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Committee appointments -- Credentials and Finance committees -- call for volunteers
by Rick Anderson Feb. 13, 2010

Feb. 13, 2010

I'll volunteer for the Finance Committee. /Rick Rick Anderson EVP, InterBorder Holdings Ltd randerson(a)interborder.ca cell (403) 830-1798 ----- Original Message ----- From: owner-bc-gnso(a)icann.org <owner-bc-gnso(a)icann.org> To: bc - GNSO list <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Sent: Sat Feb 13 07:00:50 2010 Subject: [bc-gnso] Committee appointments -- Credentials and Finance committees -- call for volunteers hi all, we have 3 open slots on these two committees (which are appointed by the Executive Committee for one-year terms) Finance Committee -- 2 positions Credentials Committee -- 1 position (mine) here's a link to our charter if you would like more information about the duties of the committees; http://www.bizconst.org/charter.htm neither of these committees will require travel to meet face-to-face. most of the work will be done by email with the occasional teleconference. my experience on the Credentials Committee was that typically there were 2-3 rounds of email for each applicant so it's a modest time commitment -- although it would be fantastic if we could deliver a deluge of applicants for the committee to review! the Finance Committee is new, so there isn't any history there. there is also a lot of work to do at the beginning (crafting a new budget, laying down some new processes), so the Finance Committee is likely to be a more demanding job. at least for the first few months. please consider helping out with these! one of our goals is to broaden the participation in the leadership of the constituency and this is a great opportunity to do that. i think we (the executive committee) would like to fill these slots quickly, either during or just after the Nairobi meeting. so please do take a moment and decide whether these are activities that you would like to participate in -- and let us know if you do. Here's a link to a really short survey where you can do that; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X8WY6MM thanks! mikey - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.) 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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Committee appointments -- Credentials and Finance committees -- call for volunteers
by Mike O'Connor Feb. 13, 2010

Feb. 13, 2010

hi all, we have 3 open slots on these two committees (which are appointed by the Executive Committee for one-year terms) Finance Committee -- 2 positions Credentials Committee -- 1 position (mine) here's a link to our charter if you would like more information about the duties of the committees; http://www.bizconst.org/charter.htm neither of these committees will require travel to meet face-to-face. most of the work will be done by email with the occasional teleconference. my experience on the Credentials Committee was that typically there were 2-3 rounds of email for each applicant so it's a modest time commitment -- although it would be fantastic if we could deliver a deluge of applicants for the committee to review! the Finance Committee is new, so there isn't any history there. there is also a lot of work to do at the beginning (crafting a new budget, laying down some new processes), so the Finance Committee is likely to be a more demanding job. at least for the first few months. please consider helping out with these! one of our goals is to broaden the participation in the leadership of the constituency and this is a great opportunity to do that. i think we (the executive committee) would like to fill these slots quickly, either during or just after the Nairobi meeting. so please do take a moment and decide whether these are activities that you would like to participate in -- and let us know if you do. Here's a link to a really short survey where you can do that; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X8WY6MM thanks! 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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Pre-Nairobi member conference call -- here's a poll to determine the best time for the call
by Mike O'Connor Feb. 13, 2010

Feb. 13, 2010

hi all, here's a link to a Doodle poll you can use to express your preference for a conference call to update each other on BC matters. we'll be covering lots of stuff, but there will be a special focus on the upcoming ICANN meeting in Nairobi. please take a moment right now to fill it out (it'll take just a minute) so that i can schedule the bridge. http://www.doodle.com/hi6n2k2c6gqbdapz thanks! 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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FW: [council] Registration Abuse Policies WG Initial Report
by Mike Rodenbaugh Feb. 12, 2010

Feb. 12, 2010

Fyi the Initial Report of this Working Group. Many thanks to Martin Sutton, Berry Cobb, Mikey O'Connor, Caleb Queern and Phil Corwin for their participation in this group thus far. The BC has been one of the main drivers of this group. We will be preparing draft comments for BC members' review in the next couple weeks, but of course discussion on the list would be welcome, if anyone has any questions or comments after reading the Executive Summary and the Recommendations, at least. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/> From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Marika Konings Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:40 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: Greg Aaron Subject: [council] Registration Abuse Policies WG Initial Report Dear All, Please find attached the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Initial Report. The report will be published today and a public comment period will open until 28 March. An overview of the report and its recommendations will be presented to the Council at its meeting in Nairobi. With best regards, Marika

