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[Fwd: Candidate statement ICANN Board election 2006 - P.Sheppard
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 24, 2006

May 24, 2006

Forwarded from Candidate Please find attached my candidate statement. I welcome any comments and questions and look forward to an active dialogue with the GNSO community during the election period. Philip Sheppard -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO Council documents: Marrakech
by Liz Williams May 22, 2006

May 22, 2006

Dear Colleagues I am setting up a Shinkuro folder for the GNSO's Marrakech meetings. Could I ask you to respond to the invitation to join that group? For easy electronic reference, I will ensure that all the documents are found there. I will also ensure that the paper documents that people have suggested are available will also be found in your document packs. Kind regards. Liz ..................................................... Liz Williams Senior Policy Counselor ICANN - Brussels +32 2 234 7874 tel +32 2 234 7848 fax +32 497 07 4243 mob

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Motions passed by the GNSO Council on May 18, 2006
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 19, 2006

May 19, 2006

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Ahead of the GNSO Council minutes, Council passed the following motions at its meeting on May 18, 2006. Motion 1: "The GNSO Council appoints Jordyn Buchanan as a non-voting outside adviser to the WHOIS Task force under Annex A, Section 5(a) of the ICANN bylaws. Jordyn is able to participate fully as a member of the task force and is able to act in the role of chair if so elected by the task force." Council voted unanimously to accept the motion. Motion 2: "The GNSO Council appoints Avri Doria as a voting outside adviser to the WHOIS task force under Annex A, Section 5(a) of the ICANN bylaws. Avri is able to participate fully as a member of the task force and is able to act in the role of chair if so elected by the task force. Council voted to accept the motion. One abstention from Avri Doria. Bruce Tonkin recommended that the GNSO form its own internal working group to determine the GNSO view of the IDN issues report, and then have three representatives from the GNSO working group meet with the three representatives from the ccNSO to coordinate a shared vision of the priority issues to address and identify the next steps (e.g whether to work on a single PDP, or conduct the work as two separate PDPs). The GNSO working group would report back to the GNSO Council for approving any recommendation for a PDP process. The timeline of the process would be for the internal GNSO working group to meet in June 2006 to discuss the issues report, and then arrange a meeting with the three ccNSO reps in Marrakech with the objective of having recommendations for the GNSO and ccNSO Councils in July 2006. Once the recommendations are made to the Councils, the working group would be disbanded. Motion 3: Bruce Tonkin, seconded by Avri Doria, proposed a motion: That the GNSO Council forms a GNSO working group of volunteers, conversant with the IDN issues raised in the IDN issues report. The purpose of the working group would be to: (1) review the Issues Report, (2) prioritise the policy issues in the Issues Report for further work, (3) develop the terms of reference for an initial policy development process in the area of IDNs within the GNSO, (4) propose ways of interacting with ICANN groups such as the President's Advisory Committee on IDNs, the GAC, ALAC, SSAC and other related groups in ICANN, and (5) select three representatives to interact with the three ccNSO representatives to form a separate joint GNSO/ccNSO working group to: (5.1) agree on the priority issues and determine whether to examine the issues as a single "joint" PDP, or as two separate PDPs (5.2) provide a report to the GNSO and ccNSO Councils with recommendations for terms of reference of one or more PDPs, and the mechanisms for coordination with other parts of ICANN The group would aim to have recommendations completed by the end of July 2006. The motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Regarding support for GNSO Policy work in Operational plan
by Bruce Tonkin May 19, 2006

