Excellent, thanks very much. This has my full support. Best wishes, Heather ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz> Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2016 6:28 To: Lars Hoffmann; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] REMINDER: Meeting B [Policy Forum] Helsinki - topics for discussion Hi Lars Given it’s Saturday in Australia already, I’ll add this suggestion to the list of topics as well and if Heather does not agree with your suggestion we can certainly remove it. Thanks Donna From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Lars Hoffmann Sent: Friday, 8 April 2016 11:55 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] REMINDER: Meeting B [Policy Forum] Helsinki - topics for discussion Dear all, Following Mary's suggestion could I add that Councillors might also want to consider discussing the status of the CWG On The Use Of Country And Territory As Top-Level Domains in Helsinki.
From a staff perspective it would be a useful addition to the policy discussion because by the time of ICANN56 the CWG should have concluded (or be near the conclusion) its discussion on 3-character codes as TLDs. The diverging views on this matter among CWG members will this make a potentially very useful subject for face-to-face discussions, especially because both ccNSO and GAC are closely involved in this issue, too.
Carlos and Heather - the GNSO co-chairs of the group - might want to add to this. Many thanks and best wishes Lars On Apr 8, 2016, at 10:13, Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org<mailto:mary.wong@icann.org>> wrote: Hello Donna and everyone, I hope it’s all right for staff to make a suggestion, in which case I’d like to make one on behalf of the Cross Community Working Group whose draft Framework of Principles for Future CWGs is now out for public comment. There seems to be a high level of interest in the development of a uniform approach to the formation and operation of future CWGs, including from the ICANN Board (who I understand may be submitting a public comment to the group). The group is also targeting Helsinki as the timeframe for completion of its Final Report and Framework, which hopefully will also mean that subsequent timely adoption of the final Framework will allow it to be used for the next CWG to be formed. We realize that the topic is not, strictly speaking, substantive policy, but given the timing, interest and now the opportunity to convene a cross-community dialogue on what the final principles ought to be, we thought the GNSO Council might like to consider this as a topic to suggest. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: mary.wong@icann.org<mailto:mary.wong@icann.org> Telephone: +1-603-5744889 From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org>> on behalf of "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz<mailto:Donna.Austin@neustar.biz>> Date: Monday, April 4, 2016 at 16:47 To: "council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>" <council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org>> Subject: [council] REMINDER: Meeting B [Policy Forum] Helsinki - topics for discussion It would be really great to get everyone’s input here. From:owner-council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org> [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Austin, Donna Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 6:34 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Meeting B [Policy Forum] Helsinki Last Thursday Volker and I attended a call, hosted by Chris Disspain from the Board, to start planning for Meeting B (Policy Forum), in Helsinki in June. As a first step, we have been asked to, by 8 April 2016, identify a list of issues or topics that the GNSO would be interested in discussing at small or large cross-community sessions during the Helsinki meeting. It would seem that as a rough guide the afternoons will be assigned for cross-community engagement and the mornings will be made available for independent SO/AC work or bilateral meetings depending on requirements; however, the schedule will be developed once it is better understood what the respective requirements of all SOs and ACs. It is not expected that there will be a public forum, the Board will not meet with constituencies separately, ie no Constituency Tuesday, and no formal Board meeting. As discussed in Marrakech, there was support for the idea that the Policy Forum be used as an opportunity to progress policy development processes, namely: · PDP New gTLD Subsequent Procedures · PDP Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in all gTLDs · PDP on Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service The Council could also use some of the time available in Helsinki to discuss workload prioritisation and working methods, but these are just suggestions. As we will need to inform Tanzanica King of our topics by 8 April, it would be useful if we could receive individual contributions by 5 April so that we can agree a consolidated list to provide to Tanzie on the 8th. We look forward to hearing from all of you on the issue of topics and issues you would like discussed in Helsinki. Thanks Donna Donna Austin:Neustar, Inc. Policy and Industry Affairs Manager Cell:+1.310.890.9655 Email: donna.austin@neustar.biz<mailto:donna.austin@neustar.biz> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this e-mail message in error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately and delete the original message. Follow Neustar: <image001.png> Facebook<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_neustar...> <image002.png> LinkedIn<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.linkedin.com_company...> <image003.png> Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.twitter.com_neustar&...> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. <image001.png> <image002.png> <image003.png>