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Fwd: New information related to ICANN Nairobi Meeting
by Mike O'Connor Feb. 12, 2010

Feb. 12, 2010

Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> > Date: February 11, 2010 5:59:39 PM CST > To: Mike O'Connor <mike(a)haven2.com> > Cc: Glen de Saint Géry <gnso-secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> > Subject: New information related to ICANN Nairobi Meeting > > Please distribute > > Note that this information is also posted at the ICANN website at: > http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/security-information-11feb10-en.htm > > Dear ICANN Community, > > Within the last 24 hours, we received an unclassified report from the United States’ Department of State related to the Kenyatta International Conference Center, the venue for our upcoming meeting (attached below). > > The types of threats outlined in that communication are difficult to assess. ICANN is now reaching out to different parties in Kenya and elsewhere to see if it is possible to better assess the situation, and of course will share any further information with you. > > Sammy Buruchara, Chairman of the ICANN 2010 Local Steering Committee in Nairobi has already provided the following information: > “In relation with the Security threat by Al Shabaab to US Embassy and KICC, I wish to on behalf of ICANN 2010 Local Organizing committee and on behalf of the relevant Kenya Government Security Agencies state the following: > > The Kenya Government is aware of the Security Threat by Al Shabaab on KICC and on the United States Embassy in Nairobi. Our security organs that include National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and Kenya Anti-Terrorism Police have been alerted and will make appropriate security responses to deal with this threat. Through their network of security agents, they have made contingency plans to thwart any possible terrorist plot that will target Nairobi City, including KICC and all the Hotels in which delegates will be hosted, and the US Embassy. > > I wish to assure ICANN Community that the Kenya Government is committed to ensure your safety during the ICANN event and will take necessary security measures to guarantee the safety of all participants during the Conference.” > > In the most transparent manner possible, ICANN will continue to share information as it becomes available. Just like you, we’re processing this information, and seeing how and if we need to update procedures and plans for the upcoming meeting. > > Sincerely, > Doug Brent > > Information from U.S. State Department > > “As of early February 2010, individuals affiliated with al-Shabaab al-Islamiya were planning suicide bombing attacks on the US Embassy and Kenyan International Conference Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The individuals were targeting the KICC because it was deemed the largest and oldest building associated with the Kenyan government. The US Embassy was targeted for its support of the Kenyan government. As of early February, the individuals planning to carry out the attacks were living in Somali communities in Kenya. We have no additional information regarding the possible individuals involved in the plot, timing, or method of the attack. > > This is all the information we have at this time, and we will continue to keep you updated if there are any potential updates.” > - - - - - - - - - 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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New Member
by BC Secretariat Feb. 11, 2010

Feb. 11, 2010

Dear Members I am pleased to welcome AT&T, represented by Jeff Breuggeman, as a new member of the BC. Best wishes Gary

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Fw: [council] Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT
by Zahid Jamil Feb. 10, 2010

Feb. 10, 2010

Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 www.jamilandjamil.com Notice / Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and its contents are being communicated only for the intended recipients . If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete it from your system. The contents above may contain/are the intellectual property of Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-Law, and constitute privileged information protected by attorney client privilege. The reproduction, publication, use, amendment, modification of any kind whatsoever of any part or parts (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means whether or not transiently or incidentally or some other use of this communication) without prior written permission and consent of Jamil & Jamil is prohibited. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: William Drake <william.drake(a)graduateinstitute.ch> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:19:42 To: GNSO Council List<council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT Hello, Please see two documents attached. I hereby make the following motion: WHEREAS, in furtherance of ICANN’s responsibilities under the Affirmation of Commitments, applicants are being sought to volunteer to serve on the review team for Accountability and Transparency <link to http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm >; WHEREAS, the Accountability and Transparency review team will include members endorsed by the GNSO in its efforts; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council desires to adopt a one-time process to provide endorsements for applicants to serve on the first Accountability and Transparency review; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the Endorsement Process described in the attached document <link to final draft> is hereby approved ; RESOLVED FURTHER, that each Stakeholder Group and the GNSO Council Nominating Committee appointees should immediately commence their selection processes in accordance with the Endorsement Process; RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to post and distribute the Endorsement Process as widely as possible to all GNSO related groups in an effort to inform qualified applicants of the important work of the Accountability and Transparency review team; RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an Evaluation Team made up of one Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating Committee Appointee in its meeting on 18 February to assess the responses and report to the Council list not later than 25 February; RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to schedule a Special Council Teleconference call on 26 February at a time that maximizes Councilor participation for the purpose of finalizing GNSO endorsements; RESOLVED FURTHER, the Affirmation of Commitments Review Drafting Team is requested to continue its work to develop a longer-term process for Council consideration in April.