May 19, 2006

From: http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-fy06-07-17may06.pdf Designation of new gTLDs ========================= * Develop capacity to support the Policy Development Process consideration of economic, consumer, market and business issues through the engagement of expertise in economics and statistics. * Introduction of New gTLDs - Pending the finalization of the PDP on introduction of new gTLDs, ICANN will be implementing the consensus policy that the GNSO is reaching agreement upon. Policy questions that will affect the implementation of this policy are: selection criteria, allocation method, and contractual policy related topics. After successful implementation of the policy, interested applicants will be able to submit their proposals to ICANN for introduction of new gTLDs. * Develop and implement program for universal acceptance of gTLDs (i.e., registries with more than three letters). WHOIS development ================== * See gTLD Registry tasks and policy implementation: Establish within ICANN the infrastructure, resources and workflow for consideration of new registry applications by the implementation of the ICANN consensus policy. Apply methodology to results of Whois policy development. Addressing issues of DNS market behaviour (within IP addresses and domain names) ======================================================================== ======== * See gTLD Compliance - work to improve Whois accuracy. * Set-up task force with appropriate economic, technical and statistical skill sets to determine root causes of market behaviour and determine if practices are appropriate: o Add storm o Add/deletes o RGP o Whois accuracy As appropriate, make recommendations to create incentives, amend agreements (see, restructure of RAA above), and implement new services that will mitigate that behaviour. Develop capacity to better understand economic issues and the implications of these factors on ICANN policy development ============================================================= * Facilitate the Policy Development Process consideration of economic, user, market and business issues through the retention of expertise in economic studies and statistical analysis. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees ======================================================================== == * In collaboration with the Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees, develop and implement effective collaboration tools to facilitate the policy development process. * Provide economic assistance to volunteering organisations that includes appropriate cost controls and cost-benefit analysis: o Investigate and implement a travel assistance policy for Supporting Organisation volunteers, o Provide Secretariat services to the NCUC to enhance the effectiveness of this constituency group. o In a collaborative fashion determine how to enhance stakeholder participation in RSSAC and SSAC led discussions that are so important to ICANN's stability & security mission. * Through the Vice President, Policy Development Support: o accomplish the objectives set out in the strategic plan regarding the reviews to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees through statistical surveys to determine present effectiveness, o identify & manage new & existing policy development requirements through interaction in the community (updating those requirements throughout the year), o maintain a docket of all pending policy development matters, including their schedule and current status o retain economics expertise to develop frameworks for establishing objective performance criteria and measuring performance against the criteria, o develop a Policy Development Process involving and coordinating the activities of Supporting Organisations and Advisory Groups Board meetings & Other Travel ($5.9 million in 2006/2007 budget, compared with $3.7 million in 05/06) ======================================================================== ================================= (4) This line item includes budget for ICANN meetings, Board travel and staff travel. Also included are ICANN attended or sponsored meetings as indicated in the operating plan. This year ICANN has also included a provision to provide some assistance to selected volunteer members of the ICANN community who could not otherwise attend task force or other ICANN meetings. Travel assistance will be provided on a case-by-case basis only after the trip request is evaluated and deemed to have a value-added component for ICANN and the community.

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IDN Issues Report
by olof nordling May 19, 2006

May 19, 2006

Dear Council Members, Please find attached the Issues Report regarding IDN at the top-level, for your consideration and deliberations at the upcoming Council conference call 18 May. Very best regards Olof

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Arrival and departure dates for Marrakech
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Now that the meeting schedule is posted http://www.icann.org/meetings/marrakech/ could you please let me have your travel dates for the block booking at the Hotel Mansour Eddahbi www.hotel-mansoureddahbi.com. by COB Central European time on Thursday 26 May 2006. Please send these to: gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org, not to the Council mailing list. I have received and noted dates from a few councillors, so no need to resend unless your plans have changed. 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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ICANN meetings in Marrakech
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org] Please see the posting on ICANN website about the ICANN meetings in Marrakech http://www.icann.org/meetings/marrakech/ Thank you, 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 Council teleconference MP3 recording 18 May 2006
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Please find the MP3 recording of the GNSO Council teleconference, held on May 18, 2006 at: http://gnso-audio.icann.org/GNSO-Council-20060518.mp3 http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html#may Happy listening! -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Marrakech meeting web site
by Olof Nordling May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006

As promised http://www.icannmarrakesh.ma/ Olof

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Further ideas on Marrakech meeting
by Bruce Tonkin May 18, 2006

May 18, 2006

Hello All, Below are some of the suggestions made during the Brussels meeting for meetings in Marrakech. WHOIS: - task force meeting - interaction with the GAC WHOIS working group - review work on GAC principles - possible public forum (1 hour?) new GTLDS - interaction with GAC new GTLDs - review any principles - public forum (2 hours?) One idea suggested was that instead of meeting with the Board or GAC separately, that we might aim to invite Board, GAC, SSAC etc to a focussed public forum on new gTLDs. Members of these groups would be encouraged to interact in a public setting. This would require coordination to ensure that the members of the various groups plan to attend the public forum. Regards, Bruce

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