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Invitation to ccNSO Webinar 27 March 08:00/19:00 UTC
by Kristina Nordstrom Nov. 6, 2013

Nov. 6, 2013

Dear all, The suggestion to have a ccNSO newcomer webinar was met with positive reactions and we have decided to move forward. The webinar will be held on Wednesday 27 March on two occasions: 08:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC. If you wish to participate, just join the session most convenient for your timezone. Adigo numbers: http://adigo.com/icann/ Conference ID: 6565 Adobe Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ccnso2013/ If you need a dial out for the session please let me know as soon as possible. Two-way audio will be available in the Adobe room. The webinar is open to anyone interested in the function of the ccNSO and its role within ICANN and we will also touch on ccNSO activities at ICANN meetings. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who might find it useful. You do not need to rsvp, just show up! Kind regards, Kristina

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Council meetings in Durban / Remote participation
by Kristina Nordstrom July 10, 2013

July 10, 2013

Dear all, The ccNSO Council will meet in Durban on following occasions: Sunday 14 July 11:00-12:00 SAST Council Preparatory Meeting; Hall 3B (CLOSED) Monday 15 July 13:00-14:00 SAST (11:00-12:00 UTC) Joint ccNSO/GNSO Council; Hall 4D Wednesday 17 July 16:00-17:00 SAST (14:00-15:00 UTC) ccNSO Council Meeting; Hall 1B For the joint Council meeting with the GNSO and the regular Council meeting on Wednesday there will be phone bridges available. If you would like to participate in any of these meetings remotely, please let me know as soon as possible. Please note that you do not need to notify me if you are attending the meeting physically. All ccNSO related meetings for Durban will be listed here: http://ccnso.icann.org/calendar#jul Kind regards, Kristina

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Pre-Durban Policy Update Webinar links
by Gabriella Schittek June 28, 2013

June 28, 2013

Dear All, The Pre-Durban Policy webinar presentations, MP3 recordings, Adobe Connect recordings and Transcripts are all posted on page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#jun They may be directly viewed at the links below : 12 :00 UTC session MP3 http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-policy-update-webinar-1200-20130627-en.mp3 Transcription http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-policy-update-webinar-1200-27ju n13-en.pdf Presentation http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-policy-update-webinar-27jun13 -en.pdf Adobe Connect recording 12 :00 UTC http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p2jhy3od769/ <http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p2jhy3od769/> 19 :00 UTC session MP3 http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-policy-update-webinar-1900-20130627-en.mp3 <http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-policy-update-webinar-1900-20130627-en.mp3 > Transcription http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-policy-update-webinar-1900-27ju n13-en.pdf Presentation: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-policy-update-webinar-1900-27 jun13-en.pdf Adobe Connect recording 19 :00 UTC http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p7xe6fvetl6/ Thank you . Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Input sought on JIG draft Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
by Gabriella Schittek June 28, 2013

June 28, 2013

Dear all, The joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN working Group (JIG) seeks input from the community on its draft Final Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs. The draft includes recommendations to the ccNSO and GNSO Councils for further action to resolve policy and other relating to the universal acceptance of IDN TLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-25jun13-en.htm Comments are welcome until 26 July 2013. Kind regards, Gabi

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NGPC resolutions on GAC Safeguard Advice
by Gabriella Schittek June 28, 2013

June 28, 2013

Dear all, The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has adopted two resolutions concerning portions of the GAC's Safeguard Advice. It also adopted a resolution regarding the GAC's advice on singular and plural versions of the same string. For more information, see http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27jun13-en.htm The resolutions are posted at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-25jun13- en.htm. Kind regards, Gabi

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Timeline second and final round of voting IDN ccPDP
by Bart Boswinkel June 26, 2013

