All, For your consideration, below is a motion in support of the work of the WG on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice and Competition. I am asking it be put on our agenda for our December 20, 2012 meeting. Note that the first time it was offered (then withdrawn for further work), it was seconded by Carlos. This motion needs a new second. Let me know who had such an urge. Cheers, Berard ____________________________________________ Motion on the Adoption of a Working Group on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice, and Competition (CTCCC) Made by: John Berard Seconded by: TBD Whereas, on 10 December 2010, the ICANN Board adopted Resolution 30 (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm) requesting advice from the GNSO, ccNSO, ALAC and GAC on establishing the definition, measures, and three-year targets for those measures, for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of the domain name system (DNS), such advice to be provided for discussion at the ICANN International Public meeting in San Francisco from 13-18 March 2011; Whereas, the GNSO Council approved the Charter (http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/cci-charter-07sep11-en.pdf) for a Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition Working Group (CTCCCWG) to produce an Advice Letter for consideration by Supporting Organizations(SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to assist them in responding to the Board request for establishing the definition, measures, and three-year targets for those measures, for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of the domain name system; Whereas, the CCI WG created a draft Advice Letter and posted it for Public Comment (http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/cctc-draft-advice-letter-23feb12...); Whereas, the CCI WG reviewed all Public Comments and feedback from public sessions and produced a Final Advice Letter (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/cctc/cctc-final-advice-letter-05dec12-en.pdf ) for consideration by the SOs and ACs. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, the GNSO Council endorses there commendations for establishing the definition, measures and three-year targets for those measures for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of the domain name system as described in the Final Advice Letter. RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council approves the delivery of the Final Advice Letter to the ICANN Board. RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council thanks the CTCCC WG members for their diligence and persistent efforts on this important topic and disbands the Working Group.