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Re: [council] GNSO Council meeting proposed dates
by Your Name Feb. 15, 2006

Feb. 15, 2006

OK with me Tony Harris > Dear Councillors, > > These are proposed dates for Council meetings till the Vancouver meetings. > > Thursday 28 July 12:00 UTC > Thursday 18 August 12:00 UTC > Thursday 21 September 12:00 UTC > Thursday 20 October 12:00 UTC > Wednesday 16 November 19:00 UTC > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Thank you very much. > Kind regards, > > Glen > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > > --

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.auDA WHOIS Policy Review
by Liz Williams Dec. 15, 2005

Dec. 15, 2005

Colleagues Some of you may be interested in this work. au: auDA WHOIS Policy Review - Aug 2005 auDA is currently holding a public consultation and reviewing the WHOIS Policy (2003-08). http://auda.org.au/reviews/whois-2005/ Regards. Liz Liz Williams Senior Policy Counselor ICANN - Brussels Tel: +32 2 234 7874 Fax: +32 2 234 7848 Mob: +61 414 26 9000

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Draft resolution Verisign for Council 2 Dec
by philip.sheppard＠aim.be Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Council members, please find attached from the Bc a proposed draft Council motion on the Verisign settlement. This follows the constituency presentations at the Verisign review meeting and proposes the board delay adoption until the council has considered the GNSO related aspects arising from the settlement. We hope this provides a full day for Constituencies to consider the proposed motion before Council might adopt it. Philip

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RE: [council] Draft Agenda for GNSO public forum
by Marilyn Cade Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

I'll volunteer to work with Philip and Ross and anyone else who volunteers -- Avri? -- to draft a resolution on the litigation/.com settlement proposed agreement for Council. This p.m. I'll be in IDN workshop. Can we "gather" then and do a draft to circulate later? Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri@psg.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:30 PM To: Marilyn Cade Cc: GNSO Council; Bruce Tonkin Subject: Re: [council] Draft Agenda for GNSO public forum Hi, I think both of these are really good topics. On 29 nov 2005, at 17.29, Marilyn Cade wrote: > Bruce, I have two additions. One is the .com/litigation topic, > which deserves time on our agenda. I also note to the Council that > I recommend that the Council table a resolution on this topic for > the Council meeting itself. On this I have been surprised that we have not tackled this yet. And do suggest that there should be a formal council position since this definitely has policy implications. > > Secondly. If you recall, I asked to invite Janis Karklins, > president of WSIS prepatory process, and Ambassador from Latvia, to > discuss the outcomes of WSIS with the Council. Can we offer > Ambassador Karklins a set 30 min time slot for a dialogue with the > Council in our public forum? Am. Karklins has accepted and we need > to give him a time for the participation. We could certainly put > this segment at the end of the two hour segment, and take some time > from the formal Council agenda. > I wonder whether we can't also invite Marcus as the passt Secretariat of WGIG to attend this meeting as well. > Can you let me know what time might work for Am. Karklins? I would think that we should allot at least 30 minutes to this. thanks a.

