BC,

· DAGv4 Comment – I wish I could contribute, but I have not had the time to deep-dive in to v4. Therefore I am not a good candidate to assist in write-up. My personal opinion at this point is that we are very close to a final draft, without detailed consideration for the topics Ron brought up below.

· ITRP Comment – I have been involved with this WG, but not to the degree that Mikey has. I will happily assist in a BC position write-up, but I must first lean on Mikey. (sorry Mikey, I know you are in the throes of VI).

· PEDNER – I have also been very active with this WG. To share the workload, I will take lead on developing a position paper. There are a few recommendations that I feel it will be important for the BC to support, but far from all recommendations that are offered in the latest initial report. Many recommendation will most likely become “best practices.” The biggest recommendation for us to support will be a possible consensus policy on the RGP (Redemption Grace Period). More to come.

Thank you! B

Berry Cobb

Infinity Portals LLC

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http://infinityportals.com

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From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Ron Andruff
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:50 AM
To: 'bc - GNSO list'
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] DAGv4 Public Comment Period ends in 8-days
Importance: High

Dear all,

I wanted to bring to the attention of the BC members that the DAGv4 Public Comment period is coming to a close Wednesday, in one week (July 21st).

We commented on four aspects in our post regarding DAGv3 (found here: http://forum.icann.org/lists/3gtld-guide/msg00147.html ), to whit:

· ICANN Staff Recommendations for Rights Protection Mechanisms

· Translations of Strings from ASCII to Other Scripts or Languages

· Revised Comparative Evaluation Scoring

· Market Differentiation Between New gTLDs

While I do not know (and would like to hear from others that are better informed) what happened with regard to our first issue, RPMs, I do know that our other three comments were wholly ignored by staff.

I would submit to the members that we need to repost our comments with some stronger language to ensure that staff hear and react to the BC’s concerns. Whatever happens, we have one week to submit our comments.

Comments/thoughts?

Kind regards,

Ronald N. Andruff

President

RNA Partners, Inc.

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New York, New York 10001

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From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:09 AM
To: bc - GNSO list
Subject: [bc-gnso] Policy question -- does the BC want to develop a position on the current IRTP draft?

subject says it all. IRTP-B is in public-comments. does the BC have a view?

mikey

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