March 2006 - council - lists.icann.org

GNSO current operational plan
by Maria Farrell March 24, 2006

March 24, 2006

Dear all, Please find attached the current version of the GNSO operational plan. Some of the timelines in it are marked provisional, pending Council's discussion and agreement. All the best, Maria

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Re: when do we all arrive in NZ
by Sophia B March 24, 2006

March 24, 2006

Hello all, I finally made it in one piece this evening after 3 days of travel to get Wellington, plane reroutes due to weather, delayed luggage and having to request emergency clearance from airline from Auckland this morning. If you need to reach me, I am in room 531 and available on email and txt as well 925-818-0948. See you at the meetings. Sophia

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Of Conflicts and Interests
by Ross Rader March 23, 2006

March 23, 2006

Fellow Councillors - There has been a lot of discussion about conflicts of interests on the various task forces and within our meetings in recent months. Some of this discussion, I believe, is inappropriate in that it fundamentally mischaracterizes the true essence of ICANN and the GNSO and will lead to a substantially different management framework than what we signed up for with the White Paper. I have posted an "essay" on this topic at http://code.byte.org/blog/_archives/2006/3/23/1837306.html Your review and commentary would be appreciated. Safe travels and warm regards, -- -rr "Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Contact Info: Ross Rader Director, Research & Innovation Tucows Inc. c. 416.828.8783 Get Started? http://start.tucows.com My Blogware: http://www.byte.org

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GNSO public forum: address for comments and questions
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 23, 2006

March 23, 2006

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Comments or questions to the GNSO public forum in Wellington on Tuesday, 28 March 2006, may be sent to: gnso-forum-comments(a)icann.org Time: GNSO Public Forum (15:30-18:30) (22:30 EST Monday 27 March, 03:30 UTC, 04:30 London, 05:30 CET 28 March 2006) The GNSO public forum will be WEBCAST PLEASE NOTE: Webcasts will begin approxmitely 15 minutes before the scheduled event. Please refer to the schedule for event time: http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/#ScheduleandAgenda Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO public forum
by Bruce Tonkin March 23, 2006

March 23, 2006

Hello All, The GNSO Public Forum is now back on Tuesday afternoon 28 March from 3:30pm to 6:30pm. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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ICANN posting - area for universal acceptance of TLDs.
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 23, 2006

March 23, 2006

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Please note that we today posted a new announcement of an area on the ICANN website - an area for universal acceptance of TLDs. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-20mar06.htm This is part of an effort that has been underway for a while, to provide information to the community and in particular to ISPs, application developers, users, webmasters and others, about the complete range of existing top-level domains (TLDs) - so that these can be used adequately. As additional TLDs are incorporated into the root, a central and authoritative source for information on TLDs becomes increasingly important. Further, ICANN receives frequent inquiries regarding whether a given TLD is "real" or not. As such this new area contain a variety of information, including: (i) a list of the existing TLDs that are open for operation (both ccTLDs and gTLDs), (ii) a discussion forum to discuss what additional option we have to promote the awareness of all TLDs further, (iii) coming information for a)common problems and solutions, and b) a TLD verification tool, which application developers can use to query the DNS to determine whether a TLD exists or not. Please make sure that you provide your supporting organizations, advisory committees and any other working groups with a notification about this information. Please let Karen or I know if you have any questions to the announcement, or perhaps suggestions for added information to this area. Kind regards, Tina Tina Dam Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Regarding GNSO Council meeting in Wellington
by Bruce Tonkin March 22, 2006

March 22, 2006

Hello All, Given that the time of the GNSO Council meeting is not optimal with respect to ensuring participation from Council members that cannot attend in person, I recommend we mainly use our Council meeting in Wellington for "discussion" on the policy issues on the agenda. We can then hold a meeting the following week to vote on well defined motions with respect to any requests for issues reports etc. I expect that we will use the GNSO Public forum to provide an update on the status of PDP's underway - e.g WHOIS, PDP-Dec05, and PDP-Feb06 - so we don't need to take up too much time in the Council meeting itself. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Draft GNSO Council Agenda for Wednesday 29 March 2006 in Wellington
by Bruce Tonkin March 22, 2006

March 22, 2006

Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Wednesday March 2006 Coordinated Universal Time UTC 22:00 Item 1: Approve minutes of 2 March 2006 Item 2: Update any statements of interest Item 3: WHOIS statement of purpose - http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-dow123/msg00878.html - this item is for discussion (not decision) at this meeting Item 4: Dispute resolution process for names of International Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) - http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/ipc-01feb06.pdf (see section 4(b)) - discussion whether to initiate first step of PDP by requesting an issues report Item 5: Redemption Grace Period - discussion whether to initiate first step of PDP by requesting an issues report Item 6: Issues arising from GNSO public forum on Tuesday 28 March 2006 Item 7: Any other business Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Live from Wellington
by Ross Rader March 22, 2006

March 22, 2006

After 31 long hours, I've finally made it to Wellington. I don't have any plans for the rest of the day, so if you are in the neighorhood, give me a ring! I'm in room 313 at the intercontinental or you can call my cell at +1.4168288783 (SMS works too...) Internet access is dear, so I'm not going to be spending much time reading email from my hotel room! Safe travels to all that haven't embarked yet, -- -rr "Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Contact Info: Ross Rader Director, Research & Innovation Tucows Inc. c. 416.828.8783 Get Started? http://start.tucows.com My Blogware: http://www.byte.org

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Update on GNSO meetings in Wellington on Tuesday and Wednesday
by Bruce Tonkin March 21, 2006

March 21, 2006

Hello All, The latest arrangements are as follows: The GNSO Public Forum will be from 8:30am to 11:30am on Tuesday 28 March 2006. The PDP-Feb06 task force meeting will be 8:00am to 10:00am on Wednesday (separate meeting room with teleconference facility) 29 March 2006. The GNSO Council meeting will be from 10:00am to 12:00 noon on Wednesday 29 March 2006. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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