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Agenda - ICANN Board meeting Saturday 23 June 2012
by Bruce Tonkin June 20, 2012

June 20, 2012

Hello All, Below is the agenda for the Board meeting on Saturday 23 June 2012. Regards, Bruce Tonkin From: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/agenda-23jun12-en.htm 23 June 2012 Consent Agenda – For Approval: ============================== - Minutes of 14 March 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting Minutes of 14 March 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting - Minutes of 15 March 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting - Minutes of 16 March 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting - Minutes of 28 March 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting - Minutes of 10 April 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting -Minutes of 6 May 2012 ICANN Special Board Meeting - Delegation of عمان (Oman) - SSAC Report on Dotless Domains - Ombudsman Regular Meetings with the Board - GNSO Improvements Program Wrap-Up/June 2012 - NomCom Transparency Guidelines - .post RSEP Request Main Agenda ============ - Renewal of .com - FY13 Budget & Operating Plan - Location of April 2013 ICANN Public Meeting - WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report - Any Other Business

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GAC unilaterally cancels Prague meeting with GNSO Council
by john＠crediblecontext.com June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

Stephane, Do I have it right with the subject line on this email? The politics of the move are clear. In order to press a government-specific agenda, the GAC senses (properly) the opportunity to move on its own at a time when ICANN executive leadership is both in flux and Internet governance is being questioned. Seems a smart strategy to me based on my 15 years working in Washington, D.C. But I have also been working in and around ICANN's multi-stakeholder approach for almost 10 years. How can we help you get this all back on track? Cheers, John Berard Founder Credible Context 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 San Francisco, CA 94127 m: 415.845.4388 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [council] Our Prague meeting with the GAC From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> Date: Tue, June 19, 2012 2:36 am To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org List" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Councillors, Over the past few days, Jeff, Glen and I have been working hard to deal with a last-minute request that came in from the GAC to move our planned Sunday session with them. The GAC initially asked that we look at bringing the session forward to Saturday, but due to our own work constraints and the fact that this would not leave us sufficient time to adequately prepare for our interaction with the GAC through our weekend work sessions which, being open to the GNSO community, also mean we get great feedback from them, we did not want to pursue that option. Other dates were examined, including Monday and Thursday, but both these present a significant number of challenges. As we were working to find a solution at our end, we learned that the GAC had simply elected to cancel our Sunday slot before an alternative had been agreed upon. This slot is still listed on the public Prague agenda, but at this time we are told by the GAC that as far as they are concerned, it no longer exists. We are still working to find alternatives and ensure our session with the GAC does happen. But at this time I am afraid that we do not have a session with the GAC scheduled for Prague. I have personally contacted Heather to urge that the Sunday GNSO slot be put back on the GAC's agenda, and that we continue to work together to try and find a solution that best fits both groups' requirements. We will keep you posted, but I wanted to make sure you all had this information. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT

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RE: GAC unilaterally cancels Prague meeting with GNSO Council
by john＠crediblecontext.com June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

