This has been posted on front page of ICANN website: http://www.icann.org/ ________________________________ From: Olof Nordling [mailto:olof.nordling@icann.org] Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2005 1:40 AM To: 'Hans Petter Holen'; Bruce Tonkin; ceo@auda.org.au; sharil@cmc.gov.my; steve@shinkuro.com; junsec@wide.ad.jp; vb@bertola.eu.org Cc: 'Kurt Pritz'; 'Daniel Halloran'; 'Jeffrey John'; 'Tina Dam' Subject: Registry Services Changes - Recommendation from the GNSO for a consensus policy decision - final public comment posting To: ICANN SO and AC chairs A final public comment forum will be opened today on the ICANN website concerning the following: Registry Services Changes - Final Report Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry This procedure, developed through the GNSO Policy Development Process, has been unanimously adopted by the GNSO Council as a Supermajority Recommendation for consideration and adoption by the Board as Consensus Policy. The Final Report describing this procedure has been posted since 10 July on the GNSO web site. A final public comment period is now opened in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws, Article 3, Section 6. Following this period, the Recommendation will be submitted to the Board for decision. The deadline for comments is Friday 26 August 2005." As stated above, the Final Report is already available on the GNSO website at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registry-services/final-rpt-registry-approv al-10july05.htm It is also attached to this mail for added convenience. I will send you a link to the web posting a.s.a.p. FYI and for notification to your membership for possible reactions. Best regards Olof ____________________________________ Olof Nordling Manager, Policy Development Coordination ICANN 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.234 7870 Fax: +32.2.234 7848 www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>