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Draft agenda for GNSO Council meeting - Friday 2 Dec
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Hello All, Here is a draft agenda for the GNSO Council meeting on Friday. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Draft Agenda for Council meeting Friday 2 Dec 2005 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 18:30 (10:30 Vancouver, 05:30 (Saturday) Melbourne)) Item 1: Election of GNSO Council chair for period 4 Jan 06 to 3 Dec 2006 - initiate formal call for nominations Item 2: Terms of reference for new TLDs (staff recommendation from issues report) (1) Should new top level domain names be introduced? (a) Given the information provided here and any other relevant information available to the GNSO, the GNSO should assess whether there is sufficient support within the Internet community to enable the introduction of new top level domains. If this is the case the following additional terms of reference are applicable. (2) Selection Criteria for New Top Level Domains (a) Using the existing selection criteria from previous top level domain application processes and relevant criteria in registry services re-allocations, develop modified or new criteria which specifically address ICANN's goals of expanding the use and usability of the Internet. In particular, examine ways in which the allocation of new top level domains can meet demands for broader use of the Internet in developing countries. (b) Examine whether preferential selection criteria could be developed which would encourage new and innovative ways of addressing the needs of Internet users. (c) Examine whether distinctions between restricted, unrestricted, sponsored and unsponsored top level domains are necessary and how the choice of distinctions meets the interests of relevant stakeholders. (d) Examine whether additional criteria need to be developed which address ICANN's goals of ensuring the security and stability of the Internet. (e) Examine whether additional criteria can be developed to normalize and simplify the administrative process of selecting and implementing new top level domains. (3) Allocation Methods for New Top Level Domains (a) Using the experience gained in previous rounds of top level domain name application processes, develop modified or new criteria which simplify and standardize the allocation methods for selecting new top level domain names. (b) Examine the full range of allocation methods including auctions, ballots and comparative evaluation processes to determine the most predictable and stable method of implementing additions to the Internet root. (c) Examine how allocation methods could be used to achieve ICANN's goals of fostering competition in domain name registration services and encouraging a diverse range of registry services providers. (4) Contractual Conditions for New Top Level Domains (a) Using the experience of previous rounds of top level domain name application processes and the recent amendments to registry services agreements, develop modified or new contractual criteria which are publicly available prior to any application rounds. (b) Examine whether additional contractual conditions are necessary to improve ICANN's contractual compliance regime to provide predictability and security of registry services. (c) Examine whether a registry services code of conduct, in addition to contractual conditions, would improve a compliance regime which is easily understandable and recognizes differences in approaches to offering registry services whilst, at the same time, ensuring the stability and security of the Internet. Item 3: Issues report on IDNs Proposed motion: WHEREAS, the GNSO Council recognises that one of the goals of ICANN to increase the internationalisation of the domain name space. WHEREAS, the GNSO Council wishes to liaise closely with the ccNSO with respect to the issue of localised IDN equivalents of existing gTLDs and ccTLDs, and for the purpose of jointly requesting an issues report. The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with creating internationalised equivalents of existing gTLDs, and second level domains within existing gTLDs. The GNSO also requests that the staff liaise with the ccNSO to ensure that the policy issues associated with internationalised versions of the existing ccTLDs can also be considered. Item 4: Vote of thanks for outgoing Council members - Philip Colebrook - Alick Wilson - Niklas Lagergren

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Updated Agenda for GNSO public forum
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Hello All, We have two hours available for the GNSO public forum on Friday. Here is an updated agenda for consideration. Please let me know if you have any further suggestions/changes: (1) Report from .com agreement workshop (2) Reports from GNSO constituency meetings on Thursday 1 Dec - business users constituency - gtld registries constituency - Internet service and connection provider constituency - non-commercial users constituency - registrar constituency - intellectual property constituencies (3) WHOIS - update from the WHOIS task force on defining the purpose of WHOIS - open mike (4) Evaluation of recent round of new sponsored gtlds - presentation my Miriam Shapiro on the process and lessons learnt - open mike (5) New TLDs - outline of proposed terms of reference - presentation by dotBERLIN on why there should be more TLDs - open mike (6) Internationalised domain names - motion to request an issues report - open mike (7) Single letter domain names - potential release of single letter names at the second level of existing gtlds (8) Presentation from Janis Karklins, president of WSIS prepatory process (9) Open mike on any other issues Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Materials from today's .COM Workshop
by bfausett＠internet.law.pro Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Links to the mp3 audio and the "thematic" chart prepared by Ross are available on this page: http://www.icannwiki.org/index.php/ICANN-Verisign_Settlement_Workshop Many thanks to all who participated. Bret

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Re: [council] Draft Agenda for GNSO public forum
by Marilyn Cade Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Bruce, I have two additions. One is the .com/litigation topic, which deserves time on our agenda. I also note to the Council that I recommend that the Council table a resolution on this topic for the Council meeting itself. Secondly. If you recall, I asked to invite Janis Karklins, president of WSIS prepatory process, and Ambassador from Latvia, to discuss the outcomes of WSIS with the Council. Can we offer Ambassador Karklins a set 30 min time slot for a dialogue with the Council in our public forum? Am. Karklins has accepted and we need to give him a time for the participation. We could certainly put this segment at the end of the two hour segment, and take some time from the formal Council agenda. Can you let me know what time might work for Am. Karklins? -----Original Message----- From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin(a)melbourneit.com.au> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:07:23 To:"GNSO Council" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Draft Agenda for GNSO public forum Hello All, We have two hours available for the GNSO public forum on Friday. Here is a draft agenda for consideration. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions/changes: (1) Reports from GNSO constituency meetings on Thursday 1 Dec - business users constituency - gtld registries constituency - Internet service and connection provider constituency - non-commercial users constituency - registrar constituency - intellectual property constituencies (2) WHOIS - update from the WHOIS task force on defining the purpose of WHOIS - open mike (3) Evaluation of recent round of new sponsored gtlds - presentation my Miriam Shapiro on the process and lessons learnt - open mike (4) New TLDs - outline of proposed terms of reference - presentation by dotBERLIN on why there should be more TLDs - open mike (5) Internationalised domain names - motion to request an issues report - open mike (6) Open mike on any other issues Regards, Bruce Tonkin Regards, Marilyn Cade

