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Re: [council] Proposed cover letter for GNSO Letter to GAC
by Rosette, Kristina May 15, 2009

May 15, 2009

Avri, I'm abstaining both because of my IRT work and more generally. I would prefer that you just identify me as abstaining. Thanks. K Kristina Rosette Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-2401 voice: 202-662-5173 direct fax: 202-778-5173 main fax: 202-662-6291 e-mail: krosette(a)cov.com This message is from a law firm and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately advise the sender by reply e-mail that this message has been inadvertently transmitted to you and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. ------------------------- Sent from my Wireless Handheld ----- Original Message ----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org <owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org> To: Council GNSO <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Sent: Fri May 15 01:12:42 2009 Subject: [council] Proposed cover letter for GNSO Letter to GAC I propose sending the the following to the GAC later today. I would especially be interested in receiving confirmation from the BC, Kristina and Mary on the accuracy of the statement I have included on your abstentions. --- Dear Janis, Attached please find a letter from the GNSO Council written in response to your opem letter of April 24 2009 to the ICANN CEO. This communication has been approved by the GNSO Council with the noted abstention of the Commercial and Business Constituency. Additionally both Kristina Rosette and Mary Wong, as active participants in the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), felt that support of this document at this time might be inconsistent with their work as part of the IRT and have also abstained. Thank you for the opportunity to comment and for accepting our comment at this time. The GNSO Council looks forward to discussing the issue with the GAC at our joint meeting in Sydney. Best Regards, -- The attachment will include Stéphane's 13 May version of the the letter with changes accepted and date updated. thanks a.

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Issues Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B
by Marika Konings May 15, 2009

May 15, 2009

Dear All, As requested by the GNSO Council in its resolution of 16 April 2009, please find attached the Issues Report on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B. With best regards, Marika

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Travel Support Guidelines MP3 recording 14 May 2009
by Glen de Saint Géry May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

Dear All, Please find the MP3 recording of the call held on Thursday 14 May 2009 at 15:00 UTC at: http://audio.icann.org/atlarge/travel-support-meeting-14-05-2009-EN.mp3 On page: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#may (transcripts and recordings are found on the calendar page) Participants on the Call: Cheryl Langdon-Orr Darlene Thompson Tim Ruiz Alan Greenberg Ron Sherwood Carlton Samuels Byron Holland Sébastien Bachollet Stéphane van Gelder Wolf Ludwig Garth Bruen ICANN Staff Kevin Wilson Steve Antonoff Nick Ashton-Hart Heidi Ulrich Matthias Langenegger Gabriella Schittek Glen de Saint Géry Please let me know if you have any questions. 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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Summary of today's Travel Support Call with Kevin Wilson
by Tim Ruiz May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

A transcript of the call will be available and Glen sent Kevin's presentation to both lists. But, as promised, here is a brief summary: The proposed support for FY10 is: GNSO increased from 13 to 23 (includes the NCAs) ccNSO stays flat at 12 ASO stays flat at 6 GAC increased from 0 to 6 At Large stays flat 23 (15 ALAC, 8 RALO) SSAC stays flat at 0 RSSAC stays flat at 0 Total per meeting from 54 to 70 Travel budget for FY10 1.72mil USD, up from 1.45mil USD in FY09 Staff is working on an Exceptions Policy for timing conflicts, want to book their own travel, find less expensive arrangements, etc. Staff is still looking into questions on per diems, visa expenses, class of travel, and remote participation. A full draft of the FY10 Travel Support Guidelines will be posted by 25 May for public comment, with a final Guidelines and Summary for Seoul by 30 June. Tim

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FW: Adobe connect for travel support
by Glen de Saint Géry May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/travelsupport/

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FW: Change of dial-information and PowerPoint for Travel Support Guidelines teleconferences
by Glen de Saint Géry May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

Dear All, Attached please find the presentation that Kevin Wilson will be using for the travel support call today. Thank you. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Draft GNSO Council minutes 16 April 2009
by Glen de Saint Géry May 14, 2009

May 14, 2009

Dear Councillors, Attached please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday, 16 April 2009. Please let me know if you would like any changes to be 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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Call for volunteers for Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) policy development process (PDP).
by Glen de Saint Géry May 13, 2009

