Note that several Board members have been observing the working group activities, and are aware of the initial report.   There is no "requirement" to formally transmit the report, as the report is a public document, and available to both the Board and the staff.

The value in a motion such as that below, is an opportunity for the Council to give some context/commentary on top of the initial report as the body managing the policy development processes.

Regards,

Bruce Tonkin

From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Caroline Greer
Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2010 2:14 AM
To: council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: [council] Re-submission of the VI Motion for Sep 8th Council Meeting

Dear Council Members,

In advance of our next Council meeting on 8^th September and in order to meet the submission deadline of today, I would like to re-submit the Motion to Forward the Revised Initial Report on the Vertical Integration PDP to the ICANN Board. That motion is set out below.

Many thanks,

Kind regards,

Caroline.

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Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved a policy development process (PDP) on the topic of vertical integration between registries and registrars;

Whereas the VI Working Group has produced its Revised Initial Report and has presented it to the GNSO Council on 18 August; and,

Whereas, the GNSO Council recognizes that the Revised Initial Report does not include any recommendations that have achieved a consensus within the VI Working Group, and instead reflects the current state of the work of the VI Working Group;

Whereas, the GNSO Council has reviewed the Revised Initial Report, and desires to forward the Revised Initial Report to the ICANN Board;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:

RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council appreciates the hard work and tremendous effort shown by each member of the VI PDP working group in developing the Revised Initial Report on an expedited basis;

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Council hereby agrees to forward the Revised Initial Report to the ICANN Board as a snapshot of the current state of the ongoing deliberations of the VI Working Group with the understanding that the VI Working Group will continue to work through these issues to attempt to produce consensus recommendations in a final report.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that this resolution is not an endorsement or approval by the GNSO Council of the contents of the Revised Initial Report at this time;    

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council directs Staff to make the appropriate notifications to the ICANN Secretary and to the community.