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Draft Agenda for GNSO public forum
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 30, 2005

Nov. 30, 2005

Hello All, We have two hours available for the GNSO public forum on Friday. Here is a draft agenda for consideration. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions/changes: (1) Reports from GNSO constituency meetings on Thursday 1 Dec - business users constituency - gtld registries constituency - Internet service and connection provider constituency - non-commercial users constituency - registrar constituency - intellectual property constituencies (2) WHOIS - update from the WHOIS task force on defining the purpose of WHOIS - open mike (3) Evaluation of recent round of new sponsored gtlds - presentation my Miriam Shapiro on the process and lessons learnt - open mike (4) New TLDs - outline of proposed terms of reference - presentation by dotBERLIN on why there should be more TLDs - open mike (5) Internationalised domain names - motion to request an issues report - open mike (6) Open mike on any other issues Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Draft slides for GAC presentation
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

Hello All, Attached is a presentation I used this morning in a short (15 min) presentation to the GAC. Please let me know any improvements you would like made to the text, prior to me sending a copy of this to the GAC. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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June Seo joining as registries Representative for the GNSO Council replacing Philip Colebrook
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

From: Marie.Zitkova Sent: Monday, 28 November 2005 8:18 PM To: Bruce Tonkin Subject: RESULTS OF VOTE - gTLD Registries Representative for the GNSO Council Dear Bruce, I am pleased to announce that the gTLD Registries constituency unanimously elected June Seo as its representative in the GNSO Council. All Unsponsored and Sponsored Registries responded and the vote was unanimous in favor. June is from Korea and will be taking the seat vacated by Phil Colebrook. Best regards, Marie Zitkova Chair, gTLD Registries Constituency

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[Fwd: Fwd: APWG Request to discuss Phishing, Botnets and Internet fraud with the Registrar Constituency]
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) cordially invites attendees of the Vancouver ICANN meeting to a panel discussion on the current headline issues of Phishing, Phraud and Botnets. The session will take place Thursday, December 1st at 5 PM at Stanley Park Ballroom 1 and 2. We will be presenting valuable information on the scale of these problems and their effects on the domain registration system and registrars. Additionally, we'll cover the latest techniques used by these criminals to defraud consumers and domain registrars, as well as best practices and new ideas for combatting them. The panel will include members of the APWG who are on the front-lines of the anti-phishing fight, along with peers from the registrar community who have successfully implemented programs to prevent and quickly eliminate fraudulent registrations abusing their services. We hope to use this opportunity to give you valuable tips that you can implement right away to be able to eliminate abuse on your services. We also wish to start discussions on procedures and policies that the entire registration community can work on to make it harder for criminals to so thoroughly abuse the Internet via the domain name system. This is designed to be an open discussion with plenty of input from the assembled audience to get good ideas on the table. The APWG wishes to include the domain registration community on the team dedicated to making the Internet a safer place for all to use, keeping the momentum moving forward for its continued health and growth. If anyone has any input or questions ahead of the session, I've included my contact information so they can reach me. I will be in Vancouver Tuesday evening (snow permitting). Rod Rasmussen Co-Chair APWG Phishing Data Repository Working Group Director of Operations, Internet Identity 1 (888) 239-6932 ext. 84 1 (253) 590-4088 rod.rasmussen(a)internetidentity.com Thank you very much and I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver! Regards, Rod Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bhavin Turakhia" <bhavin.t(a)directi.com> > Date: November 28, 2005 7:53:52 PM PST > To: "'Rod Rasmussen'" <rod.rasmussen(a)internetidentity.com> > Subject: RE: APWG Request to discuss Phishing, Botnets and Internet > fraud with the Registrar Constituency > > > > Hi Rod, > > I have scheduled you for a 45 minute slot on Thursday itself at > 5:00 pm > > My canadian cellular number is +1-778-552-1689 > > See you at 5:00pm. This will be in the same meeting room as the > registrar > constituency meetings > > Make sure you announce this to glen and ask her to anounce it to > the other > constituencies > > Thanks > bhavin > > -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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[Fwd: Workshop on the Proposed VeriSign Settlement]
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

