Attached is the draft BC comment on ICANN’s proposed final guidebook for new gTLDs. The genesis of this draft was our member call on 18-Nov. ( audio at http://drop.io/gnso_private/asset/gnso-bc-20101118-en-mp3 ; a transcript of the call was distributed earlier) . Several BC members volunteered as Rapporteurs. We worked thru 2 rounds of edits to get a draft to present to BC membership. For edits that I felt lacked consensus, I included dissenting remarks and questions in the body of the document [ in brackets and in blue ]. We are allowing 10 days to review and approve these comments. That would allow us to finalize by 3-Dec, before meetings begin in Cartagena. That is less than the 14-days called for in our Charter, but I will ask the BC executive committee for an abbreviated review under the circumstances. Please review and comment on the draft and on the inserted dissents and questions. Thanks again to the rapporteurs named below for their efforts thus far. Ron Andruff John Berard Marilyn Cade Chris Chaplow Berry Cobb Phil Corwin Fred Felman Jon Nevett Mikey O'Connor Mike Rodenbaugh Philip Sheppard --Steve For your reference, here are previous BC positions and statements on Guidebook topic: Comments on draft TLD guidebook January 2009 http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position_01_2009_draft_guideboo <http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position_01_2009_draft_guideboo> k_TLDs.doc Registry Registrar separation August 2009 http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position-08-2009_Registry_Regis <http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position-08-2009_Registry_Regis> trar.doc Staff Proposals for RPM for new gTLDs November 2009 http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position-11-2009_Staff_Proposal <http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/Position-11-2009_Staff_Proposal> s_Rights_Protection_Mechanism_New_gTLDs.pdf BC Comment on VI WG Initial Report August 2010 http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg01399.html <http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg01399.html> BC comment on the gTLD Draft Applicant Guidebook V3 July 2010 http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg01352.html <http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg01352.html> -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482