Hi All,

Thanks to colleagues for working hard to find satisfactory consensus, I am pleased to be able to share with you an updated version of the principles following our call last Tuesday.

You will see on the redlined version attached just three changes since Tuesday (the other comments simply highlight those points agreed at the last meeting):

· Chapeau:  a revised formulation at the suggestion of Paul Kane (slightly amended by Andrew Sullivan) making it clear what the purpose of these principles is;  I’d see this as a clarification and I do not think it changes our understanding of the document.

· Footnote 1 to paragraph 5.ii:  this is the formulation from the call that seems to have the best support:  “The term IANA functions operator means the unit that provides the service.”  I think that this is particularly controversial, but finds a word that works for the widest range of legal-language backgrounds.

· Paragraph 7.ii:  this has been a difficult discussion, but Elise (the GAC) and Paul (ccTLDs) have worked hard together to find a formulation that meets their concerns:  “ii.  For ccTLDs - Respect national laws and processes, as well as any consensus ICANN policies and IETF technical standards.”  As this is a discussion of specific relevance and interest to those two constituencies, I hope that the full group will recognise the delicate balance here that allows both to accept the consensus proposal and I thank them both for their patience and diligence in this.

To make it easier to read, I also attach a cleaner version of the whole text, with simply the latest revisions marked.

Martin