Stephane, Let me/us know what you learn (as you will, of course). They also serve who stand and wait. Cheers, John Berard Founder Credible Context 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 San Francisco, CA 94127 m: 415.845.4388 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: GAC unilaterally cancels Prague meeting with GNSO Council From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> Date: Tue, June 19, 2012 8:19 am To: <john(a)crediblecontext.com> Cc: "council(a)gnso.icann.org List" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> Hi John, I'm not sure that's right and I am unwilling to conclude anything unless I know it for a fact. What we do know is that some sessions on the GAC's agenda seem to have suddenly taken priority over ours. However, we do not have much visibility on the GAC's agenda so its difficult to understand why other sessions should take precedence in the GAC's view over ours. We are trying to find a solution. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Le 19 juin 2012 à 17:03, <john(a)crediblecontext.com> a écrit : > Stephane, > > Do I have it right with the subject line on this email? > > The politics of the move are clear. In order to press a > government-specific agenda, the GAC senses (properly) the opportunity to > move on its own at a time when ICANN executive leadership is both in > flux and Internet governance is being questioned. Seems a smart > strategy to me based on my 15 years working in Washington, D.C. > > But I have also been working in and around ICANN's multi-stakeholder > approach for almost 10 years. How can we help you get this all back on > track? > > Cheers, > > John Berard > Founder > Credible Context > 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 > San Francisco, CA 94127 > m: 415.845.4388 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [council] Our Prague meeting with the GAC > From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> > Date: Tue, June 19, 2012 2:36 am > To: "council(a)gnso.icann.org List" <council(a)gnso.icann.org> > > > Councillors, > > Over the past few days, Jeff, Glen and I have been working hard to deal > with a last-minute request that came in from the GAC to move our planned > Sunday session with them. > > The GAC initially asked that we look at bringing the session forward to > Saturday, but due to our own work constraints and the fact that this > would not leave us sufficient time to adequately prepare for our > interaction with the GAC through our weekend work sessions which, being > open to the GNSO community, also mean we get great feedback from them, > we did not want to pursue that option. Other dates were examined, > including Monday and Thursday, but both these present a significant > number of challenges. > > As we were working to find a solution at our end, we learned that the > GAC had simply elected to cancel our Sunday slot before an alternative > had been agreed upon. > > This slot is still listed on the public Prague agenda, but at this time > we are told by the GAC that as far as they are concerned, it no longer > exists. > > We are still working to find alternatives and ensure our session with > the GAC does happen. But at this time I am afraid that we do not have a > session with the GAC scheduled for Prague. > > I have personally contacted Heather to urge that the Sunday GNSO slot be > put back on the GAC's agenda, and that we continue to work together to > try and find a solution that best fits both groups' requirements. > > We will keep you posted, but I wanted to make sure you all had this > information. > > Thanks, > > Stéphane Van Gelder > Directeur Général / General manager > INDOM Group NBT France > ---------------- > Head of Domain Operations > Group NBT >

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Announcement to Precede ICANN's 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol
by Glen de Saint Géry June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-18jun12-en.htm Announcement to Precede ICANN's 44th Public Meeting in Czech Capitol 18 June 2012 Board Chairman Dr. Stephen Crocker will introduce the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at a news conference on Friday, 22 June in Prague, Czech Republic. The announcement has been anticipated since Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's current President and CEO disclosed last August that he would step down at the end of his contract, which expires on 1 July. Dr. Crocker will join Chief Operating Officer Akram Atallah and the next CEO in answering questions from journalists during the Friday news conference, which will be webcast live from the Czech capital. The news conference will take place 2-days prior to ICANN's 44th public meeting in Prague. Here are the details: WHAT: News Conference WHO: Dr. Stephen Crocker<http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crocker.htm>, Chair of Board of Directors; Akram Atallah<http://www.icann.org/en/about/staff/atallah.htm>, Chief Operating Officer; New ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer. WHEN: Friday, 22 June 2012, 1600-1700 Prague (1400-1500 GMT/UTC). WHERE: Room - Palmovka /Rokoska, Hilton Prague Hotel, Pobrezni 1 Prague, 186 00, Czech Republic. OFF-SITE ACCESS: The live webcast will be accessible from http://icann.org ADDITIONAL INFORMATION · To read the news release on Rod Beckstrom's announced departure from ICANN (16 August 2011), go here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-16aug11-en.pdf [PDF, 493 KB] · To review the schedule for the entire Prague meeting, go here: http://prague44.icann.org/full-schedule Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Fwd: GAC letter to the Board re: new gTLD application processing
by Stéphane Van Gelder June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

