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GNSO Council Comments in IDNC WG Final Report
by Edmon Chung Aug. 4, 2008

Aug. 4, 2008

Hi Everyone, As discussed in our last council call, a drafting team convened to redraft a set of comments in response to the IDNC WG Final Report. Please find attached the draft. In summary, the document is separated in to 3 main parts: Part 1: Acknowledgement of good points in the IDNC report with some suggestions for further improvement 1. The use of international standard to define official language and meaningfulness of string 2. The conducting of an RFI (Request for Information) 3. Fast Track being an ongoing mechanism 4. Waiting for IDNAbis review to be completed before implementation Part 2: Issues of significant concern A. Non-contentiousness only within territory B. Lack of process for determining non-contentiousness C. Lack of mechanism to enforce compliance Part 3: Reiterating some points from the GNSO Response to the GAC issues paper - IDN gTLDs and ccTLDs should be introduced asap - IDN gTLDs and ccTLDs should go together - Confusingly similar strings should be avoided - Considerations against spoofing Then finally we also added a paragraph to revise one of the points in our previous statement in response to strong objection by the Indian delegate during our meeting with the GAC in Paris. The paragraph was specifically tagged for council review because it is a revision of a statement we had put out earlier and the particular point was discussed at length. Anyway, for your quick reference, the suggested revised statement is as follows: There should be only one IDN ccTLD string per ISO 3166-1 entry per relevant script per relevant language. Finally, the comment period currently open at ICANN is scheduled to close on Aug 15. The plan is to have the document agreed to in our meeting next week: Aug 7 to allow us to submit the comments in time. Suggestions, edits, comments welcome. Discussion on the list before our meeting next week should be useful. Edmon

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RE: [council] ICANN Geographic Regions
by Tim Ruiz July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008

Glen, please include me as well. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] ICANN Geographic Regions From: "Anthony Harris" <harris(a)cabase.org.ar> Date: Thu, July 31, 2008 10:44 am To: Glen_de_Saint_Géry <Glen(a)icann.org>, <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Hi Glen, Please include me. Thanks. Kind regards Tony Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen de Saint Géry" <Glen(a)icann.org> To: <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:13 AM Subject: [council] ICANN Geographic Regions > > Dear All, > > At the GNSO Council meeting on 17 July, the Council agreed to form a > drafting team in response to the ICANN Board request on ICANN Geographic > Regions. > > The drafting group mailing list address is: <Gnso-geo-dg(a)icann.org> > With public archives at: > http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-geo-dg/ > > The group is open to Councillors, constituency members and interested > community participants. > Chuck Gomes, Olga Cavalli and Philip Sheppard have volunteered to be on > the drafting team. > > Please let me know whether you would like to join this drafting team with > Rob Hoggarth as staff support by Thursday 31 July so that we can identify > a regular meeting schedule. > > Background Document Links Regarding ICANN Geographic Region and the > Board's Request for SO and AC Comments: > > Minutes of ICANN Board 16 July 2000 Containing Resolution 00.64 Adopting > Geographic Regions Structure > (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-16jul00.htm>) > > ICANN GAC Communique Advising That International Norms Be Used For ICANN > Geographic Regions > (<http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/communique-14jul00.htm>) > > Minutes of Montreal meeting (June 2003). Reaffirmation of ICANNs > Geographic Regions (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/ minutes-26jun03.htm>) > > United Nations Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, > geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, > revised 31 January 2008 > (<http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm>) > > Regions Working Group Draft Report for Submission to ICANN Board for > Public Consultation > (<http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08aug07.htm>) > > ICANN Geographical Regions > Final Report by the ccNSO Regions Working Group > For Submission to the ICANN Board > (<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-final-report-regions-wg-240907.p… > >) > > ICANN Board Resolution (07.92), 2 November 2007 > (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm - _Toc55609368>) > > Thank you. > Kind regards > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > > >

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ICANN Geographic Regions
by Glen de Saint Géry July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008