June 26, 2013

Dear all, Following the failure to pass the threshold of at least 50% of the members vote, the members have to vote again. In order to set-up the voting, you will need to approve the timeline for the PDP vote. Please mail to the list if you have any objections to the proposed Timeline, no later then Thursday 27 June 2013. Timeline Second round of voting 1. Announce the next round of voting 28 June 2013 2. Voting will take place from 24 July – 17 August Realizing the voting is in the middle of the holiday season in Northern Hemisphere, it is however close to the Durban meeting, which will be used to review the voting process etc. This timeline would allow the Council to approve the Board report at its meeting on 20 August, within the time designated in Annex B of the Bylaws. In order to improve the participation in the second, there will be a session at the members meeting in Durban (time TBD) to review the voting process, engage membership present in voting and improve outreach to members in the specific regions to engage them in the voting. In addition, the call for volunteers for the quorum study group will go out after the session on the voting. Requirement next round of voting The requirements for the next round of voting are: 1. At least 30 day notice period before the next round of voting commences. If the note from 12 June is considered such a notice, it implies we next round of voting has to start on Friday 12 July 2013. 2. The vote of the members shall be electronic and shall be lodged over such a time as designated in the PDP Timeline ( to be approved by the Council, as it is currently not included), and shall be at least 21 days. As a result the second, final voting will close at its earliest 2 August. 3. The Bylaw language on quorum for the second round is unclear. The first Council meeting after the Durban meeting is 20 August, at which time the Board report could be approved, without resorting to email vote. I think, that Byron's suggestion to try to organize a vote during the Durban meeting will not meet the Bylaw requirements ( specifically 3 weeks duration of voting, and that every member shall be given the opportunity to vote) Kind regards, Bart Annex B section 13 and 14 ICANN Bylaws ------------------------------------------------ 13. Members Vote Following the submission of the Members Report and within the time designated by the PDP Time Line, the ccNSO members shall be given an opportunity to vote on the Council Recommendation. The vote of members shall be electronic and members' votes shall be lodged over such a period of time as designated in the PDP Time Line (at least 21 days long). In the event that at least 50% of the ccNSO members lodge votes within the voting period, the resulting vote will be be employed without further process. In the event that fewer than 50% of the ccNSO members lodge votes in the first round of voting, the first round will not be employed and the results of a final, second round of voting, conducted after at least thirty days notice to the ccNSO members, will be employed if at least 50% of the ccNSO members lodge votes. In the event that more than 66% of the votes received at the end of the voting period shall be in favor of the Council Recommendation, then the recommendation shall be conveyed to the Board in accordance with Item 14 below as the ccNSO Recommendation. 14. Board Report The Issue Manager shall within seven days after a ccNSO Recommendation being made in accordance with Item 13 incorporate the ccNSO Recommendation into a report to be approved by the Council and then to be submitted to the Board (the "Board Report"). The Board Report must contain at least the following: a. A clear statement of the ccNSO recommendation; b. The Final Report submitted to the Council; and c. the Members' Report.

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Triage committee recommendation on IANA consultation
by Gabriella Schittek June 26, 2013

June 26, 2013

Dear Councillors, The Triage Committee reviewed IANA's call for consultations on Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Requests the recommendation is just to forward to the community and encourage individual input to be submitted (this has also been done). If you disagree with the recommendation and would like to bring it further, please, let us know by the end of Friday, 28 June. Thanks! Gabi == Topic: IANA consultation on Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Requests Originator: ICANN/IANA Summary of request: The IANA functions contract between ICANN and the United States Department of Commerce, NTIA to maintain the continuity and stability of services related to certain interdependent Internet technical management functions, IANA, calls for a public consultation to help satisfy the following objectives: > C.2.6 Transparency and Accountability [No later than 1 October 2013], the > Contractor shall, in collaboration with all interested and affected parties as > enumerated in Section C.1.3, develop user instructions including technical > requirements for each corresponding IANA function and post via a website. > > C.2.7 Responsibility and Respect for Stakeholders [No later than 1 October > 2013], the Contractor shall, in collaboration with all interested and affected > parties as enumerated in Section C.1.3, develop for each of the IANA functions > a process for documenting the source of the policies and procedures and how it > will apply the relevant policies and procedures for the corresponding IANA > function and post via a website. The interested and affected parties are identified in C.1.3 as: > > the multi-stakeholder, private sector led, bottom-up policy development model > for the domain name system (DNS) that the Internet Corporation for Assigned > Names and Numbers (ICANN) represents; the Internet Engineering Task Force > (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB); Regional Internet Registries > (RIRs); top-level domain (TLD) operators/managers (e.g., country codes and > generic); governments; and the Internet user community. The IANA functions are identified in C.2.9 as: > > (1) the coordination of the assignment of technical Internet protocol > parameters; (2) the administration of certain responsibilities associated with > the Internet DNS root zone management; (3) the allocation of Internet > numbering resources; and (4) other services related to the management of the > ARPA and INT top-level domains (TLDs). This consultation relates to the user instructions for the allocation of Internet numbering resources. Date received: 25 June 2013 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 7 August 2013 Recommended action, if any: Post to relevant ccTLD email lists, encourage individual comments (done). Expertise needed, if any: Technical, managerial Last date of Council decision: End of business Day 28 June 2013. Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Middle-low

