Please note: ICANN to Convene Consultations on Registry/Registrar Report Updated to include reference to the availability of remote participation 9 December 2008 On 24 October 2008, ICANN posted the CRA International report titled, "Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars" [PDF, 493K]. This paper has generated significant discussion in the community as it discusses the potential easing of the requirement for the separation of gTLD registries and registrars. To advance community discussions on this issue, ICANN will be convening two open meetings with the first scheduled in Washington, DC on Thursday, 11 December from 2-5pm (EST) / 19:00-22:00 (UTC), and the second in Marina del Rey, CA on Friday, 19 December from 10am-1pm (PST) / 18:00-21:00 (UTC). The purpose of the consultations are to explore CRAI's recommendations regarding the relationship between registries and registrars as well as other potential models that would be acceptable to a consensus of the Internet community. If you plan to participate in these meetings, please RSVP to crai-report-consultation@icann.org and further information will be emailed to you. Remote participation for the meetings is available and dial-in information will be provided to you upon receipt of your RSVP. Comments on the CRAI report are welcome via email to crai-report@icann.org through 15 December 2008. An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at http://forum.icann.org/lists/crai-report/. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org