Greetings fellow Council Members,

As a follow-up to my correspondence regarding the circulation of the Final Report of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross Community Working Group to the CCWG that I sent to you yesterday, please permit me to provide you an update.

A minority statement has been formally filed by the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) from the GNSO.

It’s pretty brutal with it’s objection to the “consensus” adoption of Mechanism A, which I described in my previous correspondence.

It challenges the “consensus” expressed in the final report.

This objection comes from the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC).

Whether it becomes a formal appendix to the CCWG final report, or is referenced as a URL to the CCWG Wiki, is an open question, to be determined  by the CCWG Co-chairs.

I have advised our ccNSO elected ICANN Board members of this development, as the IPC objection makes specific demands of the ICANN Board.

Best Regards,

Stephen Deerhake

AS Domain Registry