Councillors, Please see attached a letter sent to the ICANN Board by the GAC. The letter expresses concerns on batching and digital archery. It also explains that for reasons of efficiency, consistency and timeliness, the GAC plans to have a single early warning period for all applications. The GAC plans to issue any early warnings it may have shortly after the ICANN AGM in Toronto in October. The GAC also highlights workload issues in its letter and as such, indicates that it will not be in a position to offer any advice on new gTLD applications this year. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Début du message réexpédié : > De : <Heather.Dryden(a)ic.gc.ca> > Objet : GAC letter to the Board re: new gTLD application processing > Date : 18 juin 2012 20:12:02 HAEC > À : <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, <lesley(a)nominet.org.uk>, <paf(a)frobbit.se>, <jcurran(a)arin.net>, <ocl(a)gih.com> > > fyi >

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Motion on WHOIS Access recommendation
by KnobenW＠telekom.de June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

All: with regards to the a.m. motion which has been deferred to the Prague meeting I'd like to come back to the "definition of WHOIS Access" which was discussed at the last call. In this context two defining documents should be given attention: the RAP WG Final Report and the WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report. The RAP WG is pointing to "basic availability of and access to WHOIS data" which implies technical, operational and contractual aspects (see http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf; page 71 ff) In this context it may be helpful to make reference to the definitions in the WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report on WHOIS Data, WHOIS Protocol and WHOIS Service (see http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en; page 22 ff) I would appreciate if continuing this discussion on the list could lead to a more common understanding of the item until it comes to voting. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich

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Our Prague meeting with the GAC
by Stéphane Van Gelder June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

Councillors, Over the past few days, Jeff, Glen and I have been working hard to deal with a last-minute request that came in from the GAC to move our planned Sunday session with them. The GAC initially asked that we look at bringing the session forward to Saturday, but due to our own work constraints and the fact that this would not leave us sufficient time to adequately prepare for our interaction with the GAC through our weekend work sessions which, being open to the GNSO community, also mean we get great feedback from them, we did not want to pursue that option. Other dates were examined, including Monday and Thursday, but both these present a significant number of challenges. As we were working to find a solution at our end, we learned that the GAC had simply elected to cancel our Sunday slot before an alternative had been agreed upon. This slot is still listed on the public Prague agenda, but at this time we are told by the GAC that as far as they are concerned, it no longer exists. We are still working to find alternatives and ensure our session with the GAC does happen. But at this time I am afraid that we do not have a session with the GAC scheduled for Prague. I have personally contacted Heather to urge that the Sunday GNSO slot be put back on the GAC's agenda, and that we continue to work together to try and find a solution that best fits both groups' requirements. We will keep you posted, but I wanted to make sure you all had this information. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT

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motion on WHOIS
by KnobenW＠telekom.de June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012

Please find attached the amended motion on WHOIS which was deferred to the meeting in Prague. The following amendment was introduced by Joy on behalf of the NCSG: - within the first Resolved add: "which does not violate freedom of expression, privacy and related rights" behind the word "fashion" This has been accepted as friendly by myself, and I'd like to ask John Berard as the seconder of the original version whether he accepts the amendment. Best regards Wolf-Ulrich

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Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Public Meeting in Prague 27 June 2012 at 14:00 CEST (12:00 UTC)
by Glen de Saint Géry June 18, 2012

