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Second New gTLD Q&A call
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

Dear All, Please indicate the day and time that would work for you to have a second New gTLD Q&A call. Thanks for your great participation on the first one! Time is noted in UTC. Pease choose your time zone and click 'update'. http://www.doodle.com/838pd9y4ggwubbdu Please respond as soon as possible so that the call can be scheduled. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Election of GNSO Representatives to the Geo-Region Community Wide WG
by Gomes, Chuck Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

Regarding Council election of two GNSO representatives to the Community-Wide WG on Geographical Regions, please note that the nomination period ends this coming Friday, 28 November. So far we have two nominations: Olga Cavalli and Eric Brunner-Williams. Please send any additional nominations by Friday, including self-nominations. The plan is to initiate the voting process as soon as the nomination period ends. In that regard, if there are only two nominees, does anyone object to simply approving the two nominees as our representatives without a formal vote after their personal statements are distributed? If anyone objects, we will have a formal, online vote. Please communicate any objection NLT this coming Friday, 28 November. Otherwise, we will assume that a formal vote is not needed. To prepare for the possibility of a formal, online election, if it is needed, here are the procedures I propose: 1. The list of nominated candidates will be provided with the statements provided from the candidates. 2. The ballot will list all the candidates names plus a choice of 'None of the Above'. 3. Councilors may vote no more than once each for up to two candidates or for None of the Above. 4. Weighted voting will apply. 5. The election period will end on Thursday, 4 December, thereby allowing us to communicate our representatives to the Board one week prior to their meeting on 11 December. Note that the above allows Councilors to vote for two candidates, for one candidate or no candidates. If only one candidate is selected by a Councilor, that selection will only count as one vote (weighted if applicable) for that candidate; it would not be allowed to apply two votes to one candidate. If anyone objects to this procedure or wants to suggest a modification, please communicate that NLT this coming Friday, 28 November. In either of the above scenarios, we will confirm the election of the representatives in our 18 December meeting so that it is on the record. Thanks for your cooperation, Chuck Gomes Note: Avri, Glen and I developed the above via lots of emails and I agreed to take the lead because Avri is traveling.

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MP3 recording New gTLD Q&A teleconference, 26 November 2008
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

[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 New gTLD Q&A teleconference, held on 26 November, 2008 at: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-newgtld-qanda-20081126.mp3 http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#nov Happy listening! Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: FW: Candidate sought for GNSO representatives to ICANN Geographic Regions WG.
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

Forwarded from Eric Brunner-Williams Dear Glen, I confirm that I support the GNSO adopted principles stated in the following URL: http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-geographic-regions-26aug08.pdf and that I will be a committed advocate for these principles. Best, Eric Eric Brunner-Williams CTO, CORE Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: Candidate sought for GNSO representatives to ICANN Geographic Regions WG.
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

Forwarded on behalf of Eric Brunner-Williams I am in broad agreement with the principles expressed by the Council last August, that diversity of participation is a net good, and if selected to the ICANN Geographic Regions WG I will advocate for each of the 12 positions. However, I would like to take this opportunity to convey to the Council my thoughts on the 4th position, which I have previously shared with the Registrar Constituency. Our goal in December of 1997 in creating a regional requirement in the IAHC was to ensure equitable international participation. The principle of equitable international participation is subsumed in the ICANN goals of diversity, opportunity, and the pragmatic limits of simplicity. Equity is not best found by selecting "people like us". We are early adopters, and quite privileged in our accumulation of network resources, in particular, our individual and collective comprehension of, and control over, internet identifiers and the uses to which these are enjoyed or exploited. We must look for "people unlike us" if we are to best implement our policy of equity, or its cognates, diversity, opportunity and simplicity. The "unlikeness" we need to find is not unlike citizenships, as we could satisfy that requirement within area code 408 (San Jose and environs), and never leave the metaphoric "machine room at cisco", or the median income for OECD countries. We need to find "unlikeness" that is substantive, not formal, and residency is a better indicator of a candidate's awareness of local network cost, availability, and "hot spots", than standing to vote. I hope that the Council will substitute "residency" for "citizenship", or sufficiently nuance "citizenship" to replace a formal measure with a substantive measure of diversity. I would be very surprised if we could not meet our diversity goal for "a person from X", and not find a person who is a citizen of some state within X, but I can think of examples where I've no idea of the citizenship of a person from X who's input to ICANN at any level easily meets the requirement for equitable international participation. Thank you for your collective attention, Eric Brunner-Williams CTO, CORE Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: Candidate sought for GNSO representatives to ICANN Geographic Regions WG.
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 26, 2008

