All,

Please be aware of this update received from Olof.

Jonathan

From: Olof Nordling [mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org]
Sent: 19 December 2012 11:06
To: Jonathan Robinson (jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com)
Subject: URS update

Dear Jonathan,

As promised, it is time to give you a short update on URS matters ahead of the GNSO Council meeting. After the deadline for RFI submissions and my previous update to you, ICANN staff has conducted individual sessions with the RFI respondents and received clarifications, additional information and useful comments. This information has been analyzed and a decision can be expected soon on URS provider selection and on the path forward. Moreover, in line with the document structure of the UDRP (consisting of the policy text plus a Rules document) we are looking into the details of the URS text and working on developing an additional Rules document.

Hope this is useful as a briefing for you and other Council Members.

Very best regards – and best wishes for the festive season ahead!

Olof