The Non-Commercial Users Constituency have requested a Policy Development Process to examine the issues of registry-registrar separation. Their statment is attached. The Council will vote on the NCUC motion at our next meeting in three weeks. Based on our recent BC position paper, the BC Councilors expect to support the motion. Please reply with any comments or questions. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh Rodenbaugh Law 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 +1.415.738.8087 www.rodenbaugh.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wong Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:01 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [Bulk] [council] NCUC statement on vertical integration Hi all To help move things along at Thursday's meeting, I'm attaching NCUC's statement on the issue of Registry/Registrar vertical integration to this email. I hope it will clarify some of the questions that some of you may have about why NCUC believes this is a policy issue for the GNSO. I would have sent it before today, but I took the weekend to see if other NCUC members had final comments or additions to make to it. Thank you! Best, Mary Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: mwong@piercelaw.edu Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584