June 18, 2012

Proposed Agenda for GNSO Council Public Meeting in Prague 27 June 2012 at 14:00 CEST (12:00 UTC) http://gnso.icann.org/en/calendar#jun http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-27jun12-en.htm https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+27+June+2012 Reference to ICANN Schedule http://prague44.icann.org/node/31781 Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council workspace.<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council+Meetin…> As can be seen below, in addition to the Open Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation. Please be aware that audience opportunities to comment will depend on available time. This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-en.pdf For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. Meeting Times 12:00 UTC<http://tinyurl.com/7m62mzy> http://tinyurl.com/7m62mzy Coordinated Universal Time 12:00 UTC: 05:00 Los Angeles; 08:00 Washington DC; 13:00 London; 14:00 Paris/Prague; 21:00 Tokyo; 00:00 Wellington next day) Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members who cannot physically attend the meeting. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. 14:00- 15:00 GNSO Council Public Forum Presentations by Stakeholder and Constituency Group Leaders (60 minutes) * Registries Stakeholder Group – David Maher * Registrars Stakeholder Group – Matt Serlin * Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) – * Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC). * Commercial and Business Users Constituency (BC) – Marilyn Cade * Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) – * Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers (ISPCP) – Break 15:00 – 15:20 15:20 – 15:30 Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll Call 1.2 Statement of interest updates 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 7 June 2012 approved on XXX 2012. 1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf * Review main changes. * Comments and/or questions. Item 2: Consent agenda (5 minutes) A consent agenda item is being added as a standard agenda item to provide for a simplified process to obtain Council approval on specific tasks. Item 3: WHOIS Access recommendation (15 minutes) The WHOIS access recommendation was considered as part of the consent agenda at the Council's 16 February 2012 meeting. At that meeting, the ISP constituency requested that the proposal to end this work be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the GNSO's main agenda. A further suggestion was suggested that constituency/stakeholder members work with Staff to identify a path forward and that the topic be further discussed at the Costa Rica meetings. A motion has been made to consider next steps. Refer to motion https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012 This motion was deferred from the June 7, 2012 GNSO Council meeting. 3.1 Reading of the motion (Wolf-Ulrich Knoben) 3.2 Discussion and open microphone. 3.3 Vote Item 4: Update on the Internationalised Registration Data Working Group (IRD WG) (10 minutes) The IRD submitted its final report to the GNSO Council and SSAC on March 3, 2012 for review and approval. This report was requested by the Board in June 2009. The first three recommendations are as follows: 1. ICANN staff should develop, in consultation with the community, a data model for domain registration data. 2. The GNSO council and the SSAC should request a common Issue Report on translation and transliteration of contact information. 3. ICANN staff should work with the community to identify a Registration Data Access Protocol that meets the needs of internationalization. Since then, the SSAC has recommended some substantial changes, including adding a fourth recommendation suggesting that ICANN should take appropriate steps to require gTLD registries and registrars and to persuade ccTLD Registries and registrars to support various standards described in the report. The Council now needs to decide whether to accept the report and forward it to the Board along with the SSAC or whether more work may now be needed by the IRD to address any GNSO questions or concerns before the final report can be approved by the GNSO Council. The GNSO Council will now consider a motion to approve the IRD WG Final Report. Refer to motion https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+27+June+2012 4.1 Reading of the motion (Stéphane van Gelder) 4.2 Discussion and open microphone 4.3 Vote Item 5: Update on the GNSO-Requested WHOIS Studies and the draft WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey being developed by the WHOIS Survey Working Group (20 minutes) The Whois Studies Working Group (WSWG) has a draft survey out for public comment at the moment and a draft report from Interisle on the feasibility of conducting a full study on Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal cases has also been posted for public comment. This agenda item is to update the Council on these initiatives. Interisle Consulting Group draft Report – Public comment announcement -- http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-pp-survey-04jun12-en.htm Whois Studies Working Group (WSWG) Public comment announcement -- http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/draft-whois-requirements-survey… General updated information on WHOIS Studies: http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/whois/studies 5.1 Update from Staff (Liz Gasster) 5.2 Discussion and open microphone Item 6: Update on the RAA negotiations (20 minutes) ICANN staff has posted the status report on the RAA negotiations Staff is currently pursuing with the Registrar Stakeholder Group. This agenda item is to inform the Council on the status of these negotiations. 6.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam) 6.2 Discussion and open microphone. Item 7: GNSO Council leadership elections (5 minutes) Between this Open Council meeting and the next, in Toronto, the GNSO Council will have started another election cycle. The election is for the new Council Chair, the current Chair being term limited and unable to stand again. Each house will also nominate its Vice Chair. This agenda item aims to provide a short overview of the process and proposed timing. 