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Nominations for ICANN Board seat 13 closed Monday 12 March 17:00 UTC
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

[To council[at]gnso.icann.org] GNSO Council Election for ICANN Board seat 13. Nomination were open from Monday 19 February 2007 and closed on Monday 12 March 2007 http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/gnso-nom-template-20070226.shtml Dr. Bruce Tonkin, nominated by Cary Karp and seconded by Tony Holmes and Sophia Bekele has accepted his nomination. http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/msg00000.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/msg00001.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/msg00003.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03241.html Pursuant to the election procedures, http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/gnso-nom-template-20070226.shtml the nomination is accompanied by a brief description http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-nominations/msg00002.html of how the candidate meets the selection criteria set out in the ICANN bylaws: http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm 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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FYI: Current GNSO Operating Plan
by Maria Farrell March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

Dear Council members, Attached is the current GNSO Operating Plan which details the current PDPs of the Council and other major current work items. It is for your information ahead of this week's GNSO Council meeting. Best regards, Maria

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Final Task Force Report on Whois Services
by Maria Farrell March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

Dear Council members, Attached is the Final Task Force Report on Whois Services which has been finalised following a Task Force vote that concluded on Saturday, 10 March. The report represents over months' work on the part of the Task Force and its chair, Jordyn Buchanan. The report's policy recommendation, by a simple majority of 7:6, is the OPoC proposal. The minority recommendation in the report is the Special Circumstances proposal. This report is tabled as an agenda item on this week's GNSO Council call. I also expect to circulate Staff Notes on potential implementation issues regarding the Task Force Recommendation and the minority recommendation ahead of the Council call. Best regards, Maria Farrell

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ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on Policy Development Process on Policies for Contractual Conditions: Existing Registries
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 12, 2007

March 12, 2007

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: pdp-pcceg-feb06[at]gnso.icann.org; regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on Policy Development Process on Policies for Contractual Conditions: Existing Registries 8 March 2007 http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08mar07.htm Public comment period is open from 8 March to 28 March 2007. Please submit public comments to pdp-feb06-comments(a)icann.org Public comments will be archived at http://forum.icann.org/lists/pdp-feb06-comments/ The GNSO Council's Task Force on Policies for Contractual Conditions: Existing Registries (PDP Feb 06) has completed its draft Final Report and seeks public comments on the draft recommendations. The draft recommendations are found in the Recommendation Summary of the draft Report which is posted at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/gtld-policies/gnso-pdp-feb06-tfr-08mar07.htm. In addition, a comparison chart of all of ICANN's registry contracts can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-comparison-of-icann-registry-agreements-…. The two documents should be read together for comprehensive information about the policy development process. The original Task Force Terms of Reference can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/gtld-policies/tor-pdp-28feb06.html. The full record of the Task Force's work can be found at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/gtld-policies/. Public comments on the proposed recommendations will be used to further inform the Task Force before it sends its final Report to the GNSO Council for consideration. Further information on any aspect of the PDP can be obtained from Dr Liz Williams, ICANN's Senior Policy Counselor. Please take time to comment. Thank you. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Reminder: Nominations and seconds for GNSO Board seat #13 close Monday 12 March at 17:00UTC
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 9, 2007

March 9, 2007

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Council Members, Reminder that the call for nominations and seconding of the nominations by members of the GNSO Council for candidates to stand for ICANN Board Seat 13 will close Monday 12 March 2007 at 17:00 UTC. http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/gnso-nom-template-20070226.shtml 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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LISBON meeting attendance
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007

Dear Council members, Please let me know whether you will be attending the Lisbon meetings in person, your arrival and departure dates and whether you will require a room reservation at the venue hotel. If you have done so, please ignore this message. 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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Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Thursday 15 March 2007
by Bruce Tonkin March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007

Hello All, See below for a draft agenda. Note that USA moves onto Daylight savings time on 11 March, but most other places don't change until later in March - so the time of the meeting for March will still be 19:00 UTC. At the end of the meeting, I have allocated time under agenda item 11 to deal with any issues arising from the election process. As I am a candidate in the election, I will not chair this discussion. I will make myself available for phone interview by Council members and the leadership of constituencies. This could be scheduled for the second hour of the call. If there are any other candidates - they will also be invited, and if they are unable to make the call - a separate interview time will be scheduled by ICANN staff. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Draft Agenda for Council meeting - Thursday 15 March 2007 12:00 LA, 15:00 Washington DC, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 Brussels, 6:00 Melbourne next day 16 March 2007 Item 0: Roll call of Council members on the call Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of Minutes - 1 February 2007 http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03223.html Item 3: Working Group on "Protecting the rights of others" - Ratify statement of work at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03230.html - propose extension of deadline until May 2007 Item 4: Observers in working groups - Ratify observer rules for working groups at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03272.html Item 5: Update progress from Reserved Names working group - report from Chuck Gomes Item 6: Update progress from IDN working group - report from Ram Mohan Item 7: Update from WHOIS task force - final report - meeting with GAC in Lisbon - next steps - possible implementation working group Item 8: Update on PDP-Feb 06 - contractual conditions for existing gTLDs - final report - summary of any consensus recommendations Item 9: Update on PDP-Dec 05 - new gTLDs - status of report for Lisbon - meeting with GAC in Lisbon - further work to be done Item 10: any other business ** Item 11: GNSO Board election - BT to hand over chair, and will not participate as a Council member - update from staff on next steps - opportunity for Council and constituency leadership to interview candidates Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Non-commercial constituency election update
by Bruce Tonkin March 7, 2007