Dear All, At the GNSO Council meeting on 17 July, the Council agreed to form a drafting team in response to the ICANN Board request on ICANN Geographic Regions. The drafting group mailing list address is: <Gnso-geo-dg(a)icann.org> With public archives at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-geo-dg/ The group is open to Councillors, constituency members and interested community participants. Chuck Gomes, Olga Cavalli and Philip Sheppard have volunteered to be on the drafting team. Please let me know whether you would like to join this drafting team with Rob Hoggarth as staff support by Thursday 31 July so that we can identify a regular meeting schedule. Background Document Links Regarding ICANN Geographic Region and the Board's Request for SO and AC Comments: Minutes of ICANN Board 16 July 2000 Containing Resolution 00.64 Adopting Geographic Regions Structure (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-16jul00.htm>) ICANN GAC Communique Advising That International Norms Be Used For ICANN Geographic Regions (<http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/communique-14jul00.htm>) Minutes of Montreal meeting (June 2003). Reaffirmation of ICANNs Geographic Regions (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/ minutes-26jun03.htm>) United Nations Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, revised 31 January 2008 (<http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm>) Regions Working Group Draft Report for Submission to ICANN Board for Public Consultation (<http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08aug07.htm>) ICANN Geographical Regions Final Report by the ccNSO Regions Working Group For Submission to the ICANN Board (<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-final-report-regions-wg-240907.p… >) ICANN Board Resolution (07.92), 2 November 2007 (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm - _Toc55609368>) Thank you. Kind regards Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO Council agenda 7 August 2008
by Glen de Saint Géry July 31, 2008

July 31, 2008

Dear Councilors, Please find the GNSO Council Agenda for 7 August 2008 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-07aug08.shtml posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/ http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#aug and https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?gnso_council_workspace Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 7 August 2008 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time12:00 UTC - see below for local times (05:00 Los Angeles, 08:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting 120 mins. Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members. Item 0: Roll call of Council members Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Review/amend agenda Item 3: Approve GNSO Council minutes of 17 July 2008 (Items 0-3 10 mins ) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05254.html Item 4: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (10 mins) Updates related Agenda Items will be moved to the agenda Item Specifically: GNSO Structure Item 5: Status Update (15 mins) 5.1 Fast Flux PDP WG Update (Mike Rodenbaugh) 5.2 Whois Hypotheses Group update (Chuck Gomes) 5.3 IRTP Denial Reasons PDP - Comment Period ended 5.4 IRTP PDP June 08 (Mike Rodenbaugh) - Status of chair selection? Vote on chair if requested. 5.5 Informational Update on Single-Letter Second-Level Registry Service Requests (Liz Gasster) 5.6 Absentee Voting update 5.7 Add Grace Period Implementation Update 5.8 Geographic regions Item 6: Discussion of IDNC Report and GNSO Response (Edmon Chung) (20 Mins) Item 7: GNSO Improvements (30 Min) 7.1 Update from GNSO Structure Consensus WG (Rob Hoggarth) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg05245.html 7.2 Update on Board action related to GNSO Structure Plan (Denise) 7.2 Review comments on Top Level Plan (comment period ends July 18, 2008) (Rob Hoggarth) http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-tlp/ 7.3 Next Steps/Decision Item 8: Early Planning for Cairo Meeting (10 Mins) http://cai.icann.org/ Item 8.1 Joint Meetings: GAC, CCNSO, ALAC, Board Item 8.2 Working Group Meetings Item 9: Action Items (10 min) Item 10: AOB (05:00 Los Angeles, 08:00 Washington DC, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 22:00 Melbourne) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC-7+1DST 05:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-4+1DST 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 09:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-3+0DST 09:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 13:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Barcelona, Spain (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Oslo, Norway (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Amman, Jordan UTC+2+1DST 15:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 19:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Melbourne, Australia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 22:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2008, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Draft GNSO Council minutes 17 July 2008
by Glen de Saint Géry July 30, 2008

July 30, 2008

Dear All, Attached please find the draft GNSO Council minutes of 17 July 2008. Please let me know if you would like any changes made. 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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Agenda for ICANN Board meeting - 31 July 2008
by Bruce Tonkin July 30, 2008

July 30, 2008

31 July 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors [Agenda set by Executive Committee 23 July 2008] President's Monthly Report GNSO Improvements Council Restructuring GNSO Improvements Implementation Progress ASN Global Policy for Autonomous System Numbers Independent Reviews Status Report Registry Agreements Update - .AERO and .POST Informational Update on Single-Letter Second-Level Registry Service Requests ICANN response to UN Letter on "Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to the Internet." Update on New gTLD Process - Next Steps Recommendation of BGC's Recommendation for academic appointment to Nominating Committee BFC's Recommendation regarding the Mexico City Budget Approval Other Business Recommendation of Board's Compensation Committee Board Executive Session