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Comments of the ccNSO Strategic & Operational Planning Working Group on ICANN's Draft FY 14 Operations Plan & Budget
by Roelof Meijer June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

Dear fellow councilors, Please receive herewith the comments on ICANN's Draft FY 14 Operations Plan & Budget that the SOP Working Group submitted today. According to its Charter (http://ccnso.ICANN.org/workinggroups/sopiwg-charter-18aug10-en.pdf<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/sopiwg-charter-18aug10-en.pdf>) the WG may as part of its activities take a position and provide input to the public comments forum and relate to ICANN or other Supporting Organizations and Advisory WG's on its own behalf. The views expressed are therefore not necessarily those of the ccNSO (Council and membership) or ccTLD community at large. The ccNSO Council and individual ccTLD managers, either collectively or individually, are invited to endorse or support the position or input of the WG. Best regards, Roelof Meijer SOP WG Chair SIDN | Meander 501 | 6825 MD | P.O. Box 5022 | 6802 EA | ARNHEM | THE NETHERLANDS T +31 (0)26 352 55 00 | M +31 (0)6 11 395 775 | F +31 (0)26 352 55 05 roelof.meijer(a)sidn.nl<mailto:roelof.meijer@sidn.nl> | www.sidn.nl<http://www.sidn.nl/>

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IANA Consultation on Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Reqyests
by Gabriella Schittek June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

Dear all, IANA is opening a consultation on the Source of Policies & User Instructions for Internet Number Resource Requests. This is one of a series of consultations to identify source documents and publish user instructions for the delivery of the IANA functions: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-25jun13-en.htm Comments are welcome by 7 August 2013. Kind regards, Gabi

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ICANN Strategic Planning Portal launched
by Gabriella Schittek June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

Dear all, ICANN has opened a new "Strategic Planning Portal" which is meant to make it easier for the community to provide input to its overarching vision and five-year strategic plan: http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement The portal is divided into following eight key areas: * Role Clarity for ICANN <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/role-clarity> * ICANN Community <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/icann-communit y> * Users <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/end-users> * Internationalization & Regional Development <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/intreg-develop ment> * Internet Governance (IG) <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/internet-gover nance> * Security and Stability <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/security-stabi lity> * Operational Excellence <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/operational-ex cellence> * Domain Name Industry Engagement <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/domain-industr y> These key strategic planning areas will be discussed at the ICANN meeting in Durban and comments will be collected online through August. Kind regards, Gabi

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Invitation to ICANN 5-Year Strategic Plan session - Durban Monday 11:00 - 12:30
by Gabriella Schittek June 24, 2013

June 24, 2013

Dear all, ICANN is organising an event in Durban where all community members are invited to help building a five-year strategic plan. Please, see below for more information. Kind regards, Gabi From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Subject: Creating a New ICANN 5-Year Strategic Plan - Durban Monday 11:00 - 12:30 We are organizing a special community event in Durban on Monday, 15 July from 11:00 - 12:30 to help build ICANN's new, overarching vision and five-year strategic plan. Xplane, professional facilitators who have worked with the ICANN Board, staff and some community groups, will help us run a cross-constituency brainstorming and discussion session to yield focused input for ICANN's new strategic plan. This session also should help prompt more strategic conversations during our week in Durban and beyond. Building on previous discussions <https://myicann.org/join-strategy-conversation?language=en> about how to help prepare ICANN for an increasingly complex world, this session will solicit input on eight key areas of consideration for the new strategic plan: role clarity; community; users; internationalization and regional development; Internet governance; security and stability; operational excellence; and domain name industry engagement. Regards, Denise Denise Michel VP Strategic Initiatives & Advisor to the President ICANN denise.michel(a)icann.org