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Message to GNSO Community Members re. GNSO Endorsement Process for 2010 AoC Accountability and Transparency RT Members
by BC Secretariat Feb. 10, 2010

Feb. 10, 2010

Message to GNSO Community Members re. GNSO Endorsement Process for 2010 AoC Accountability and Transparency RT Members Here is an update regarding the GNSO Endorsement Process for 2010 AoC Accountability and Transparency (A&T) RT Members: a. The GNSO endorsement process is under development and a draft process will be submitted to the GNSO Council on 10 February for consideration by the Council in its meeting on 18 February. The proposed process will be publicly posted on 10 February or as soon as possible thereafter. b. This process will apply only for the first AoC Review, i.e., to the 2010 A&T RT; a longer term process will be developed in the coming months for the other RTs. c. As currently proposed, that process will require AoC review team volunteers for the 2010 Accountability and Transparency Review Team (A&T RT) to submit GNSO requested information in addition to the CV and motivation letter as mentioned in the ICANN request for volunteers posted at <blocked::http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/call-for-applicants-11 jan10-en.pdf> http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/call-for-applicants-11jan10-en.p df . d. Volunteers requesting GNSO endorsement should delay submitting information via the ICANN process until after 18 February when the GNSO Council plans to finalize, approve and communicate the GNSO endorsement process. e. In the meantime, it is strongly encouraged that SGs, Constituencies and other GNSO groups encourage potential volunteers for the 2010 A&T RT to begin preparing their CVs and motivation letters so that they will only have to add the GNSO requested information after 18 February. Please feel free to forward this update. Chuck Gomes, GNSO Council Chair

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Comments from the BC Chair
by Marilyn Cade Feb. 8, 2010