Would you please email this to all GNSO Council members/constituency chairs? Thanks. Denise michel(a)icann.org All ICANN constituencies and advisory committees are invited to attend the Workshop on the Proposed VeriSign Settlement scheduled for Tuesday, 29 November, from 1130 - 1430 in the Grand Ballroom A-C at the Westin Bayshore Hotel (ICANN meeting venue). (Please note the time change.) This workshop, which is organized by ICANN user and provider communities, will be an open, informational briefing and discussion on the proposed VeriSign Settlement Agreement. A proposed agenda is included below. All ICANN constituencies and advisory committees are encouraged to post their comments on the proposed agreement to the ICANN public comment forum at <settlement-comments(a)icann.org>. An archive of comments is available at <http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-comments/>. All interested individuals are encouraged to attend. Workshop on the Proposed VeriSign Settlement 11:30 a.m. - 14:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom A-C Westin Bayshore Vancouver, BC Proposed Agenda 1130 Welcome 1135 - 1215 Perspectives from ICANN Stakeholders (short summary statements from ICANN constituencies and advisory committees) 1215 - 1300 Open microphone for individual participant comments 1300 - 1400 Thematic discussion and identification of common themes and issues, including: - Pricing and Renewal - New Registry Services and Policy Development - Funding and Budget Mechanism for ICANN 1400 - 1430 Developing consensus (this session will be supported by rapporteurs and real time blogging of key themes to be presented in the last segment for discussion and general agreement, if possible, of the attendees/participants. 1430 Close -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Proposed motion on requesting an issues report for IDNs
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

To: Chair, ccNSO Council From: Chair, GNSO Council Dear Chris, The following is a proposed motion for the ccNSO and GNSO to jointly request that the ICANN staff produce an issues report on the topic of IDN strings related to existing top level domains. I hope that the ccNSO will consider this motion at its meeting this week. The issue will be before the GNSO Council in its meeting on Friday. Regards, Bruce Tonkin WHEREAS, the GNSO Council recognises that one of the goals of ICANN to increase the internationalisation of the domain name space. WHEREAS, the GNSO Council wishes to liaise closely with the ccNSO with respect to the issue of localised IDN equivalents of existing gTLDs and ccTLDs, and for the purpose of jointly requesting an issues report. The GNSO Council requests that the staff produce an issues report on the policy issues associated with creating internationalised equivalents of existing gTLDs, and second level domains within existing gTLDs. The GNSO also requests that the staff liaise with the ccNSO to ensure that the policy issues associated with internationalised versions of the existing ccTLDs can also be considered.

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Meeting with GAC - 9:30am to 9:45am on Tuesday 29 Nov
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 29, 2005

Nov. 29, 2005

Hello All, I have been asked by the GAC to present an update on our policy development plans with respect to new TLDs and IDNs at the GAC plenary from 9:30am to 9:45am On Tuesday 29 Nov. Council members are invited to attend. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Vancouver draft schedule
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 28, 2005