Nov. 26, 2008

Forwarded from Eric Brunner Williams: Dear Glen, Avri, I've attached a note I wrote to the RC list when we were considering the issue a month ago. It is more or less what I said from the floor at Cairo. It covers what I think are the hazards, and the opportunities we have attempting to actually obtain meaningful regional representation. Eric Attached note in plain text: [Sent to the RC list on 10/19/08] Let me state what I see are issues: 1. citizenship is not necessarily coincident with residence, my initial point. A person who left Ethiopia as a youth and living in California ever since is a poor choice for "the voice of Africa". This is not a hypothetical. 2. I think Israel is in the same part of the world as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. However, Israel choses to identify as part of Europe. Do we have any interest in, that is, _do_we_benefit_by_, forcing one model of region or another on parties seeking to stand for diversity determined responsibilities? Its not just Israel, also Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan identify as "Europe", at least for sports. Where is New Caledonia or Tahiti? How about Guyane? To use the usual mantra, ICANN should not be in the business of defining geographic regions against the will of those folks. Let them choose whether they wanted to vote in one region or another. ICANN should not be telling them what they are, but telling them that they should opt for one and only one description. Something along the lines of "bottom up" vs "top down" is appropriate here. 3. The pseudo-geograpical approach has been problematic from the begining. Requiring someone from the fictitcious AP region normally means having someone from Australia or New Zealand. Try and wrap your head around the idea that because Paul and Peter are Antipodeans, ICANN is therefore an Asian-centric organization. ICANN determining that Peter, Paul, Bruce and Adrian are "Asians", not "Europeans", is simply bizarre. Did I mention the problem isn't hypothetical? Now for the cure: We have adequate representation from the brightly light parts of the world city-to-city link map, which Fred Baker was kind enough to point out to me at Paris. Fred's worked (charity) on getting infrastructure into Kabul, and parts of Africa, as do I. Here's the URL: http://www.chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/medium/worldBlack.jpg ICANN is staffed primarily from the OECD states. The existing "diversity" requirement has been gamed throughout ICANN's existence to favor rich, well-connected Anglo-Saxons from all over the world. We need to restate the requirement towards material diversity, not fictional diversity, towards some goals of folks, staff or elected, coming from non-OECD countries, the darker parts of that map. The UN's model doesn't fit our needs, which is convenient because we _don't_ benefit by pretending treaty organization regionalism is an adequate representation of diversity of network penetration and availability. So, to a first order, our goal should be half of staff and half of elected roles are the responsibilities of persons from (and not in the remote past either) the non-OECD economies, because our present model is "only token participation, as staff or elected", by persons from anything but OECD economies. Our market is pretty darn good in the OECD market. Where we need help growing our market is in the non-OECD market, and last I looked, 2/3rds of the world's population are in non-OECD countries, and the cost of a domain name is still within the envelope for a huge user base all now well served with cheap cell phones that are already web enabled. What we're doing isn't making us as much money as doing something else. Eric

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Guidelines for New gTLD Applicant Guidebook Q&A Guidelines
by Gomes, Chuck Nov. 25, 2008

Nov. 25, 2008

Kurt, Here are the guidelines I plan to communicate at the beginning of the Q&A session tomorrow regarding the draft New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. Chuck

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Motion re. New gTLD Communications Period
by Gomes, Chuck Nov. 24, 2008

Nov. 24, 2008

I would like to make the following motion (also attached as a Word file) for consideration at our next Council meeting. Chuck Gomes Whereas: · Implementation Guideline E states, "The application submission date will be at least four months after the issue of the Request for Proposal and ICANN will promote the opening of the application round." (See Final Report, Part A, Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains, dated 8 August 2007 at http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm#_Toc4… ) * The intent of the GNSO with regard to Guideline E was to attempt to ensure that all potential applicants, including those that have not been active in recent ICANN activities regarding the introduction of new gTLDs, would be informed of the process and have reasonable time to prepare a proposal if they so desire. * The minimum 4-month period for promoting the opening of the application round is commonly referred to as the 'Communications Period'. * Considerable delays have been incurred in the implementation of new gTLDs and the GNSO wishes to minimize any further delays. * It appears evident that a second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) will be posted at some time after the end of the two 45-day public comment periods related to the initial version of the Guidebook (in English and other languages). Resolve: · The GNSO Council changes Implementation Guideline E to the following: o ICANN will initiate the Communications Period at the same time that the second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment. o The opening of the initial application round will occur no earlier than four (4) months after the start of the Communications Period and no earlier than 30 days after the posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP). o As applicable, promotions for the opening of the initial application round will include: § Announcement about the public comment period following the posting of the second Draft Applicant Guidebook (RFP) § Information about the steps that will follow the comment period including approval and posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP) § Estimates of when the initial application round will begin.