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Triage Group Recommendation reg. Call for Volunteers: GNSO Drafting Team
by Gabriella Schittek June 21, 2013

June 21, 2013

Dear Councillors, Below is a call for volunteers to a GNSO Drafting Team, which was passed on to the Triage Team for consideration. The outcome was not to do anything. If you object to this recommendation, please, let me know by the end of Tuesday, 25 June. Thanks! Gabi ==== Topic: Call for Volunteers: Drafting Team to Develop Charter for PDP Working Group on the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19jun13-en.htm Originator: GNSO Summary of request: At its meeting on 13 June 2013, the GNSO Council initiated a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the translation and transliteration of contact information. (See https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+2013 <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+201 3> ) Accordingly a group of volunteers will now be convened to draft the charter for the PDP Working Group, which is to be approved by the GNSO Council. The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing a charter for the PDP Working Group on the translation and transliteration of contact information. The WG is expected to address the following issues: 1. Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single common language or transliterate contact information to a single common script. 2. Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact information to a single common language or transliterating contact information to a single common script. These issues arise from recommendations in the Final Report provided by the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG), see http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf> . Further background on the issues and related questions is described below. In addition, the Charter should include, at a minimum, the following elements as specified in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines (http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf <http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf> ): Working Group identification; Mission; Purpose and Deliverables; Formation, Staffing and Organization; and Rules of Engagement. The proposed Charter will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its consideration and approval. Date received: 20 June Last day for Comments/ input/response, if any: 05 July 2013 Recommended action, if any: (alternatives: None, letter from Chair/ Council, ccNSO statement/position paper, WG, PDP) None Expertise needed, if any: Lingual, administrative, managerial Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low

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June Update from ICANN's Policy Department
by Gabriella Schittek June 20, 2013

June 20, 2013

Dear all, The June Update from ICANN's Policy Department is now available at http://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update/update-jun13-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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Lunch Sponsors Sought for Beijing!
by Kristina Nordstrom June 18, 2013

June 18, 2013

Dear all, We are now looking for lunch sponsors for following ccNSO related ICANN Beijing events: Tech Day Monday 8 April ccNSO Members Meeting Day 1 Tuesday 9 April ccNSO Members Meeting Day 2 Wednesday 10 April Should your registry/organisation be interested in sponsoring any of these event, please let me know! Thanks and kind regards, Kristina

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Council Minutes 11 June
by Kristina Nordstrom June 17, 2013

June 17, 2013

Dear all, Please find attached the minutes from the Council call on 11 June 2013 and let me know before Friday 21 June if you wish to make any amendments. Kind regards, Kristina

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ICANN Webinar on IDN Variant TLD Programme Update
by Gabriella Schittek June 13, 2013

June 13, 2013

Dear all. ICANN is organising a webinar to give an update on the Internationalised Domain Name Variant TLD Programme. Information on how to join it is available at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-13jun13-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi

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update from Nomcom
by Jian Zhang June 13, 2013

June 13, 2013

Dear Lesley and councilors: Here's most recent update from Nomcom. The NomCom has now completed the initial Board evaluations and is currently proceeding with GNSO, ccNSO and ALAC evaluations. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best regards Jian Zhang General Manager APTLD

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Recording, Council Call 11 June
by Kristina Nordstrom June 12, 2013

June 12, 2013

Dear all, Please find below the recording from yesterday's Council call on 12 June 2013. http://audio.icann.org/ccnso/ccnso-council-20130611-en.mp3 Kind regards, Kristina

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Notice on Voting IDN ccPDP
by Bart Boswinkel June 12, 2013