Nov. 28, 2005

[To:council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, This is just to give you a rough orientation. Attached please find a skeleton plan of meetings that are particularly related to the GNSO. I do not have the names of all the rooms nor do I have confirmation of times, but as soon as they become available I will fill them in and make adjustments. See the agendas for the GNSO Council meeting and the joint Board meeting on Monday 28 November at the end of the e-mail. A separate list of the documents that will be waiting for you in Vancouver will follow on the council list. Thanks and safe trips! Kind regards Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr http://gnso.icann.org GNSO Council meeting in Vancouver 28 November 2005 9:00 to 12:00 local time Item 1: Approval of minutes - GNSO Council teleconference - 13 October 2005 - GNSO Council teleconference - 20 October 2005 Item 2: Staff action items - list of current GNSO work items - update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule Item 3: Election of GNSO Council chair - Bruce Tonkin has been nominated and seconded - term from 18 Nov 2005 until one month after 2005 AGM (4 Jan 2006) Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, .jobs. .mobi etc) - update on questions to structure the evaluation Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds - discuss issues report - decide whether to commence a PDP Item 6: Policy development for IDNs - discuss background document - decide whether to formally request an issues report section 1 - Raising an Issue section 2 - Creation of the Issue Report Item 7: WHOIS: Final Recommendation regarding handling conflicts between a registrar/registry's legal obligations under privacy laws and their contractual obligations to ICANN - vote on final recommendation as completed by the WHOIS task force on 19 Oct Item 8: WHOIS task force - progress on purpose and definitions of contacts Item 9: Update on GNSO strategic plan Item 10: Update on GNSO operational plan Item 11: Any other business GNSO Council/ICANN Board meeting in Vancouver 28 November 2005 14:00 to 17:00 local time 1 GNSO Council work plan for November 2005 to March 2006 (60% of meeting time) 1.1 Evaluation of initial introduction of new gtlds, including: .biz, .info, .name, .coop, .aero, .museum, .coop, .jobs, .travel, .mobi 1.2 Policy Development Process (PDP) for new ASCII gTLDs, including: - whether to create new ASCII gTLDs - what criteria to apply to new ASCII gTLD applications - what allocation method to use to prioritise applications - what conditions should apply to new gTLD operators 1.3 Policy Development Process for IDN based gTLDs (in collaboration with the ccNSO) - examples of issues include: - whether existing ASCII gTLD operator should also be able to operate a IDN version of the ASCII strong. If so, should a name.ASCII resolve to the same Internet location as name.IDN - should an new IDN gTLD operator be able to compete directly against an existing ASCII gTLD operator by choosing a string with exactly the same meaning (e.g .travel in Chinese). If so, how do we ensure that the implement is secure (ie two domain names with apparently the same meaning, but with different destinations). 1.4 WHOIS policy 2 GNSO work program for April 2006 to November 2006 (20% of meeting time) - further work on the above where necessary e.g IDN based gTLD pilot project - e.g compliance/enforcement policies 3 GNSO strategic planning for Nov 2006 to Nov 2008 (20% of meeting time) - this item will build on the work done by Patrick Sharry with the Council in Luxembourg on identifying some of the strategic policy issues for the GNSO - policy implications of DNSSEC - policy implications of use of DNS to support voice over IP applications and more advanced instant messaging applications I welcome any suggested changes to the agenda. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Proxy vote
by Mawaki Chango Nov. 28, 2005

Nov. 28, 2005

Dear All: I just wanted to let the Council know that Robin Gross has my proxy vote for the meetings that I cannot attend. Have successful meetings, Mawaki

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Re: [registrars] Regarding transition to market forces
by Ross Rader Nov. 28, 2005

