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Re: hi Stéphane
by Stéphane Van Gelder 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Vanda, Please see below a copy of the email sent by the ICANN general Counsel at the time, giving his (very clear) assessment of the situation. I hope this can help. I am copying the Council so everyone is aware of the ongoing discussions between you and I on this and the fact that we are working to resolve this issue. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT JJ's email: >> From: John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey(a)icann.org> >> Subject: Fwd: formal position requirement >> Date: October 19, 2011 9:19:12 AM PDT >> To: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> >> Cc: Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner(a)icann.org>, Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth(a)icann.org>, Liz Gasster <liz.gasster(a)icann.org>, Daniel Halloran <daniel.halloran(a)icann.org> >> Bcc: John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey(a)icann.org> >> >> Dear Stephane and Adam, >> >> I write to you jointly as Chairs of the GNSO and the NomCom. I received the attached note from Carlos Dionisio Aguirre regarding the NomCom appointees to the GNSO and noted the need to provide advice on the ICANN Bylaws. >> >> Article X, Section 3.e requires the NomCom to appoint three members of the GNSO Council. Of those appointees, one shall be non-voting, and “one voting representative shall be assigned to each House . . . by the Nominating Committee.” This Bylaws provision requires the NomCom to assign voting representatives among the GNSO’s contracted and non-contracted party houses. Pursuant to the Bylaws, this assignment work should not be left to the GNSO. >> >> I appreciate that with the GNSO Restructuring, the initial assignment of the single NomCom Appointee (NCA) selected by the NomCom in 2010 did not pose a lot of complexity. However, now that the restructured form of the GNSO Council is in place and the NomCom is making appointments for multiple NCAs, it is important for the NomCom to complete the assignment process and identify the roles of the NCAs to the GNSO. If possible, I encourage the NomCom to complete this assignment process prior to the ICANN AGM in Dakar, Senegal and the seating of the new GNSO Council members (28 October 2011). >> >> Due to the NomCom’s appointment rotation (2 NCAs to the GNSO in odd years, 1 NCA in even years), it may be beneficial for the NomCom and GNSO to consult together to determine if the GNSO would be better served by having both voting NCAs rotate at the same time, or if it is preferable to have 1 voting and 1 non-voting NCA rotate at the same time, with the term of the other voting NCA rotating in even years. Further, as the NomCom and the GNSO continue dialogue on identifying skill sets for the NCAs to the GNSO, skills desirable for each role (Non-Contracted House NCA, Contracted House NCA and Non-Voting NCA) could be identified for NomCom consideration. >> >> I look forward to seeing you in Dakar. If you have any questions, or we can be of assistance to you, please let us know. >> >> John Jeffrey >> General Counsel & Secretary >> ICANN >> JJ(a)ICANN.org Le 3 août 2012 à 19:37, Vanda UOL <vanda(a)uol.com.br> a écrit : > > Dear Stéphane > We start again, as I said, debating inside the Committee and since our notes are not recorded, we have the best the staff get from the points discussed inside our meetings/calls. > My personal recollection is that we just debated and no final decision was taken related to placing of the appointee within the GNSO structure. > By the other hand, we do deal with the position open for the GNSO this year as a non-voting position during the selection process, as all Committee members have stated when you first asked. However, this does not mean the candidate does not fit for a vote position. > Do you have any transcription of the meeting we had with GNSO about the issue, to share with NomComm members? > > If you have and can share, will certainly help. > Thank you in advance, > > > Vanda Scartezini > ICANN Nominating Committee > Chair 2012 > Tel + 5511 3266.6253 > Mob + 55118181.1464 > > > >

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Introducing the GAC Advice Register
by Glen de Saint Géry 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30jul12-en.htm Introducing the GAC Advice Register 30 July 2012 ICANN and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) are pleased to announce the launch of an online register of GAC Advice to the ICANN Board. Arranged alphabetically by topic, the register tracks original GAC advice, responses from the Board, action items, dates of action, implementation plans and status of completion. The new GAC Advice Register<https://gacweb.icann.org/display/GACADV/GAC+Register+of+Advice> can be found on the GAC website. Comprised of national governments, governmental organizations and distinct economies, the GAC is a principal advisor to the ICANN Board on issues of public policy, especially those pertaining to national laws and international agreements. The online register was launched through the ongoing work of the Board/GAC Recommendation Implementation Working Group<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/board-gac-2011> to implement one of the recommendations made by the Accountability and Transparency Review Team<http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability> (ATRT). As GAC advice is received, it is entered into the register to go through an assessment phase while actions and implementation plans are determined. All GAC advice preceding June 2012 also is available in the register, but any resulting actions or outstanding items still are being determined and chronicled. Learn more about the GAC: https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/About+The+GAC Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Fwd: Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration
by Stéphane Van Gelder 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Councillors, Please find attached a letter sent by the UN to the GAC Chair and myself on the protection of IGO names in the DNS, as part of the new gTLD programme. As this is the latest in a long line of correspondence sent to ICANN on the matter, I feel increasingly strongly that the GNSO Council should be providing clearer responses to the question of the protection of IGO names that it has done so far. I am not advocating any specific direction for that response, merely suggesting that any response might be desirable at this time, rather than no response. As we all know, substantial work has been undertaken on the question of the IOC and RC names, culminating in a recommendation being sent to the Board. It is therefore clear that, from a GNSO point of view, the issue has been handled through our normal processes as part of the bottom-up PDP that is the mainstay of ICANN. As has always been my focus, I am keen to avoid any potential attempts at circumventing the GNSO's PDP processes. As I am not aware of any formal response the GNSO has provided to the IGOs, I wonder if one would be appropriate and would like to have the Council's opinion on this. I would also appreciate getting Jeff's opinion, as Chair of the IOC/RC DT. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Registry Relations and Strategy Director Group NBT Début du message réexpédié : > De : Alina Syunkova <alina.syunkova(a)icann.org> > Objet : Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration > Date : 2 août 2012 01:58:35 HAEC > À : Heather Dryden <heather.dryden(a)ic.gc.ca>, "stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com" <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com> > Cc : Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder(a)icann.org> > > Dear Heather and Stephane, > > Attached, please find the letter (3 pages) from UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O'Brien, dated 26 July 2012, which arrived at the ICANN office in Los Angeles today. It is addressed to both of you. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Thank you, > -- Alina Syunkova > > Board Support Coordinator > ICANN > Mob.: +1 (310) 913-8972 > Skype: alina.syunkova.icann > 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 > Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536

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