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Issue with Thursday's meeting
by Avri Doria Nov. 4, 2008

Nov. 4, 2008

Hi, Currently we have a meeting planned for 14-17 on Thursday. I have been asked to participate in a meting with Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary General, 1400-1530 on Thursday. I think I ought to do this. Unfortunately Chuck will also be unable to chair the meeting as he has to leave early Thursday. Would there be any objection to starting the meeting an hour later at 1500? I have checked and can arrange to leave the other meeting a half hour early to do this. Thanks a.

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RE: [council] Issue with Thursday's meeting
by Tim Ruiz Nov. 4, 2008

Nov. 4, 2008

Okay with me, I'll still need to be out by 17:00 or shortly thereafter. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [council] Issue with Thursday's meeting From: "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette(a)cov.com> Date: Tue, November 04, 2008 6:22 am To: "Avri Doria" <avri(a)acm.org>, "Council GNSO" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Fine with me, but I've planned around a 1700 stop time. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:54 AM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Issue with Thursday's meeting Hi, Currently we have a meeting planned for 14-17 on Thursday. I have been asked to participate in a meting with Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary General, 1400-1530 on Thursday. I think I ought to do this. Unfortunately Chuck will also be unable to chair the meeting as he has to leave early Thursday. Would there be any objection to starting the meeting an hour later at 1500? I have checked and can arrange to leave the other meeting a half hour early to do this. Thanks a.

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Transriptions of GNSO Cairo Working sessions Sunday 2 November
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 4, 2008

Nov. 4, 2008

Dear All, Please find the Sunday, 2 November 2008, GNSO Working session transcript below: Agenda https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_2_nov_2008 Transcription https://cai.icann.org/files/meetings/cairo2008/Cairo-GNSO-02NOV08.txt Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FYI - Fwd: Constituency Renewal
by Denise Michel Nov. 3, 2008

Nov. 3, 2008

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:20 AM Subject: Constituency Renewal To: liaison6c <liaison6c(a)gnso.icann.org> Constituency Leaders: As you know, the ICANN Board, among its various decisions during the August and October meetings, directed existing GNSO Constituencies to confirm their status with the Board by submitting confirming documents in advance of the February 2009 Board meeting. The Board directed the Staff to help with this including the design and development of a streamlined process and appropriate mechanisms to assist with the Board's timely recognition and approval of the existing constituencies. (Note: excerpts of the specific resolutions and relevant Bylaw are provided at the end of this message). In response to the Board's direction, Staff proposes the following steps to assist you and the Board with the renewal/confirmation process. Your feedback on this proposal is welcomed, along with your guidance on how Staff can be most helpful in this endeavor. During November, December and January, each existing constituency: 1) Reviews its practices, operations, and charter documents, as appropriate, to evaluate its adherence to the requirements of Bylaw Article X, Section 5, Subsection 3, which require that each constituency represent the interests of its stakeholder communities globally and operates to the maximum extent feasible in an open and transparent manner, consistent with procedures designed to ensure fairness; 2) Provides a written report to the Board (that includes its Board-approved charter) evaluating its compliance with its charter and Bylaw requirements on or before the February 2009 Board meeting, which is currently proposed for the first week of the month. Upon Receipt of Each Constituency submission the Board: 3) Will direct Staff to post receipt and acknowledgement of the confirmations on the GNSO Improvements Implementation web page - http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements; 4) The constituency reports will be subject to a 21-day public comment period/forum following the Board meeting; 5) The Staff will provide a summary/analysis of the comments submitted regarding each constituency report. 6) The Board will make a decision on whether to re-confirm/recertify each constituency. Staff would be pleased to provide any assistance needed, including providing feedback on any Constituency's prospective submissions to the Board. It should be noted that the GNSO Improvements Report approved by the Board has additional guidelines and recommendations for constituencies. The timeline for constituency renewal likely will not allow you to factor all these into your upcoming Board submission. It is expected that this work will be ongoing as part of the GNSO Improvements implementation efforts. Please send any questions or comments to policy-staff(a)icann.org. Best regards, Denise Michel Denise.michel(a)icann.org Policy-staff(a)icann.org Relevant Board Resolution Excerpts: At its 28 August Board meeting, the Board adopted the following resolution, "It is, Resolved, … The Board requests that existing constituencies confirm their status with the Board during the intervening time period (later specified as February 2009; see below), and requires constituencies to formally confirm their status every 3 years to ensure that they continue to meet the requirements of Article X, Section 5, subsection 3 of the ICANN Bylaws. This will be an opportunity for existing constituencies to demonstrate compliance with the principles of representativeness, openness, transparency and fairness set forth in the ICANN Bylaws. At its 1 October 2008 meeting, the Board adopted the following resolution, "It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.10) … Staff also is directed to work with the existing GNSO constituencies to design and develop a streamlined process along with appropriate mechanisms that will assist with the Board's timely recognition and approval of existing constituencies. " Further, "It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.15), the Board amends its previous implementation timetable and directs that the transition to a new bicameral GNSO Council voting structure take place over a phased implementation schedule that begins immediately and ends in June 2009 with the seating of the new Council. The implementation phases will be as follows: Phase 1 – GNSO Council restructuring implementation plan submitted in advance of the December 2008 Board Meeting; Phase 2 – Existing Constituencies submit confirmation documents to the Board for review in advance of the February 2009 Board Meeting {emphasis added}; Phase 3 – Stakeholder Groups submit formal plans for Board approval for consideration at the ICANN Mexico City Board meeting; and Phase 4 – Stakeholder Groups with plans approved by the Board select Council representatives, and the newly structured GNSO Council is seated by the June 2009 Asia-Pacific ICANN Meeting." The relevant Bylaw section, referenced above, is included below for your convenience: "Article X, Section 5, Subsection 3. Each Constituency identified in paragraph 1 of this Section shall maintain its recognition, and thus its ability to select GNSO Council representatives, only so long as it in fact represents the interests globally of the stakeholder communities it purports to represent, and shall operate to the maximum extent feasible in an open and transparent manner and consistent with procedures designed to ensure fairness. No individual or entity shall be excluded from participation in a Constituency merely because of participation in another Constituency." -- Denise Michel ICANN VP, Policy denise.michel(a)icann.org +1.408.429.3072