May 13, 2009

Dear All, REMINDER: Please let me know if you would like to be added to the PEDNR Drafting Team list to begin work on a proposed WG charter for the Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery policy development process (PDP). Would the current subscribers to the list please confirm their continued participation. Alan Greenberg Avri Doria Chuck Gomes Matt Serlin Steve Holsten Jeff Eckhaus Mike Rodenbaugh Avri Doria wrote: "If anyone from the council or a substitute from your constituencies wants to get involved in charter preparation, please let Glen know so she can add you to the PEDNR DT list. As it is required by the by-laws, I do plan to introduce a motion asking whether we wish to handle this PDP in a task force. Assuming we don't then as per our currently common practice, I will ask the committee of the whole, i.e. the council, to approve the charter of a WG. Perhaps, if it can be done properly according to the by-laws, I will combine these in one motion. But I do want to make sure that what we do remains within the bounds of the PDP." 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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FW: GNSO Council letter to the GAC
by Stéphane Van Gelder May 13, 2009

May 13, 2009

All, Here is the modified draft. I have included Chuck's mods and simply deleted the paragraph on reserved lists, which is obviously causing too many problems at this time. I hope this version and this attempt at compromise can elicit the support of the BC and the IPC so that we can have a coordinated response to the GAC letter. Thanks, Stéphane

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Re: [council] GNSO Council letter to the GAC
by Stéphane Van Gelder May 13, 2009

May 13, 2009

Edmon, Ì think that is a very useful suggestion, thank you. As the clock is running, I am copying this to the Council list. I am fine with you edit and will amend the draft accordingly unless anyone objects. Thanks, Stéphane Le 12/05/09 12:25, « Edmon Chung » <edmon(a)registry.asia> a écrit : > sorry for the late response... I do see that the 48 hr clock started clicking > so did not want to send this to the council list unless you feel comfortable > about it... > > you had: " No such restrictions are imposed on existing gTLD registries and we > feel it would be > inappropriate to attempt to use the new gTLD program to introduce new > contractual > obligations previously not requested or deemed necessary." > > I don't think that is entirely true... in our contract and in all the ones in > the s round, there is a clause: > " All geographic and geopolitical names contained in the ISO 3166-1 list from > time to time shall initially be reserved at both the second level and at all > other levels within the TLD at which the Registry Operator provides for > registrations. All names shall be reserved both in English and in all related > official languages as may be directed by ICANN or the GAC." > > What this effectively means is that registries have had to use the other ISO > lists previously already to produce the "reserved both in English and in all > related official languages" part. > > Then of course there is the other part in the agreement that says: > "In addition, Registry Operator shall reserve names of territories, distinct > geographic locations, and other geographic and geopolitical names as ICANN may > direct from time to time." > > Would like to suggest edits as follows: > > Restrictions are already imposed on existing gTLD registries in this regard, > especially with regards to those adopted for the sTLD round of gTLDs. We feel > that current contractual obligations are already appropriate and new > contractual obligations maybe unnecessary. > > > Edmon > > > > > > > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On > Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:12 PM > To: Council GNSO > Subject: [council] GNSO Council letter to the GAC > > Dear all, > > In a letter dated April 24 2009, GAC Chair Janis Karklins wrote to ICANN CEO > Paul Twomey on the subject of geographical names and the new gTLD process. > > At our Council meeting last week, it was decided that we should respond to > this letter and I volunteered to write a draft. We agreed that our response > should be sent to the GAC asap, preferably by the end of this week, and Avri > informed the GAC that they should expect a response from the GNSO Council by > this Friday. > > In order to fine-tune our draft response, a team was set up and I submitted my > draft to the team yesterday. > > The team responded very quickly in order to meet the Council¹s Friday deadline > and considered my draft ³good to go², with one addition by David Maher and a > comment by Avri, both of which have been included in the draft letter we are > submitting to the full Council today (see attached). > > Could you please review and let me know of any further changes you would like > to make, or of your approval, so that Avri may then send the finished letter > to the GAC on Friday. > > My thanks to the members of the drafting team: David Maher - Avri Doria - > Nacho Amadoz - Edmon Chung - Brian Cute - Ken Stubbs - Olga Cavalli - Tony > Harris - Terry Davis William Drake. > > Best, > > Stéphane Van Gelder >

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