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Call for volunteers for ICANN Geographic Regions drafting group
by Glen de Saint Géry July 30, 2008

July 30, 2008

Dear All, At the GNSO Council meeting on 17 July, the Council agreed to form a drafting team in response to the ICANN Board request on ICANN Geographic Regions as set out below. The group is open to Councillors, constituency members and interested community participants. Chuck Gomes and Olga Cavalli have already volunteered to be on the drafting team. Please let me know whether you would like to join this drafting team with Rob Hoggarth as staff support by Thursday 31 July so that we can identify a regular meeting schedule. "The Board recognized that any potential change to ICANN Geographic Regions would have "wide-spread effect" in ICANN and that it should seek the views of the other Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees before taking further action. The ICANN Board directed Staff to summarize and analyze that community input and to subsequently prepare a report for consideration to the Board. The GNSO is kindly requested to provide input, if any, on the suggested formation of a community wide working group, and its mandate. Staff is targeting a Board report, summarizing all responses received, by early September. We hope that the GNSO will be able to provide input on the relative importance of the Geographic Regions structure to the At-Large community in general and to the value of a community-wide working group specifically, by that time. We expect that the proposed working group, if ultimately formed, will reach out to the broader community to seek further input and perspectives." 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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BRIEFING NOTE - Overall summary of the Paris meeting
by Glen de Saint Géry July 29, 2008