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Candidate sought for GNSO representatives to ICANN Geographic Regions WG.
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 23, 2008

Nov. 23, 2008

Dear All, In response to Board resolutions 2008.11.07.08 and 2008.11.07.09 (attached below) the GNSO Council is soliciting volunteers from the constituencies as well as from the council. The GNSO council is looking for candidates to participate in this WG who are willing and able to represent and advocate for the GNSO position on geographic issues as outlined in http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-geographic-regions-26aug08.pdf and are willing to keep the council updated on activities in the WG. As part of the selection process, the GNSO Council is requesting that each candidate for the role post a descriptive paragraph on why they are interested in the role and how their views on the subject compare to those submitted by the council. Nominations, including self-nominations, should be sent, with their descriptive paragraphs to gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org before 28-November-2008. Avri Doria Chair, GNSO Council ---- ICANN Board Resolution on Community-Wide Working Group to Review ICANN's Geographic Regions http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm#_Toc87682556 Resolved (2008.11.07.08), the Board authorizes the formation of a community-wide working group to study and review the issues related to the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, consult with all stakeholders, and submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions. The Board requests that all interested Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees nominate two individuals to serve on the working group, the composition of which the Board would like to approve at the December Board meeting. Resolved (2008.11.07.09), the Board requests the working group, as its first order of business, to draft and seek community input on a proposed charter, and submit the draft document for community review, and Board consideration and approval at the March 2009 Board meeting in Mexico City. In drafting the charter, the working group is directed to focus, but not limit, its work on the criteria for assigning countries, dependencies and recognized geopolitical entities to a Geographic Region, and to take into consideration the relevant ccNSO Board paper, the recent GNSO comments, and other community advice - including the GAC's original advice on the topic in 2000 <http://www.icann.org/en/committees/gac/communique-14jul00.htm >. Further, the Board directs ICANN Staff to support these efforts.

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New gTLD Q & A teleconference 26 November 2008 at 19:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 23, 2008

Nov. 23, 2008

Dear All, As agreed in Cairo, a question and answer teleconference on New gTLDs is scheduled for Wednesday 26 November at 19:00 UTC. The modules that will be specifically referenced are: Module 3 (completing this module) http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/dispute-resolution-23oct08-en.pdf Module 4 http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/string-contention-24oct08-en.pdf Module 5 http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/transition-24oct08-en.pdf Module 6 http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/terms-24oct08-en.pdf Please submit questions to <gtld-guide(a)icann.org> Please organize your questions by module. The call is open to all Council and constituency members and anyone who has submitted a question. The call will be recorded and transcribed, so please state your name when speaking. Please RSVP to gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org to make sure that we have enough lines available. The dial-in details and times are attached at the end of the email. Thank you. Glen Dial-in details: PARTICIPANT PASSCODE: GTLD For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the call. Country Toll Numbers Freephone/Toll Free Number ARGENTINA 0800-777-0494 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4862 1-800-880-485 AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0964 1-800-880-485 AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1964 1-800-880-485 AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7733 1-800-880-485 AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5243 1-800-880-485 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8211-1386 1-800-880-485 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-89-654 0800-999-636 BELGIUM 32-2-402-2432 0800-4-8360 BRAZIL 0800-8912038 CHILE 1230-020-0281 CHINA* 86-400-810-4760 10800-712-1193 10800-120-1193 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156463 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-15 800-700-167 DENMARK 45-7014-0238 8088-6075 FINLAND Land Line: 106-33-164 0-800-1-12056 FINLAND Mobile: 09-106-33-164 0-800-1-12056 FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-75 080-511-1431 FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-75 080-511-1431 FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-75-00-04 080-511-1431 GERMANY 49-69-2222-52104 0800-216-1601 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0639 00800-12-5999 HONG KONG 852-2286-5632 800-964-136 HUNGARY 06-800-15227 INDIA 000-800-852-1216 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3500 IRELAND 353-1-246-0036 1800-931-782 ISRAEL 1-80-9303048 ITALY 39-02-3600-0326 800-906-585 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4763 00531-12-1149 JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5154 00531-12-1149 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1314 MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8121 MEXICO 001-866-627-0541 NETHERLANDS 31-20-710-9321 0800-023-4655 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4641 0800-443-793 NORWAY 47-21-59-00-14 800-11982 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072119 POLAND 00-800-1210067 PORTUGAL 8008-12179 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9613011 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9197 800-120-4057 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-15 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93390 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1052 00798-14800-6323 SPAIN 34-91-414-15-44 800-099-279 SWEDEN 46-8-566-10-782 0200-887-612 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-7718 0800-000-038 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7346 00801-137-565 THAILAND 001-800-1206-65091 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9015 0800-018-0795 UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3215 0800-018-0795 UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2115 0800-018-0795 UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7019-0812 0800-018-0795 UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1415 0800-018-0795 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3439 USA 1-210-795-0472 877-818-6787 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3205 *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, dependent on the participants' local telecom provider. Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+0DST 11:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+0DST 14:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 16:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-3+0DST 16:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 19:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 20:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+1DST 18:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 03:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 03:00 Melbourne, Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 06:00 (Thursday 27 Nov.) Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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