March 7, 2007

Hello All, See below for the recent non-commercial constituency election results. We are fortunate to retain the services of our existing three GNSO Council reps from the non-commercial constituency for another term. Mawaki Chango Robin Gross Norbert Klein Regards, Bruce Tonkin -------- Message original -------- Sujet: NCUC current line-up... Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:52:52 -0300 Dear Glen, As a result of the NCUC elections carried out online between February 28th and March 04th, 2007, the following is the new NCUC line-up: NCUC Chair: Milton Mueller GNSO Council representatives: Mawaki Chango Robin Gross Norbert Klein NCUC Executive Committee: Olivier Nana Nzépa - Africa Horacio Cadiz - Asia Georg Grève - Europe Marcelo Fernandes - Latin America & Caribbean Robert Guerra - North America Please circulate and record as appropriate. fraternal regards --c.a

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Regarding working group membership
by Bruce Tonkin March 2, 2007

March 2, 2007

Hello All, Following the GNSO Public Forum in Sao Paulo I have heard of instances where interested parties that wish to join the IDN working group have been unable to join a constituency in order to participate. The ICANN bylaws do provide the ability for a group of interested stakeholders to form a new constituency: "4. Any group of individuals or entities may petition the Board for recognition as a new or separate Constituency. Any such petition shall contain a detailed explanation of: a. Why the addition of such a Constituency will improve the ability of the GNSO to carry out its policy-development responsibilities; and b. Why the proposed new Constituency would adequately represent, on a global basis, the stakeholders it seeks to represent. Any petition for the recognition of a new Constituency shall be posted for public comment. 5. The Board may create new Constituencies in response to such a petition, or on its own motion, if it determines that such action would serve the purposes of ICANN. In the event the Board is considering acting on its own motion it shall post a detailed explanation of why such action is necessary or desirable, set a reasonable time for public comment, and not make a final decision on whether to create such new Constituency until after reviewing all comments received. Whenever the Board posts a petition or recommendation for a new Constituency for public comment, it shall notify the GNSO Council and shall consider any response to that notification prior to taking action." I am not aware of a group that has chosen to try to form a new constituency. To get the best policy outcomes however I feel with should be as inclusive as possible, whilst ensuring that members of working groups are contributing in a positive way. It seems to me that we need a process to handle requests for participation: (1) Determine if the participant would be eligible to join a GNSO constituency. If they are eligible - require them first to join and then allow participation. (2) If a participant is ineligible to join a constituency, then direct the participant to a process to determine if they are suitable as an "expert". The applicant would need to provide a detailed statement of (i) qualifications and relevant experience; and (ii) potential conflicts of interest. The ICANN staff would need to verify the statement of qualifications and experience, and perhaps we have a process where the experts are appointed by majority vote of the GNSO Council. The experts would be non-voting members of the working group. I would be interested in hearing from other Council members on an appropriate process that could apply to all working groups. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Regarding Observers
by Bruce Tonkin March 2, 2007

March 2, 2007

Hello All, I have had no objections to the notice posted on the Council list at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03251.html There have been some suggested refinements on the Council mailing list to deal with potential problems. At the next Council meeting I will ask the Council to formally endorse a policy on observers in working groups. As the working groups are on a tight time-line, I don't want to hold up the spirit of the support I have received from many of the GNSO Council members for allowing more participation in working groups. So I encourage working groups to move forward on the following basis with respect to allowing "observers", who are not GNSO constituency members. "Observers: Observers shall not be members of or entitled to vote on the working group, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal footing with members of the working group. In particular observers will be able to join the mailing list, and attend teleconferences or physical meetings." To guard against some of the behaviour that can occur with unregulated mailing lists, observers must provide their real name, organisation (if associated with an organisation) and contact details to the GNSO secretariat, and the GNSO secretariat will verify at least their email address and phone contact information. Observers will also be requested to provide a public statement of interest, as for working group members. Where a person joins an already established working group, this will be on the basis that it is their responsibility to read the existing documents, listen to teleconference recordings, and read the mailing list discussions before commenting on topics that have already been dealt with by the working group. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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