Nov. 28, 2005

Bruce Tonkin wrote: > Hello All, > > I find this question and answer interesting: > > > "Q: 1.2 Why is it appropriate for VeriSign to be allowed to raise its > prices by up to 7% per year? > > A: 1.2 In order to provide for a transition to allowing market forces to > determine prices, ICANN and VeriSign agreed to relax the current price > cap, which has remained unchanged since ICANN came into existence, on a > graduated basis" > > I would argue that if market forces were being applied then the price > should drop by at least 7% a year. > > Thus I think it would be reasonable as part of a "transition" to market > forces that the maximum price should be DROPPING 7% per year. > > I am not aware of market forces leading to an increase. I certainly > haven't seen that amongst registrars where market forces do apply. Market forces do not apply when there is only a sole source provider. There are no incentives for Verisign to drop its prices, improve its services, or otherwise behave as they would in a competitive market. The few times when circumstances have forced competition in the registry market (rebids, new TLD bids, etc.) the community has seen great benefit - EPP was introduced, 5 minute DNS propogation became the norm, .net prices were decreased. I am reminded of a conversation that I had with NSI back in 1999 just after the accreditation test-bed program was announced and prior to the announcement of the test-bed participants - back when they were also the Registry, before Verisign stepped into the picture. At the time Tucows was an extremely small domain reseller for Network Solutions. We were number 85 or so in terms of domains under management - which at the time meant low tens of thousands. I called up our sales rep at NSI and let him know that we had applied for accreditation but were uncomfortable making the huge technical investment needed to become a registrar. In fact, the only thing that was forcing us down that path were the exorbitant prices that NSI was charging their resellers. I explained to him that we would be happy to remain a reseller if we could just get a better price from them. Somewhere around the $12 mark would have kept us happy at the time (this was when registrars were anticipating paying $18 for a two year reg and NSI was still charging its resellers something close to $35 per year.) The net of his rather candid response was that because NSI controlled the registry and the registrar, and that the registry was the only place to get .com names, that there was no way that we were going to get a discount because the registry was going to get our money no matter whether we went through the registry or the registrar - and in fact, it was better for them if customers like us became accredited because then we would cost less to support! ICANN's competitive march has been a boon for the registry. They have been allowed to strip off the expensive part of their business (the registrar that had to deal with the messy business of customer service to end-users, et al) and keep the cost-efficient part of the business. Even if they had kept the more costly aspect of their business (and I'm not advocating that they should have been allowed to) they have also benefitted greatly in the reduction of technology costs over the same period of time... Here are some interesting "cost of technology" facts: - On a cost per MIPS basis, mainframe personnel costs are declining by 10 percent a year, driven by productivity increases. At 25 percent annually, the declining unit cost of hardware (CPUs and storage) per MIPS is the greatest contributor to overall lower costs. Most data centers are reducing their unit cost of software per MIPS at a rate of 12 percent to 15 percent annually... - Unix costs are decreasing by 18 percent annually, and are declining by 30 percent a year if a measure of processing speed is applied. This is a direct reflection of continuing hardware performance improvements at similar price points. Measured by logical server, costs are declining by only 15 percent per year. Breaking down these trends, personnel costs are declining by 20 percent, directly reflecting productivity improvements in support services. - Costs per utilized GB are declining at an annual rate of 40% per utilized GB - which is a lower rate than costs per installed GB. This is due to increasing redundancy being built into the storage farm and (partially as a result) relatively low utilization rates. All of these trends can be leveraged through the implementation of technologies like server virtualization and storage consolidation which could drive these costs down even further (up to an additional 25 - 90% by some measures). And despite this, Verisign and the ICANN staff are trying to sell a price increase while at the same time eliminating whatever chance we had left from seeing competitive behavior from the registry operator. There is no way that the market for .com, or any gTLD for that matter, can be expected to behave in a normal competitive fashion. We need to move beyond this expectation and start managing these resources in a way that balances the need for stability with the requirement for innovation and competition. This doesn't mean reassignment or rebid every four years, it means increasing the number of registry operators, ensuring that ICANN can cancel the contracts or put them up for rebid in the event of a worst-case outcome and it means maintaining the involvement of the consensus policy development process in the management of the registry. This means preserving the precious checks and balances that are ratified in the current structure and not abandoning them because of litigation pressures from a self-interested commercial provider. The registries are ultimately suppliers to the community, which implies that we are customers of ICANN. A little more thought about these accountabilities would go a long way towards rationalizing some of the bizarre an d harmful clauses that are being written into this proposed settlement ...I wonder if any of this will show up in the FAQ? -ross http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2004/ndc5/082304costs.html http://whitepapers.itcinstitute.com/detail/RES/1058187154_291.html&src=TRM_… http://www2.cio.com/analyst/report3908.html http://www.neweconomyindex.org/section1_page12.html http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_4_20/ai_65951791

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November 4-month GNSO Operational Plan
by Maria Farrell Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

Dear all, Attached, please find the current GNSO 4 month operational plan. All the best, Maria

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Results from non-commercial constituency elections - Norbert Klein and Mawaki Chango elected
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

Subject: Re: NCUC elections for GNSO Council reps. Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:59:53 -0500 From: Milton Mueller Please be advised that our new Chair is Carlos Afonso. Our two new Council representatives are: GNSO Council: Norbert Klein (AP) - 2 years GNSO Council: Mawaki Chango (AF) - 2 years

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Re-election of Cary Karp to Council
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

From: Marie.Zitkova Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 5:28 AM Subject: gTLD Constituency representative for the GNSO Council Dear Bruce, I am pleased to announce that the gTLD Registries Constituency re-elected Cary Karp to serve as our representative in the GNSO Council for another two year term. In accordance with our Articles, the seat vacated at the end of this year is that of a Representative chosen by a simple majority vote of the sponsored TLD members. All the voting members of the Sponsored Registries have submitted their votes, and they unanimously reelected Cary Karp as their representative to the GNSO Council. Best regards, Marie Zitkova Chair, gTLD Registries Constituency

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RE: [council] Vancouver draft schedule
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

