Please note agenda item 2 for our 28 Jan Council meeting: "Item 2: Decision regarding initiation of a PDP about vertical separation of Registries and Registrars (30 minutes) 2.1 Refer to Issues Report on Vertical Integration: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf 2.2 Summary of and rationale for Issues Report recommendations (Margie Milam) 2.3 Discussion 2.4 Motions " It would greatly facilitate our discussion and action in the meeting if there was some advance discussion about this topic in the next few days. As everyone knows, the Issues report recommends that a PDP not be initiated at this time. Are Councilors and your respective groups comfortable with this recommendation? If not, would you recommend initiating a PDP at this time? Or would you recommend delaying the decision again? Whatever we decide, we need to prepare a motion or motions and post them by next Wednesday, 20 January. Chuck