July 29, 2008

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] http://par.icann.org/briefing-note BRIEFING NOTE - Overall summary of the Paris meeting What was it? ICANN’s 32nd international public meeting was one of three held annually to conduct policy development and outreach. It was hosted by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and Agifem, a non-profit organization made up of several French Internet companies and organizations. The meeting was opened by the Eric Besson, France’s Minister of State for forward planning, assessment of public policies, and development of the digital economy. 1,672 people participated from 166 different countries, making this ICANN’s biggest ever meeting. The participants engaged in a wide range of discussions about the Internet’s domain name system and related issues. Further information about the meeting, including presentations and transcripts, is available at http://par.icann.org/. ICANN’s next international public meeting will take place in Cairo, Egypt, beginning on 3rd November, 2008. What happened and what are the next steps? Many meetings, workshops, public forums and informal discussions were held over six days by the different stakeholders of the ICANN model: • business interests • civil society • governments and government agencies • Internet service providers • registrants • registrars • registries • the technical community Several key issues and themes evolved over the course of the meeting. They are summarized below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New gTLDs ICANN’s Board of Directors took a significant step forward on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (new gTLDS - extensions to the domain name system in addition to, for example, .COM or .INFO). The Board approved the policy recommendations on new gTLDs developed by the GNSO, ICANN’s policy development arm for the generic name space. The Board directed ICANN staff to further develop and complete a detailed implementation plan. New generic top-level domains were a featured topic of conversation during the meeting. The week began with a dedicated two-and-a-half-hour interactive session where experts from different industries and sectors around the world shared a diversity of views about the potential changes to the Internet as the New gTLD Program is launched. The workshop was presented with MARQUES, the Association of European trademark owners, which represents trademark owners’ interests before EU and other international bodies. ICANN staff updated the community on how new gTLDs may be implemented, including a timeline and recent steps taken to address potential disputes. Similar updates were presented to the various stakeholders including the GNSO Council. New gTLDs were also discussed at the Public Forum, later in the week. During the meeting, a number of suggestions for new gTLDs also emerged. The discussions on new gTLDs were the subject of worldwide and widespread press coverage including by BBC, CNN, NBC, Les Echos, Business Week, Le Monde, Liberation, The Times of London, the Financial Times, and other media outlets all over the world. More information is available on ICANN’s new gTLDs page (http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm) This web page includes a factsheet on the topic written in plain language and accessible to a general audience. Next steps: The Board approved the policy recommendations on new gTLDs, drawn up by the GNSO, and directed ICANN staff to further develop and complete a detailed implementation plan. Before the new gTLD introduction process is launched, the Board will be given a final version of the implementation proposals of the proposed process after a community review. More information: More information can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/topics/new-gtld-program.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDNs and IDN Fast Track Much of the discussion about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) during the Paris meeting centered on the work of the IDNC Working Group (IDNC WG). The IDNC WG was chartered by the Board at its November 2007 meeting. Its participants were appointed by the following supporting organizations and advisory committees of ICANN: the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), GNSO, Government Advisory Committee (GAC), At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). The group has been working on the issue of an accelerated introduction of IDNs (the “fast track”) where specific, non-controversial country-code top-level domains in non-Latin scripts could be approved and added to the Internet’s root without having to wait for the full approval process to be finalized. The IDNC WG released its draft final report on the feasibility of this approach for public comment two weeks prior to the Paris meeting. The report provided a number of high-level recommendations and received broad approval from the ccNSO and the GAC. On the broader topic of IDNs, the Director of the IDN Program, Tina Dam, gave updates to the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, describing progress on technical and other IDN implementation issues. IDNs were discussed at the Public Forum, and a progress update was also given on the final day of the meeting. Of particular interest was how finalization of the IDNA protocol revision would impact top-level IDN domains, in particular when and how they will be introduced. Next steps: The Board asked the IDNC WG final report to be posted for public comment and asked staff to produce a detailed report on implementation issues, following consultation with the community, in time for the next meeting in Cairo in November 2008. More information: More information can be found online at: http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/idnc-charter.htm and at http://icann.org/topics/idn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Improving Institutional Confidence The Paris meeting saw the release of three documents from the President’s Strategy Committee (PSC) outlining a new “Improving Institutional Confidence” public consultation. This consultation’s aim is for the community to discuss possible changes to ICANN in the lead up to the completion of the JPA in September 2009. This work has been led by the PSC whose role is to provide advice to the Board. The three documents – Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN, Transition Action Plan and Frequently Asked Questions – were used as the basis for a two-hour discussion session. During a public meeting on the issue, the PSC explained how the consultation would work and how people could find out more information at each stage. The issue was also given a dedicated timeslot in the Public Forum. The documents are currently out for public comment (closing on 31 July). Next Steps: The consultation process outlined in the Transition Action Plan will be followed. The entire community is encouraged to read the documents and send their comments in before 31 July. The documents will then be revised and put out for additional comment in September 2008 in preparation for further discussions at the Cairo meeting in November. A final report by the PSC will be provided to the Board in December. More information: More information is available online at: http://icann.org/jpa/iic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Independent Reviews The independent review process requires each of ICANN’s Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to undergo review every few years to make sure that the organization as a whole continues to serves the needs of the global Internet community. There are several independent reviews currently underway or soon to be launched. The Board of Directors is also undergoing an independent review in 2008. The Paris meeting saw a number of updates on the current reviews. GNSO The GNSO’s review has been completed and it is now in the implementation stage. The Board approved all but one of the recommendations developed by a special Board working group to improve the effectiveness of the GNSO's policy activities, structure, operations and communications. Recommendations to be implemented include: • use of a working group model for future policy development • a revised policy development process • enhancements to the different constituencies that make up the GNSO • improved communications. The Board deferred its final decision on one recommendation - restructuring the GNSO Council – and decided to give the GNSO one last chance to submit a consensus recommendation on how to structure the Council before it makes its final decision in the next few weeks. The Board requested that the GNSO convene a small working group to submit a consensus recommendation on Council restructuring no later than 25 July. The group is to include one member from each constituency, one of the current Nominating Committee appointees, and one member from each liaison-appointing advisory committee (if that advisory committee so desires). In a related development, the GNSO Council postponed a vote on a top-level GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan and called for a 21-day public comment forum on the document. That open public comment forum closes on 18 July 2008. ALAC Two public sessions and two informal sessions were held to discuss a report from the ALAC’s independent reviewers. The Board’s ALAC review working group held its first sessions. The draft report is currently out for public comment. Board of Directors The Boston Consulting Group was selected as the consultant to perform the independent review of the Board of Directors. Nominating Committee A working group created by the Board Governance Committee is working on recommendations following the independent evaluators’ report on the Nominating Committee. Others The Board established three working groups to review future independent review reports. They will cover: the Board, the DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC), and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). Next steps: The reviews will continue to progress through each step in the review process. Updates will be provided at the Cairo meeting in November. More information: More information including links to each of the reviews and public comments pages can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/reviews/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registrar Accreditation Agreement More progress was made on improvements to protections for registrants provided through the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA – the contract ICANN holds with companies that register domain names on behalf of registrants). 15 revised changes and amendments were published in a report currently out for public comment (the comment period closes 4 August 2008). The amendments were outlined in meetings with individual Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, as well as a dedicated one-and-a-half-hour public workshop. RAA amendments also had a specific timeslot for discussion during the Public Forum, and were further outlined at the final day’s report session. There are four categories of amendment to the RAA: • Enforcement tools, including graduated sanctions, liability and audit provisions • Protections for registrants, including possible improvements to data escrow and the ability to make resellers comply with RAA obligations • A more stable registrar marketplace, including training for registrar operators • Modernizing the agreement, bringing it up to date with changes in the use and reuse of domain names Next steps: The amendments will be revised following input during the public comment period and then shared with the Board, who will determine the next steps. More information: More information can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/topics/raa/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meetings Review A paper covering possible changes to ICANN meetings themselves was put to the community in a number of different sessions, including several Supporting Organization and Advisory Committee meetings, the opening day public forum, mid-week Public Forum, and the closing-day reports session. There were two main recommendations in the paper: • that ICANN move from three to two meetings a year; and • that one of those meetings be held in a “hub” city. There was a broad range of views and discussion on both points, as well as discussion of the change to the Paris schedule which saw the meeting end a day earlier on Thursday, rather than on Friday. Next steps: The meetings paper is out for public comment until 10 July and will be revised following feedback from the community. More information: More information can be found online at: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#meeting-consultation-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPv6 A number of information sessions on the new Internet Protocol were held in order to the make community more aware of support issues and to outline ways forward. The ALAC, ccNSO, Registry and Registrar constituencies were also addressed by experts on this topic during their own meetings. Business leaders were given an overview as part of the Business Access Agenda. IPv6 was also discussed during the Public Forum. The GAC heard from several individuals and organizations, including the OECD and the Names Resource Organization, about current trends and the challenges to IPv6 deployment worldwide. More information: A factsheet written in plain and clear language has been produced: “IPv6 – The Internet’s vital expansion - October 2007”. It explains the protocol upgrade to a non-technical audience and is available here: http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-ipv6-26oct07.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Business Access Agenda For the first time, a specific agenda and series of targeted meetings and discussions were held for business leaders in an effort to engage business more effectively within ICANN’s processes. The agenda included briefings on the most significant topics facing ICANN at the moment, including new gTLDs, IDNs and IPv6, and a meeting with the Board of Directors. It was organized in cooperation with the E-Business, IT and Telecoms Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other issues • The Board approved a recommendation by the GNSO to tackle “domain tasting”. • The FY09 ICANN operating plan and budget of $57.1m were adopted by the Board. • Approval was given to a plan by PIR (the Public Interest Registry) to add the security protocol DNSSEC to the .org registry. • An “At Large Summit” was approved to enable representatives of Internet user groups (At-Large Structures) to meet together within the next year, most likely at the Mexico City meeting in March 2009. • The SSAC published a number of new reports and survey results relating to security and stability of the Internet. (http://www.icann.org/committees/security/) • A number of policy development processes were started or advanced at the GNSO including Fast Flux and inter-registrar transfers. • The GAC reiterated its strong support for a number of studies into the use and abuse of Whois data, and asked for clarification from the Board on whether studies would depend on the outcome of the GNSO Council’s decision. The GNSO Council created a working group to review recommendations for Whois studies. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: Survey link
by Olof Nordling July 29, 2008

July 29, 2008

Dear Council Members, Please find attached an invitation to a survey undertaken by the contractor performing the review of the ICANN Board, with thanks in advance for your contributions to this effort. Very best regards Olof From: Terry Atkinson [mailto:tatkinson@ccassociates.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:16 AM To: Olof Nordling Subject: Survey link Dear Olof, I attach the survey link for you to onsend to Council/Committee members as requested by Patrick Sharry. Thank you for your assistance. <<ICANN Council-Committee members-2008.doc>> Regards Terry Atkinson Director Colin Carter & Associates ________________________________ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 243 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter<http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now!

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25 September 2008 GNSO teleconference
by Glen de Saint Géry July 29, 2008

July 29, 2008

Dear Councillors, Please note that a GNSO Council teleconference on 25 September 2008 at 12:00 UTC has been added to the calendar page: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#sep This is to fill the gap between 4 September and 16 October that left 6 weeks between the teleconferences. 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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