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Draft request for issues report on Post Expiration Name Recovery
by Alan Greenberg Nov. 3, 2008

Nov. 3, 2008

Attached is the draft ALAC request for an Issues Report on the recovery of domain names following formal expiration wchic severla of you asked for in time for Constituency Day. If any constituencies plan to provide a statement supporting or augmenting this request, please let me know by Wednesday noon. If you require additional time for such a statement, please let me know the target date. It is expected that the ALAC will approve this (or very similar) text at its Wednesday afternoon meeting. Alan

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WIKIS on GNSO home page
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 3, 2008

Nov. 3, 2008

Dear All, The Wiki References are easily accessible from the left navigation on page: http://gnso.icann.org/ GNSO Council Workspace Fast Flux WG PDP Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part A PDP GNSO Improvements Operations Steering Committee (OSC) Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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: E-Crime Overview and Q&A
by Glen de Saint Géry Nov. 3, 2008

Nov. 3, 2008

Please note that this session has been moved to room "Al Saraya 1" (which is on -4 next to the main meeting room. On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Denise Michel <denise.michel(a)icann.org<mailto:denise.michel@icann.org>> wrote: I have been asked to share the following event information with you: E-Crime Overview and Q&A Monday 18:00 - 19:00 in Al Manial Some participants of the Anti Phishing Working Group and anti-crime community are organizing an impromptu discussion on e-crime. They will provide an overview of the e-crime world for anyone interested in these topics and how they impact the domain registration and DNS communities. A panel of subject matter experts will answer your questions and assess the community's interest in further information and discussions to help inform future ICANN meetings and policy discussions. Panelists include: - Rod Rasmussen, Internet Identity - Dave Piscitello, SSAC - Bobby Flaim, FBI - Greg Aaron, Afilias - Martin Sutton, HSBC -- Denise Michel ICANN VP, Policy -- Denise Michel ICANN VP, Policy denise.michel(a)icann.org<mailto:denise.michel@icann.org> +1.408.429.3072

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E-Crime Overview and Q&A
by Denise Michel Nov. 3, 2008

Nov. 3, 2008

I have been asked to share the following event information with you: E-Crime Overview and Q&A Monday 18:00 - 19:00 in Al Manial Some participants of the Anti Phishing Working Group and anti-crime community are organizing an impromptu discussion on e-crime. They will provide an overview of the e-crime world for anyone interested in these topics and how they impact the domain registration and DNS communities. A panel of subject matter experts will answer your questions and assess the community's interest in further information and discussions to help inform future ICANN meetings and policy discussions. Panelists include: - Rod Rasmussen, Internet Identity - Dave Piscitello, SSAC - Bobby Flaim, FBI - Greg Aaron, Afilias - Martin Sutton, HSBC -- Denise Michel ICANN VP, Policy

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Re: ISO Registry Operator Monthly Reports for July 2008
by Craig Schwartz Nov. 2, 2008

Nov. 2, 2008

This information has been posted. Craig Schwartz ICANN ________________________________ From: Craig Schwartz To: Rosette, Kristina ; council(a)icann.org Sent: Sun Nov 02 05:40:39 2008 Subject: RE: ISO Registry Operator Monthly Reports for July 2008 Kristina, We’ll be sure this gets done today. Craig ___________________ Craig Schwartz Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Direct +1 310 301 5832 Fax +1 310 823 8649 www.icann.org From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Rosette, Kristina Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:28 AM To: council(a)icann.org Subject: [council] ISO Registry Operator Monthly Reports for July 2008 Hi, I'm posting to the list because I don't know to whom I should send this request: The Registry Operator Monthly Reports for July 2008 are not up yet. Would the appropriate person please release them? Many Thanks. K

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Measures for how well the GNSO is performing in policy development
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 2, 2008

Nov. 2, 2008

Hello All, I note that the GNSO members and ICANN staff have put a great deal of work into the GNSO improvements. The danger is that ICANN and the GNSO become very internally focussed, rather than ensuring that the end goal of improving the overall systems of domain names for Internet users is being met. I recommend that the GNSO consider what overall measures of performance we could use, that the external community could relate to, that ultimately determines whether any new structure is making a difference. For example what are the top 3 issues that the community at large believes that the GNSO should be working on and is expecting new policies to improve. The GNSO can then regularly report to the external community (ie those that don't attend ICANN) on progress on these top 3 issues. One is obviously new gTLDs - substantial progress has been made, but even for new gTLDs there are not clear measures on whether the policy has achieved its goals. For example is the measure of success how many new gTLDs get created, or how diverse the new gTLDs are, or whether there is participation from new communities of Internet users - maybe a combination of measure is appropriate. Other issues that I can think of at a very high level include: - ways to improve privacy of information that is published about registrants, and how to ensure that domain names can continue to be used for the free sharing of ideas and legal public criticism (ie freedom of speech) - ways to improve accountability for registrants that use domain names, and how to ensure that it is not easy to use domain name for illegal activity. I think the key is to articulate the top 3 issues in terms that the average Internet user can understand. Then the GNSO can survey both GNSO participants and the external community on whether they believe that the GNSO has introduced policies that have made progress on the key issues. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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