7.1 Update from Chair (Stéphane Van Gelder) 7.2 Discussion and open microphone. Item 8: Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAP WG) on Uniformity of Reporting (10 minutes) At its meeting on 6 October, the GNSO Council requested the ICANN Compliance Department to report on existing systems to report and track violations and/or complaints; improvements made since the RAPWG Report or foreseen in the near future, and: indentify gaps and any improvements that might be desirable but not foreseen at this stage. The ICANN Compliance Team submitted its report on 18 March and presented it to the GNSO Council at its meeting on 12 April. Refer to report: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/contractual-compliance-report-reporting-un… The Council must now decide what next steps to take, if any. 8.1 Update from Staff (X Y) 8.2 Discussion and open microphone 8.3 Next steps Item 9: Impact of new gTLD program on existing GNSO structure (10 minutes) The new gTLD program may impact the GNSO's Contracted Parties. This item aims to initiate a discussion of potential issues to look at as the new gTLD comes online and the Registry and Registrar stakeholder groups are affected by this. 9.1 Discussion and open microphone. Item 10: Management of work (10 minutes) Recent discussions on the Council list have raised concerns about the volume of documents published prior to an ICANN meeting and how these can best be managed by the volunteer community that makes up the GNSO Council as it struggles to read a substantial amount of reports and other documents in order to better inform its own decision making processes with regards to policy. 10.1 Discussion and open microphone. Item 11: Any Other Business (5 minutes) 11.1 New GNSO Website<http://gnso.icann.org/en/> Reactions, comments and any suggestions for improvements/changes Item 12: Open Microphone Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3) 9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions: a. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-fourth (1/4) vote of each House or majority of one House. b. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in Annex A<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#AnnexA>): requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House. c. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of GNSO Supermajority. d. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than one-third (1/3) of each House or more than two-thirds (2/3) of one House. e. Approve a PDP Team Charter for a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority. f. Changes to an Approved PDP Team Charter: For any PDP Team Charter approved under d. or e. above, the GNSO Council may approve an amendment to the Charter through a simple majority vote of each House. g. Terminate a PDP: Once initiated, and prior to the publication of a Final Report, the GNSO Council may terminate a PDP only for significant cause, upon a motion that passes with a GNSO Supermajority Vote in favor of termination. h. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation. i. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority, j. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that "a two-thirds vote of the council" demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded. k. Modification of Approved PDP Recommendation: Prior to Final Approval by the ICANN Board, an Approved PDP Recommendation may be modified or amended by the GNSO Council with a GNSO Supermajority vote. l. A "GNSO Supermajority" shall mean: (a) two-thirds (2/3) of the Council members of each House, or (b) three-fourths (3/4) of one House and a majority of the other House." Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4<http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf>) 4.4.1 Applicability Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures. a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP); b. Approve a PDP recommendation; c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws; d. Fill a Council position open for election. 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting‟s adjournment. In exceptional circumstances,announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present. 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available. 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March and October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 12:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pst.html>) UTC-8+1DST 05:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 08:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/art.html>) UTC-3+0DST 09:00 Montevideo, Uruguay (UYT<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/sa/uyst.html>) UTC-3+0DST 09:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 13:00 Abuja,Nigeria (WAT<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/africa/wat.html>) UTC+1+0DST 13:00 Tunis, Tunisia (CET) UTC+1+0DST 13:00 Bonn, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Paris, France (CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Prague, Czech Repub.(CEST) UTC+1+1DST 14:00 Ramat Hasharon, Israel(IST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/ist-israel.…>) UTC+2+0DST 15:00 Karachi, Pakistan (PKT<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/pkt.html> ) UTC+5+0DST 17:00 Beijing/Hong Kong, China (HKT ) UTC+8+0DST 20:00 Tokyo, Japan (JST<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/jst.html>) UTC+9+0DST 21:00 Wellington, New Zealand (NZDT<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/pacific/nzdt.html> ) UTC+12+0DST 00:00 – next day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2012, 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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GAC letter to the Board re: new gTLD application processing
by Bruce Tonkin June 18, 2012

June 18, 2012

Hello All, For information, the GAC has sent the attached letter to the Board. Regards, Bruce

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