Feb. 8, 2010

Thank you to the members of the BC for your participation in the election. This will be a first of occassional Chair's communications. It is intended to update you on a few items, and ask you to mark your calendars for some working sessions ahead. In general, once we are organized as an Executive Committee, we will have regular scheduled communications. This communication is intended to thank you for participating in the election, to say that I appreciate the opportunity to serve as chair, mention some key events and describe how work is progressing in the transition, and to ask for your help, as we all work together. ========================================================================= Thank you for this opportunity to serve as chair. All of the newly elected officers are already at work, as you would have expected. I have been in touch with all other newly elected officers, and we will be holding informational and transitional discussions next week, so that we can be prepared to put proposals before our membership on various items where we believe the membership should be informed and have a chance to weigh in. You may find that a bit more communications on detail in the early stages of organizing the BC's new ExeComm's work, but please bear with us. For at least through February and into March, we will, as a constituency, need to make some general decisions that will affect our work for this year. After these processes are accepted by members, I expect to have more routinized/scheduled communications processes and meetings/conference calls. I want to thank everyone who stood for election, and recognize the commitment to working on behalf of the memberships that led each candidate to make the commitment to work as hard as I expect us to, as the new Executive Committee (ExeComm) this year. According to the election analysis shared with all of us, 83% of our members voted. That is actually quite excellent turn out. All of us, as BC members, were served well by having candidates who gave thought and work to developing platforms and commitments to work for the Constituency and presented their views to the Constituency. The BC is stronger for having had these elections, and the opportunity for participation and for broadening our membership through recruitment and outreach is before us to build more geographical diversity, and to develop processes that will enable even more of our members to commit to working roles in the BC this year and in years ahead. As a sort of short update for your calendars:There will be some transitional discussions next week, followed by a full ExeComm discussion where we will be developing draft proposals to present to the Members for work programs and processes. In addition, I want to have a full Members call during the last two weeks of February -- depending on when we see an agenda from ICANN [I've checked in with ICANN staff and believe it is going to be posted 2/15]. Our call will be during the last two weeks, but as early as I can make it, so that you have preparation time before the Kenya meeting. That call will address preparation for Kenya ICANN in March, and have a short update from each of the officers. We will have one more preparatory update call before Kenya ICANN. Remote Participation/debrief on Monday and Tuesday, during ICANN meeting: During the ICANN meeting, there will be one hour debriefs for business users/ISPs/IP stakeholders TENTATIVELY scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, as well as remote participation during various meetings, supported by ICANN. As an individual, I have been organizing these special debriefs with help and advice from Sarah Deutsch and Steve Metalitz and Fred Felman with ICANN, and want to mention them to any BC members who are traveling to Kenya, and to those of you who are not. They are open sessions [to which you can invite guests] but are focused on business concerns. This is an effort to ensure communications from Kenya, since the time frame is going to be tough for participation into the meetings, and is focused on the informal sharing of insights and information with colleagues. The actual BC meeting will have remote participation as well. Attendance in Kenya:Please send an email to the Secretariat at secretariat(a)bclist.org to confirm your attendance in Kenya. Please include in your personal email to him your arrival date/time, and which hotel you are at. I would like to ask that you include your email and cell phone. That will enable us to reach you during the ICANN meeting, but that is an optional decision for you. He will compile a private list and will provide that to the officers and councilors. We sometimes set up a private email list for those attending the meeting. I am not inclined to do that for this meeting, given the number of members who are not traveling to the meeting whom we should keep in touch with. We can discuss this on the Members call. Transition Period: February We are fortunate to have Gary Hills, our Secretariat, assisting with the transition period. Gary will leave us at the end of February and his focus during the rest of February will be on transitioning the details of the operational aspects of the BC to Mikey O'Connor, Vice Chair, Operations and Finance. His work is much appreciated and his help in the transition is very important to our smooth transition. Valuing our Members:All BC members are important to the full participation and involvement of the BC in ICANN -- in its policy development in the gNSO; in broader work related to the stability and functioning of the organization itself, and in the legitimacy of the BC within ICANN. We have a lot of work to do in 2010. We need each other, and I look forward to working with you, with my fellow ExeComm members, and with new members whom I am confident we will all work together to bring into the BC. I look forward to our work together. As always, my email and telephone number are available to all of you, should you want to contact me directly. Marilyn CadeChair, Business and Commercial Users Constituency+ 1 202 251 6787marilynscade(a)hotmail.com

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FW: [council] Please forward - policy webinar save the date announcement
by Mike Rodenbaugh Feb. 6, 2010

Feb. 6, 2010

fyi Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/> From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:09 AM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Please forward - policy webinar save the date announcement ================ Save the Date: Pre-Meeting Policy Briefing to get you up to speed Whether you plan to participate in the upcoming Nairobi meeting remotely or in person, youre invited to a quick reminder of the background and current status of each major policy issue currently under discussion in ICANN. The Policy Staff will provide a briefing on Thursday, 25 February, summarizing policy issues across the different ICANN Supporting Organizations. Attendees of the previous Policy Update session, held just before Seoul, reported that the session helped them crystallize their thinking on important issues and made them feel more fully informed as they participated in the international meetings. The Policy Staff will provide the upcoming briefing online at two times, to accommodate various timezones. Plan to join us for either of these duplicate sessions: 13.00 UTC (2200pm Seoul, 0000 Sydney, 0500am Marina del Rey, 0800 Washington, D.C.) or 19.00 UTC (0400 Seoul, 0600 Sydney, 1100 Marina del Rey, 1400 Washington, D.C. Full details will be sent later, including how to register in order to receive the Adobe Connect link and dial-in numbers. But for now, save the date!

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