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NCUC event in SF
by Drake William Feb. 17, 2011

Feb. 17, 2011

Hi, If anyone is arriving early in SF and looking for something to do, NCUC is organizing a pre-meeting event on Friday, Mar 11 at the Westin St. Francis. Info and registration at NCUC@ICANN: Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html?page=484116

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FW: ALAC Statement on GNSO WG Guidelines
by Glen de Saint Géry Feb. 17, 2011

Feb. 17, 2011

Forwarded From: ICANN At-Large Staff Dear GNSO Secretariat, On behalf of Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, we have the honor to transmit to you the ALAC Statement on the GNSO WG Guidelines. We would appreciate if you could forward this Statement to the GNSO Chair and Vice-Chairs for consideration at the GNSO Council Meeting scheduled for 24 February 2011. The ALAC welcomes any comments the GNSO Council may wish to make by reply. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, ICANN At-Large Staff

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FW: Update on ICANN Board/GAC Consultation on New gTLDs
by Glen de Saint Géry Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

Update on ICANN Board/GAC Consultation on New gTLDs by JAMIE HEDLUND on FEBRUARY 16, 2011 We wanted to provide some additional information on the work being carried out by ICANN's Board of Directors and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to prepare for their upcoming meeting in Brussels on the new gTLD program. As detailed in our recent announcements and blog, the Board and the GAC will hold a joint workshop to discuss the GAC's concerns regarding the proposed implementation of the new gTLD program. Following the workshop, it is anticipated that the Board and GAC will meet for a bylaws-triggered consultation. The Board, ICANN staff and the GAC are working diligently to understand the GAC's concerns and identify the areas of disagreement and possible solutions. Substantial preparatory work has been done, including the appointment of "issue leads" for the topics raised in the GAC's Cartagena Communiqué, exchanges of draft issue papers and joint conference call discussions. The papers will be published prior to the meeting. Most ICANN Board Members and a strong contingent of GAC representatives are expected to attend. In addition to the Brussels consultation, the bylaws<http://www.icann.org/en/general/bylaws.htm#XI>-defined consultation will take place on 17 March, the day before the Silicon Valley-San Francisco Board Meeting. Because of the timing of the bylaws consultation, the Board will not approve or announce the new gTLD program at that Board Meeting. The timing and substance of any subsequent Board actions on the new gTLD program will depend on the outcome of the bylaws consultation. Stay tuned for further updates on the logistics and agenda for the Brussels meeting. ShareT http://blog.icann.org/2011/02/update-on-icann-boardgac-consultation-on-new-…

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RE: [council] REMINDER: Motion and Document deadline - TODAY Wednesday 16 February for Council meting on 24 February 2011
by Tim Ruiz Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

I move that our next F2F be held on a BLOB: http://www.magicjump.com/sports/The_BLOB/296/ We may not accomplish as much, but we will have more fun doing it! Tim > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [council] REMINDER: Motion and Document deadline - TODAY > Wednesday 16 February for Council meting on 24 February 2011 > From: Wendy Seltzer <wendy(a)seltzer.com> > Date: Wed, February 16, 2011 2:31 pm > To: Glen de Saint GÃ©ry<Glen(a)icann.org> > Cc: Council GNSO <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > I move that this $BLOB serve as a placeholder motion. > > I will consider many sorts of amendments to be friendly! > > --Wendy > (for some parliamentary fun) > > On 02/16/2011 01:24 PM, Glen de Saint Géry wrote: > > > > > > DearCouncil members, > > > > Just a reminder that as required in the GNSO Operating Procedures, motions and reports for consideration in the GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 24 February 2011 are due not later than 8 days in advance of that meeting, that is, today Wednesday, 16 February 2011. > > > > Please see the calendar page for due dates for the rest of the year: > > http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/ > > > > Please note that the pending project list is posted at: > > > > http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf > > > > This will be updated before the Council meeting on 24 February 2011. > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > Wendy Seltzer -- > Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy > Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html > http://www.chillingeffects.org/ > https://www.torproject.org/ > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/

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Regarding space for observers at the GAC-Board Consultation
by Bruce Tonkin Feb. 16, 2011

Feb. 16, 2011

From: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm GAC-Board Consultation - Announcement Update Arrangements are being finalized for the GAC-Board consultation to be held in Brussels on 28 February and 1 March 2011. As previously advised, the venue for this consultation will be at The Square Brussels Meeting Centre in Room 400. This room will provide classroom style seating for the GAC and Board members, and there will be theatre style seating provided for those people who responded to the RSVP posted on 2 February 2011. Individual emails will be sent to all those who responded to the RSVP to confirm attendance. As the current combined attendance numbers are close to capacity for the seating allocated we are unable to extend an invitation for additional attendance from interested community members. The agenda and format for proceedings is still being finalized. It is the intention to publish the agenda before the meeting, along with briefing papers on the agreed topics for discussion. This will be done as a separate announcement. Remote participation will be available through adobe connect and the link and other relevant details will be provided closer to the consultation.