June 12, 2013

Dear all, The voting on the ccNSO Council Recommendation closed yesterday (Tuesday 11 June 2013) at 23.59 UTC. At the time the voting started 136 ccTLD managers were member of the ccNSO and eligible to vote. To employ the results of the voting at least 50% of the members should have lodged their vote. In total 65 votes were cast, therefore we are 3 votes short. Therefore the votes of this round will NOT be employed. The ccNSO membership shall now have the opportunity to vote in a second, final round of voting. According to the Annex C section 13 of the ICANN Bylaws, this second round of voting will be conducted at least thirty days after this notice. You will be informed on the timeline etc. for the next round over the next days. The secretariat observed that the contact details of some of the members were not up to date. Only the representative of the ccTLD manager will receive a ballot for electronic voting at the email address submitted to the secretariat for that purpose. During the voting process some members noted that the this email address was not correct anymore and we were able to update them. The secretariat would appreciate if you could check whether your contact details relating to the ccNSO are still up to date. Please note they are not the same as those in the IANA root zone database. Finally, and on behalf of the secretariat, I wholeheartedly want to thank all members who took the effort to vote. Kind regards, Bart

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Dial in details Council Call 11 June 12:00 UTC
by Kristina Nordstrom June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

Dear all, The next Council call will take place on 11 June at 12:00 UTC. Please find the dial in details below and let me know as soon as possible if you need dial out assistance for this call. Dial in numbers: http://www.adigo.com/icann/ Conference ID: 5258 Adobe Room: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/ccnsocouncil/ Two-way audio will be available in the Adobe Room. Kind regards, Kristina

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Work plan update
by Bart Boswinkel June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

Dear all, Please find included the updated version of the monthly work plan for your information Kind regsrds, Bart

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IDN PDP vote - we still do not have enough votes
by Chris Disspain June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

All, I do appreciate that you are all busy but please allow me to implore you to vote in the IDN PDP vote which closes today. There are a few reasons why it is important to vote and why I am bugging you: a) a lot of people have put a lot of hard work and effort over a number of years into getting this PDP finalised, b) the IDN Fast track is held up as a model of how work in ICANN can happen quickly whilst allowing the naturally lengthy and cumbersome PDP to run its course. Failing to pass the policy set out in the full PDP may have the effect of undermining the legitimacy of using a 'fast track' process for some future issue and, c) the PDP is the way we make global policy. It is accepted that in the case of ccs there is a very narrow band of items upon which such policy can or should be made but there has never been any doubt that IDNs fits fairly and squarely within that narrow band. If we cannot legitimise this policy by a vote of the ccNSO we undermine the multi-stakeholder model and the policy development processes that each of us strives to support. Please vote! Cheers, Chris Disspain | Chief Executive Officer .au Domain Administration Ltd T: +61 3 8341 4111 | F: +61 3 8341 4112 E: ceo(a)auda.org.au | W: www.auda.org.au auDA – Australia’s Domain Name Administrator Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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FW: finwg update
by Gabriella Schittek June 11, 2013

June 11, 2013

Finance Working Group Update forwarded on behalf of Byron Holland. From: Byron Holland <byron.holland(a)cira.ca> Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:08 AM To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek(a)icann.org> Subject: finwg update The finwg had a telecon on June 5th where we discussed the updated and revised material and model from Beijing. The conversation was rich and fulsome with a number of good refinements being raised. There is a follow up telecom scheduled for June 25th, which will include Xavier. Agenda will include refinements from June 5th input. A face-2-face meeting will be held in Durban where we hope to get general agreement on the overall principles, quantum, and timelines. We plan to share the work with the community at Durban, allowing for feedback and socializing with other communities until the next meeting in Buenos Aires, where we intend to seek the support of the council.

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Suggested clarifications and changes to GNSO cc working group principles ( agenda item 6)
by Bart Boswinkel June 10, 2013

June 10, 2013

Dear all, Included proposed modifications and need for clarifications. This item 6 on the agenda. Also included the draft Principles as circulated in May 2012. Kind regards, Bart

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Voting on IDN ccPDP started
by Gabriella Schittek June 10, 2013

June 10, 2013

Dear ccNSO members, Today at 00:001 UTC the voting on the IDN ccPDP started. An electronic ballot was sent to what we have noted as our primary contact email address in the ccNSO database. If you have not received the ballot, please let me know as soon as possible! As we need at least 50% of the membership to vote, we would like to encourage everyone to participate in this very important voting process. The voting period will be open until 11 June 23:59 UTC. For those of you who feel you wish to learn more what the voting is about, please see our recording from the two webinars that we held on this topic last week: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p9b0ox2ifdb/ and http://icann.adobeconnect.com/p9q9eux8m27/ You are also of course welcome to contact us with questions at any time. Kind regards, Gabi

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