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RE: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart
by Winterfeldt, Brian 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Dear Jonathan: You also have my full support to send the letter on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Best regards, Brian Brian J. Winterfeldt bwinterfeldt(a)steptoe.com<mailto:bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com> Steptoe ------------------------------------------- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Jonathan Robinson[SMTP:JONATHAN.ROBINSON@IPRACON.COM] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 3:50:40 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: RE: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart Importance: High Auto forwarded by a Rule Brian & Margie, Thank-you both for the efforts to bring this to the point you have now got it to. Fellow Councillors, please note the following: 1. We now have a summary of our respective positions as well as an appropriate covering letter 2. The board is scheduled to meet to discuss this issue in approximately 48 hours (8th November) Therefore, I believe that we should send this letter to the board including an apology for the fact that it arrives immediately before their meeting. My view is that sending our response late (as we will have to do) is better than not sending it all for two reasons: A. We have done a lot of work on this B. It does not reflect well on us as a Council to not send a response. Please can I have your support (or opposition if you feel that) for sending this letter tomorrow. In order to do so, I need your support (or not) by no later than 05h00 UTC on Wed 7th November. Jonathan From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Winterfeldt, Brian Sent: 05 November 2012 23:29 To: council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Cc: Margie.Milam(a)icann.org<mailto:Margie.Milam@icann.org> Subject: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart Dear all: I would like to thank Margie for her hard work collecting data and assembling the attached chart on the recommendations from the WHOIS Review Team Final Report. We owe an apology to the Board for taking longer on this endeavor than was originally anticipated. Attached for the consideration and approval of the entire Council please our draft letter to the Board. It is composed of a brief introductory letter, or executive summary, and a chart outlining each constituency and stakeholder position on whether there is agreement with each specific WHOIS Review Team Final Report recommendation and whether a Policy Development Process is required. We have attached a .DOC version of the letter and chart to facilitate any final additions or amendments. We look forward to expeditious consideration and approval by the Council, as well as delivery to the Board of Directors. Thank you, Brian Brian J. Winterfeldt bwinterfeldt(a)steptoe.com<mailto:bwinterfeldt@steptoe.com> Steptoe ------------------------------------------- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Margie Milam[SMTP:MARGIE.MILAM@ICANN.ORG] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:51:27 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart Auto forwarded by a Rule Dear All, Please find attached final summary chart, clean and redlined, to reflect all of the input received to date. Please note that the chart is missing any input from Registrars or the NCSG regarding whether they agree/disagree with each of the WHOIS RT recommendations. All the best, Margie _________ Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN _________ From: Margie Milam Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 1:58 PM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: RE: Updated WHOIS RT FInal Report Recommendations- REMINDER FOR FINAL COMMENTS Dear All, I just wanted to send a reminder on this, since I have only received comments from the IPC. Please let me know by COB today whether your SG/C has any additional comments to the chart. All the best, Margie From: Margie Milam Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:05 PM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Updated WHOIS RT FInal Report Recommendations Dear All, As discussed last week, I updated the draft WHOIS RT summary chart to include the clarifications requested by the ISP Constituency, and to include a column clarifying whether there was agreement with the substance of each recommendation, based upon the comments submitted in the Public Comment Forum (PCF) for the WHOIS Review Team Final Report. In reviewing the comments<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-whois-rt-final-…> filed in the PCF, I did not locate submissions from each constituency/SG, making it difficult to complete the chart. Notably missing were comments from Registrars, NCSG, or the IPC on the Final Report (although in some cases there were submissions on the draft report). In addition, from the comments actually submitted, it was not clear whether the commentators agreed/disagreed with the recommendation itself, since many of the comments appeared to address aspects of the recommendations, as opposed to evaluating the recommendation holistically. As a result, it is important that each constituency/stakeholder group review the information contained in the attached chart, and indicate whether they agree/disagree with each of the recommendations. Please provide this information by COB Monday, October 29, 2012, so that the chart can be finalized in advance of the Board's consideration of the WHOIS RT Final Report Recommendations. All the best, Margie _______ Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN _______