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Resending - Working lunch topics? - GNSO weekend SF schedule
by Olga Cavalli Feb. 15, 2011

Feb. 15, 2011

Hi, Glen and I are working on gathering the missing info for the SF schedule. We still need suggestions about topics to be considered during the two working lunchs. Stéphane made the first suggestion: "final preparation for our meeting with the Board on Sunday" Which other topics would be of Council´s interest? Please let us know, your comments are welcome. Best regards Olga 2011/2/7 Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> Thanks Olga. > > I have some questions re this agenda. > > Our schedule for Saturday still looks a little rough to me: > > - What is the intended purpose of the 9 to 10am slot? > - Why not put an OSC slot concurrent to the 10:30 to 11:30 PPSC slot? > - Who are giving the reports in the 12 to 13 slot? > - What are the topics for the working lunch? (Suggestion: one topic could > be "final preparation for our meeting with the Board on Sunday"). > - Do we know where the social event will take place? > - Do we know where the Sunday dinner with the Board will take place? > - Why have these 2 dinners been changed around again? In Cartagena, I > thought it was useful to have the dinner with the Board on the Saturday > evening, i.e. before our official work session with them on the Sunday... > > I would also like the Council to have a general discussion about its role > within the GNSO and also the way our work is organised during these > pre-ICANN meeting weekends. Do you think this is a good idea and if so, is > this something we could fit into the weekend somewhere? > > Thanks again. > > Stéphane > > Le 6 févr. 2011 à 19:53, Olga Cavalli a écrit : > > > > > Hi, > > > > Attached you can find a new version of the GNSO SF schedule. > > > > It includes the request of changing the House meetings to Sunday. > > > > As soon as we recieve additional confirmations or info we will let you > know. > > > > Best regards > > > > Olga > > <GNSO Draft San Francisco March 2011 v7.xls> > >

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REMINDER: IRD-WG outreach invitation
by Glen de Saint Géry Feb. 15, 2011

Feb. 15, 2011

Dear ICANN community, On 26 June 2009 the ICANN Board approved a resolution (2009.06.26.18: <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#6>) requesting that the GNSO and the SSAC, in consultation with staff, convene an Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (IRD-WG) comprised of individuals with knowledge, expertise, and experience in these areas to study the feasibility and suitability of introducing display specifications to deal with the internationalization of registration data. The working group has produced an interim report that discusses several potential models for internationalizing domain registration data, and is seeking feedback from the community about the models and on other key questions via a Public Forum that is open until 14 March 2011. See the link at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#ird. The working group will provide an online briefing (webinar) on February 16 2011 at 14.00 and 20.00 UTC. We welcome the community's participation. The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for 60 minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the slides and MP3 will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org <mailto:policy-staff@icann.org> . In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join, 14.00 UTC or 20.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time, see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html> ). We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff members e-mail address. Warm regards, ICANN Policy Development Support ***************************************************

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Board/GAC meeting In Brussels
by Stéphane Van Gelder Feb. 15, 2011

Feb. 15, 2011

Councillors, In the interest of transparency, please be informed that I will be going to the Brussels Board/GAC meeting. As a reminder, the aim of the meeting is given by ICANN as being to: 1.Identify the specific differences between Governmental Advisory Committee ("GAC") advice and the current implementation of the GNSO New gTLD Policy recommendations embodied in the Applicant Guidebook. 2.Through discussion among Board and GAC members, either: a. arrive at an agreed upon resolution of those differences, or b. for those issues not resolved, identify what differences remain. Only GAC members, ICANN Board members, select ICANN staff members and subject matter experts will participate in the discussion, whether in person or remotely. I will therefore be considered an observer, and will not be allowed to speak. I will not be acting as an official representative of the GNSO. It would be nice to know if other Councillors plan to attend. We may not be allowed to speak, but I'm sure we can at least plan to have a drink together at some point ;) Stéphane

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FW: Global Outreach Recommendations
by Glen de Saint Géry Feb. 14, 2011

Feb. 14, 2011

Dear Council members, On behalf of Stéphane van Gelder the GNSO Council chair, who is currently out of email range, attached please find the Global Outreach Recommendations and the email below forwarded from Philip Sheppard, the OSC chair. Please forward the report to your respective groups for review. On behalf of Stéphane, thank you Philip and the OCS for your work on the Global Outreach program. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Forwarded From: Philip Sheppard Dear Council, Further to adoption by the OSC I attach a revised Global Outreach Programme. These changes follow an OSC meeting in Cartagena and edits within the Constituency & Stakeholder Group Operations (CSG) Work Team. The report splits the proposed programmes into a more general and larger section aimed at the public, and one aimed at those who may wish to form a new constituency. Thanks to Olga Cavalli and her team. The attached are now recommended for Council adoption. NOTE on the OSC This item is the penultimate on the OSC's current work list. The last item outstanding is a revision of the rules for proxies. The OSC is waiting for feedback from each Council Stakeholder group in order to allow us to assess the need and type of change required. To date we have heard dissatisfaction from one member of the Non-Commercial SG who cites unspecified incompatibility with the NCSG Charter. The OSC is ready and willing to work on this change but we do need more specific and broader information in order to proceed. Philip Sheppard OSC Chair

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Revised Draft minutes of the Council meeting 3 February 2011
by Glen de Saint Géry Feb. 14, 2011

Feb. 14, 2011

Dear All, Attached please find the revised draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 3 February 2011. Mary Wong's comment has been incorporated under: Item 8: Any Other Business 8.1 Update from Staff on goals, expected outcomes and organization of GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels (Staff). Staff Committed to provide the Council, via the Council mailing list, an update on the goals, expected outcomes and organization of the GAC/Board February meeting in Brussels. If no further comments are received, these minutes will be published, as approved on the website on page: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html#feb on Tuesday, 23 February 2011. Thank you Mary for catching this! Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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