December 2005 - council - lists.icann.org

GAO Report on Domain Names
by Bret Fausett Dec. 8, 2005

Dec. 8, 2005

Dear Council, The United States Government Accountability Office, an independent research and investigation department of the United States government, issued a report today on issues directly applicable to aspects of our work. The report is entitled "Internet Management: Prevalence of False Contact Information for Registered Domain Names," and I recommend it to you as helpful background information. The report is available at the following URLs: Main Report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06165.pdf Highlights: http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06165high.pdf Abstract: http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-06-165 Bret

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Updated GNSO 4 month Operational Plan
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Dec. 6, 2005

Dec. 6, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Attached please find the updated GNSO 4 month Operational Plan. This plan reflects staff's current understanding of tasks and timing. Please let us know if it needs any amendments. This will be posted on the GNSO website shortly and updated at regular intervals. 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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Council list
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Dec. 6, 2005

Dec. 6, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Please let me know about your requests for the New Zealand meetings off the Council list to: gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org 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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RE: [council] Meeting preparations
by Bruce Tonkin Dec. 6, 2005

Dec. 6, 2005

Hello Philip, Actually I found personally that I didn't have any down time for the whole time. As for "informational" workshops, I think we need to distinguish between: - tutorials - working meetings I think we need both, but the tutorials could certainly be held before the main event as is common with technical conferences. With respect to working meetings (and I consider the IDN workshop in that category) it needs to be clear what the objectives of the meeting are, and the presentations should address that objective (e.g new TLDs). The outcome should either be a new document, or an updated document. The difficulty with both IDNs and DNSSEC is that there is a need for both tutorials and working meetings, but often these are either combined into one workshop, or the objective of the workshop is unclear. In any case, I think the program committee needs to carefully plan for both types of activity in the meeting plan. Part of ICANN's problem right now is that there are too few people spread across multiple activities. This makes having these activities in parallel difficult. Regards, Bruce

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Wellington preparations
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Dec. 6, 2005

Dec. 6, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, In preparation for the Wellington meetings, there is provisional agreement for two "Council drafting days" on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March 2006 in advance of the formal meetings, so please plan your travel to be ready to meet on Saturday morning. The ICANN meeting is due to finish on March 31, 2006. A piece of good news is that grouped accommodation for the Council will not be a challenge, and I will be able to fill you in on this later. Please let me know if you do not want to be part of the group. Let me know if you have any questions. Please contact me this week at: glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr

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Re: [council] Wellington preparations
by Marilyn Cade Dec. 6, 2005

Dec. 6, 2005

Glen' I need a room at the Intercontintal for the ICANN meetings, beginning Prob. Thursday. If you and Lydian and I are to tour, then I would suggest we leave the day after your staff meeting in the am. By rental car. I mwy come to Wellington earlier to help Keith with an event outside ICANN. He thinks I could stay with he and Diane or Peter and Liz for those 2-3 days. But I want to be first on your hotel list for the BD/staff hotel from Thursday night thru the Monday after bd meeting. After all, I got us those rooms! In future we will want to get a firm count because late comers will not get on that list. I just added 15 assumig that is: Registry:2 Egistrar: 3 ISP: 3 IP:2 BC:3 NCUC:2 So, on first come basis, will get most. But can you make extra attentioon to Bruce and me? -----Original Message----- From: "GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG" <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:37:27 To:council@gnso.icann.org Cc:Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder(a)icann.org> Subject: [council] Wellington preparations [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, In preparation for the Wellington meetings, there is provisional agreement for two "Council drafting days" on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March 2006 in advance of the formal meetings, so please plan your travel to be ready to meet on Saturday morning. The ICANN meeting is due to finish on March 31, 2006. A piece of good news is that grouped accommodation for the Council will not be a challenge, and I will be able to fill you in on this later. Please let me know if you do not want to be part of the group. Let me know if you have any questions. Please contact me this week at: glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr Regards, Marilyn Cade

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RE: [council] Nominations for the GNSO Council Chair
by Bruce Tonkin Dec. 5, 2005

Dec. 5, 2005

Hello All, > > Lucy Nichols a GNSO Council representative from the > Intellectual Property Interests Constituency has nominated > Bruce Tonkin for the position of GNSO Council chair for the > period 4 Jan 06 to 3 Dec 2006. > > Ken Stubbs, a GNSO Council representative from the gTLD > Registries constituency has seconded the nomination. > I accept the nomination from Lucy Nichols and seconded by Ken Stubbs. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Nominations for the GNSO Council Chair
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Dec. 5, 2005

Dec. 5, 2005

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Lucy Nichols a GNSO Council representative from the Intellectual Property Interests Constituency has nominated Bruce Tonkin for the position of GNSO Council chair for the period 4 Jan 06 to 3 Dec 2006. Ken Stubbs, a GNSO Council representative from the gTLD Registries constituency has seconded the nomination. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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[Fwd: Nomination]
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Dec. 4, 2005

Dec. 4, 2005

Is theer a second for this nomination please? Thank you? Glen Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:02:35 -0600 From: <Lucy.Nichols(a)nokia.com> To: <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> I nominate Bruce Tonkin for the position of GNSO Council chair for the period 4 Jan 06 to 3 Dec 2006. Lucy Nichols IPC Constituency -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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RE: [council] Drafting meeting
by Lucy.Nichols＠nokia.com Dec. 4, 2005

Dec. 4, 2005

I also prefer pre-Wellington "working days". Adding two days to an already very long week is difficult for everyone as we all have other work commitments. Lucy Nichols >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org >[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of ext Liz Williams >Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:54 AM >To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council(a)gnso.icann.org >Cc: 'Diane Schroeder' >Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting > >Dear All > >Just a quick note from the staff side. We usually arrive >several days before the ICANN meetings to do all the >preparation necessary for the Board, Council and other meetings. > >The proposal to meet for two GNSO days before would have a >direct impact on the way in which the staff would plan their >involvement. > >Before we make firm commitments about >times/dates/places/logistics could I confer internally and let >Council know what would be practical from our side as well. > >Bruce's ideas about meetings prior to Wellington is a good one >-- of course, the Brussels office could be used to facilitate >those kinds of meetings for people in Europe and we could work >out how to do that. > >Will get back to everyone ASAP. > >Liz > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org >[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin >Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:26 AM >To: council(a)gnso.icann.org >Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting > >Hello Avri, > >> >> Probably not a realistic suggestion but one I feel needs to be put >> forward. Is there any way to arrange for the face to face drafting >> session to be done at an interim time between Vancouver and >Wellington >> in order to expedite the work and try to meet the by-laws' >> required timing? > >Part of the issue here is that a face-to-face meeting requires >significant travel for most Council members - this is a matter of time >and cost. E.g it is at least a days travel for me to and from most >locations in Europe or USA. > >Thus the proposal to meet shortly before Wellington was to >ensure economies of airfares for those that will most likely >be travelling to Wellington anyway. > >Of course smaller groups of ICANN participants can get >together in local regions prior to Wellington, with the >Wellington meeting be an opportunity to consolidate the views >of prior meetings. > >Regards, >Bruce Tonkin > >

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