Hello All, The basic rationale for the scheduling on Wed,Thurs,Frid was to schedule the forums/workshops where there is a dialogue with the ICANN community (as opposed to watching a ccNSO or GNSO Council or task force meeting) in the core hours of the day (e.g 9am to 5pm). Thus the strategic planning workshop on Friday was placed earlier in the day to maximise the opportunity for dialogue, and the GNSO Public Forum is also early in the day. The outcomes of a meeting like the ccNSO Council, GNSO Council or Board meeting, are captured both via a transcript of the meeting as well as via the minutes of the meeting. Quite often a significant proportion of our GNSO Council meetings cover administrative issues rather than policy work - which has already been carried out during other forums/meetings earlier in the week. The outcomes of the GNSO Council meeting will also be reported in the ICANN Board public forum. Note also that the GNSO Council will also be meeting on Monday, which has a pretty packed agenda. I do not believe that there is any attempt by staff to give the Council meeting a low priority - on the contrary I think that Diane Schroeder has done her best to accommodate all requests. With respect to the order of events, I agree with Ross that it would be better to have the GNSO public forum immediately proceed the GNSO Council meeting as it has in the past couple of meetings. I don't know if this is possible to change though, as there are other dependencies. With respect to the GNSO public forum - I am thinking that 2 hours is probably not enough time to really cover the range of topics currently before the GNSO Council - e.g - WHOIS improvements - secondary market - new TLDs - IDNs - single letter domains Etc We should probably look at a longer time slot in future. As Marilyn points out - we do need to improve our planning process for ICANN meetings. Hopefully we can arrange a meeting of a planning group on the Saturday afternoon 4 Dec to discuss scheduling for Wellington. I think the planning may also need to be looking at a year at a time, rahte rthan a single meeting. Ie it may make sense to rotate some meeting timeslots across several meetings. Regards, Bruce

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IDN updates: Presidents IDN Committee // IDN workshop Agenda // IANA Registry Revision
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

-----Original Message----- From: Tina Dam Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 Subject: IDN updates: Presidents IDN Committee // IDN workshop Agenda // IANA Registry Revision The IDN update for today includes the following: 1) Announcement of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs is online: http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-23nov05.htm 2) The IDN workshop agenda for the Vancouver meeting, 30 November 2005, is available online: http://icann.org/meetings/vancouver/idn-workshop-agenda-30nov05.htm 3) The IANA registry has made initial changes to allow for registration of IDN tables based on scripts, as opposed to being based on languages as previously was the case. This is consistent with the recently revised IDN Guidelines. The IANA registry for IDN tables is available at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/idn/ The revised IDN Guidelines are available at: http://icann.org/general/idn-guidelines-14nov05.htm As usual let me know if you have questions, and also if you no longer wish to receive these updates. Tina Dam Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN

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Welcome back to Canada!
by Ross Rader Nov. 25, 2005

Nov. 25, 2005

I all of you attending next week have a safe and uneventful trip. I thought it would be interesting for you to be able to check out some interesting facts about Vancouver, one of Canada's great cities. "Vancouver consistently ranks in the top five in worldwide rankings of quality of life. Most recently, the city ranked first (2002, 2005) in a worldwide quality of life survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. In a similar survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Vancouver ranked second (2002, 2003) and third (2004). Vancouver has tied for first with the cities of Salzburg and Oslo among the UN chosen cities for highest living standards the last 4 years running. The city generally ranks first when compared to its Canadian and U.S. peers." Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver for a *ton* of interesting and useful information about this wonderful part of Canada. If anyone has any questions, please let me know! Warm regards, -ross

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Vancouver attendance
by Mawaki Chango Nov. 25, 2005

Nov. 25, 2005

Dear all, Recently elected to the Council, I am sorry to say I will not be able to make it to Vancouver due to prior commitments. I am due to attend a workshop this week on "Achieving affordable bandwidth" in West Africa, organized by OSIWA in Saly a few dozens of kms away from Dakar, Senegal. I am still to see if, based on the tight programs on both sides, the time zone and the facilities available, I can have an affordable dial-in participation at one point or the other. But this seeming rather unlikely, and after I went through the work processes that have been forwarded to me with my "welcome package", I thought I should let NCUC know so that our constituency makes sure to be represented at all discussions. Sorry for the late notice. Have a productive meeting, and hopefully I will be better prepared to participate in the next year meetings. Regards, Mawaki

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