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RE: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart
by john＠crediblecontext.com 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Jonathan, I am good with it. Cheers, John Berard Founder Credible Context 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 San Francisco, CA 94127 m: 415.845.4388 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart From: "Jonathan Robinson" <jonathan.robinson(a)ipracon.com> Date: Tue, November 06, 2012 2:50 am To: <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Brian & Margie, Thank-you both for the efforts to bring this to the point you have now got it to. Fellow Councillors, please note the following: 1. We now have a summary of our respective positions as well as an appropriate covering letter 2. The board is scheduled to meet to discuss this issue in approximately 48 hours (8th November) Therefore, I believe that we should send this letter to the board including an apology for the fact that it arrives immediately before their meeting. My view is that sending our response late (as we will have to do) is better than not sending it all for two reasons: A. We have done a lot of work on this B. It does not reflect well on us as a Council to not send a response. Please can I have your support (or opposition if you feel that) for sending this letter tomorrow. In order to do so, I need your support (or not) by no later than 05h00 UTC on Wed 7th November. Jonathan From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Winterfeldt, Brian Sent: 05 November 2012 23:29 To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: Margie.Milam(a)icann.org Subject: [council] RE: Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart Dear all: I would like to thank Margie for her hard work collecting data and assembling the attached chart on the recommendations from the WHOIS Review Team Final Report. We owe an apology to the Board for taking longer on this endeavor than was originally anticipated. Attached for the consideration and approval of the entire Council please our draft letter to the Board. It is composed of a brief introductory letter, or executive summary, and a chart outlining each constituency and stakeholder position on whether there is agreement with each specific WHOIS Review Team Final Report recommendation and whether a Policy Development Process is required. We have attached a .DOC version of the letter and chart to facilitate any final additions or amendments. We look forward to expeditious consideration and approval by the Council, as well as delivery to the Board of Directors. Thank you, Brian Brian J. Winterfeldt bwinterfeldt(a)steptoe.com Steptoe ------------------------------------------- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org on behalf of Margie Milam[SMTP:MARGIE.MILAM@ICANN.ORG] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:51:27 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Final GNSO WHOIS RT Summary Chart Auto forwarded by a Rule Dear All, Please find attached final summary chart, clean and redlined, to reflect all of the input received to date. Please note that the chart is missing any input from Registrars or the NCSG regarding whether they agree/disagree with each of the WHOIS RT recommendations. All the best, Margie _________ Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN _________ From: Margie Milam Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 1:58 PM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: Updated WHOIS RT FInal Report Recommendations- REMINDER FOR FINAL COMMENTS Dear All, I just wanted to send a reminder on this, since I have only received comments from the IPC. Please let me know by COB today whether your SG/C has any additional comments to the chart. All the best, Margie From: Margie Milam Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:05 PM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: Updated WHOIS RT FInal Report Recommendations Dear All, As discussed last week, I updated the draft WHOIS RT summary chart to include the clarifications requested by the ISP Constituency, and to include a column clarifying whether there was agreement with the substance of each recommendation, based upon the comments submitted in the Public Comment Forum (PCF) for the WHOIS Review Team Final Report. In reviewing the comments filed in the PCF, I did not locate submissions from each constituency/SG, making it difficult to complete the chart. Notably missing were comments from Registrars, NCSG, or the IPC on the Final Report (although in some cases there were submissions on the draft report). In addition, from the comments actually submitted, it was not clear whether the commentators agreed/disagreed with the recommendation itself, since many of the comments appeared to address aspects of the recommendations, as opposed to evaluating the recommendation holistically. As a result, it is important that each constituency/stakeholder group review the information contained in the attached chart, and indicate whether they agree/disagree with each of the recommendations. Please provide this information by COB Monday, October 29, 2012, so that the chart can be finalized in advance of the Board’s consideration of the WHOIS RT Final Report Recommendations. All the best, Margie _______ Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN _______

