, and the members include several with a key expertise in SSR. ' Most other constituencies hold face to face meetings during the year, and we may work toward such an event for all BC members ion early 2011. For this upcoming meeting, we will focus on drawing those who can travel to Washington, DC for face to face, and work hard with ICANN on remote participation and transcription to make your investment of time well worthwhile. The fuller set of speakers for the two informational sessions is being finalized and will be distributed shortly. Marilyn Cade BC Chair

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Returning to neutral corners
by john＠crediblecontext.com Sept. 28, 2010

Sept. 28, 2010

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.Continuing to Move New gTLDs Forward
by Marilyn Cade Sept. 27, 2010

Sept. 27, 2010

Dear BC Members, In forwarding the following announcement to the BC list. I also take this opportunity to note that there will be a high interest within the BC and other constituencies to understand how certain issues have been addressed. Accordingly, I have contacted ICANN staff to ask about an update on the economic analysis, among other topics shown below in the Board's announcement and will update the BC list upon reaching staff. Marilyn Cade BC Chair > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26sep10-en.htm > > Continuing to Move New gTLDs Forward > > 26 September 2010 > > The ICANN Board met in Trondheim Norway on 24-25 September, focusing specifically on new gTLD issues. As ICANN completes preparations for expansion of the top-level domain space, the Board is working to ensure that key issues (including competition, consumer protection, security, stability and resiliency, malicious abuse issues, and rights protection) will be adequately addressed prior to implementation. > > The expansion of the top level domain space is intended to promote competition and consumer choice, and the work this week will ensure an effective application and evaluation process with safeguards to mitigate costs and risks. > > The detailed Board discussion was guided by recent community input and provided direction in the implementation of trademark protections, the new registry agreement terms, measures to mitigate malicious conduct, and ensuring root zone stability. The resolutions > http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm > indicate that many important issues have been addressed, including trademark protection, morality and public order, and vertical integration. > > Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush indicated that "The board made considerable progress on the remaining issues and has asked staff to prepare additional working papers and a modified applicant guidebook for public review prior to the upcoming ICANN meeting in Cartagena in December 2010. The meeting results represent a key milestone after years of work by the ICANN community as we prepare for community discussion and debate in Cartagena." > > Reviewing the Board direction, President and CEO Rod Beckstrom stated, "ICANN is prepared to implement this important new offering to increase consumer choice and to promote competition." > > >

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