Please note that the GCOT submitted the attached recommended changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures relating to statements of interest and declarations of interest. The next step will be for the OSC to review and make recommendations to the Council and/or the GCOT. Because of a typically full agenda, we will likely not have time to discuss these in our 28 October Council meeting, but I encourage Councilors to send any comments they have to members of the OSC as they consider the suggested changes. Here are the names of GNSO participants who are listed as members of the OSC: * Olga Cavalli - Alternate Chair (NomCom Appointee) * Avri Doria (Non Commercial Stakeholder Group) * Chuck Gomes - (GNSO Council Chair) * Ray Fassett (gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group) * Robin Gross (Non Commercial Stakeholder Group) * Wolf-Ulrich Knoben (Internet Service Providers Constituency) * Vanda Scartezini (ALAC) * Philip Sheppard (Business Constituency) * Ken Stubbs (gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group ) * Steve Metalitz (Intellectual Property Constituency) * Stéphane Van Gelder (Registrar Stakeholder Group) Chuck From: Ray Fassett [mailto:ray@goto.jobs] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:30 AM To: philip.sheppard@aim.be Cc: Gomes, Chuck Subject: GCOT recommendations Philip & Chuck, attached are the recommendations of the GCOT specific to Section 5 to the Rules of Procedure for consideration by the OSC. There is both a red-line and clean version. The red-line version has a brief explanatory comment from me for each edit. I will summarize below each of the recommendations: 1. To clarify that declarations of interest are not to be written documents 2. To exempt ICANN staff personnel from the requirement of completing statements of interest (upon condition as stated) 3. To simplify the questions pertaining to the statement of interest form while keeping to their intent (note this is section 5.3.3 originally not adopted by the Council that we hope now will be as a result of these edits, assuming approved by the OSC.) 4. To remove the condition that participants are to be individually polled by the Chair for updates to their disclosure of interest due to feedback we've received relative to the inefficiency of this condition in practice. I think that's it. Please let me know if any questions. While the GCOT will remain cooperatively on standby for any additional guidance from the OSC, there is no additional work slated to our agenda at this time. Thanks, Ray