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Draft Council minutes of Toronto meeting 17 October 2012
by Glen de Saint Géry 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Dear Councillors, Attached please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Public Council meeting in Toronto held on 17 October 2012. If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/gnso-operating-procedures-13sep12-en.pdf section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting." on 15 November 2012. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: URS update
by Marika Konings 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Forwarded on behalf of Olof Nordling Dear Councillors, Thank you first of all for a constructive discussion in Toronto on the next steps in URS implementation and for considering setting up a drafting team to address practicalities in that regard. The URS session in Toronto happened to partly overlap with your GNSO wrap-up session, making it impossible for you to attend the entire URS session, but the recording and presentations are available at http://toronto45.icann.org/node/34325 for your information. As you may be aware, the session turned out quite interesting overall, with a late addition of a verbal presentation from Intersponsive stating that they would be able to act as URS provider for the target fee, albeit with some minor adjustments of the process as drafted. On that note, also NAF responded that they could meet the target fee, provided reasonable adjustments could be done regarding a) the number of domain names to be handled under one complaint (for the same fee) and b) the language requirements (now open-ended) for the notifications to registrants. You may also find parts of the NAF presentation particularly interesting as it raises some very pointed questions here is a direct link to that presentation: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/presentation-urs-naf-suggest ions-18oct12-en.pdf Since Toronto, we held a Q&A conference call on 23 October with prospective respondents to the URS RFI. This was attended by five prospective respondents and from staff side we made it clear that crucial aspects were to state whether the respondent could stay within the target fee for URS complaints and to clearly indicate any deviations from the URS text deemed necessary to achieve that. The questions and answers from that call are now available here http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs/rfi-faqs , in addition to a web page for recent URS developments at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs. The deadline for responses to the URS RFI is 20 November and it seems that we can indeed hope for interesting responses. I consider it very likely, though, that the responses will call for some adjustments of the URS text as currently drafted (inter alia on items a) and b) mentioned above). This raises the question to what extent proposed adjustments would constitute policy changes or merely interpretations/transformations to practical URS rules. As you know, I have pleaded for a drafting team set up by the GNSO to address such adjustments. I am at your disposal for an early start right now of such work regarding known proposed adjustments like the two mentioned above, if you so wish, or alternatively when we have the responses to the RFI around 20 November. I look forward to your comments and any questions you may have and to working together on this in the near future. Very best regards Olof Nordling

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New Councillors Call / Induction
by Glen de Saint Géry 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Dear All, Jonathan Robinson, would like to offer new councillors an induction prior to their first full Council Meeting / Call on Thursday, 15 November 2012 at 11:00 UTC. The proposed call is scheduled for one hour and will provide new councillors an opportunity to introduce themselves followed by a Q&A session. The Vice-Chairs, Mason Cole and Wolf-Ulrich Knoben will be available and any existing councillors will be welcome to attend. Please be so kind as to complete the doodle poll below to schedule the most convenient time for the call. http://doodle.com/zsd2sntfipyk4rfk Please note that the doodle poll will close at 23h59 UTC on Tuesday, 6 November 2012. Thank you for your co-operation. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Document and motion Deadline Wednesday, 7 November 2012 for GNSO Council meeting 15 November at 11:00 UTC
by Glen de Saint Géry 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Dear Councillors, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 8 days in advance (i.e.WEDNESDAY, 7 November 2012) of the GNSO Council meeting on 15 November 2012 at 11:00 UTC. Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list and will then be posted on the Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+15+November… Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI)
by KnobenW＠telekom.de 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Dear all, I hope those of you living at the East coast haven't been harmed by hurricane Sandy. It makes me stunned to see the vastness of this catastrophe even more since I've visited DC and New York just before the Toronto meeting. Hopefully all being affected can return to normal life very soon. Looking ahead to the coming SCI activities I'd like to ask for nomination of one of our NCA's as future SCI member since Carlos Aguirre - so far SCI member - has left the council. Perhaps the three NCA's (Jennifer, Thomas and Lanre) could seek out among themselves the representation and let us know about. Some of the upcoming SCI activities are: - election of chair and vice chair - Working Group survey - potential revision of the council chair election process Best regards Wolf-

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AW: Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation (SCI)
by KnobenW＠telekom.de 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

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