<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>I believe I brought this point up before, but I would edit this down to:</div><div><br></div><div>The team will be guided by a selected number of case-studies involving review of relevant events for each case study through 17 June, 2010 (the starting date of the ICANN Brussels meeting);<br>The case-studies are based on cases which were suggested by the community during the ATRT meetings in Brussels, namely new gTLDs, .xxx & DNS-CERT;<br>The case studies will be used to identifying processes and decision-making that demonstrated ICANN's accountability and transparency, as well as processes and decision-making that could be modified to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of course, in the opening of the report Berkman and the ATRT can outline the full methodology.</div><div><br></div><div>Warren</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper">-------- Original Message --------<br> Subject: Letter to Rod<br> From: "Brian Cute" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://briancute@afilias.info">briancute@afilias.info</a>><br> Date: Tue, July 13, 2010 4:49 pm<br> To: "'Brian Cute'" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://briancute@afilias.info">briancute@afilias.info</a>>, "'guo'" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://guofeng@catr.cn">guofeng@catr.cn</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://olivier.muron@orange-ftgroup.com">olivier.muron@orange-ftgroup.com</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://alice.jansen@icann.org">alice.jansen@icann.org</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://barrister@chambers.gen.nz">barrister@chambers.gen.nz</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://manal@tra.gov.eg">manal@tra.gov.eg</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://lstrickling@ntia.doc.gov">lstrickling@ntia.doc.gov</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://wadelman@godaddy.com">wadelman@godaddy.com</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://Becky.Burr@wilmerhale.com">Becky.Burr@wilmerhale.com</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://fabio@colasanti.it">fabio@colasanti.it</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://wcurrie@apc.org">wcurrie@apc.org</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://langdonorr@gmail.com">langdonorr@gmail.com</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://eiriarte@lactld.org">eiriarte@lactld.org</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://louie@equinix.com">louie@equinix.com</a>><br> Cc: <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov">FAlexander@ntia.doc.gov</a>>, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://brianacute@gmail.com">brianacute@gmail.com</a>>, '崔淑田' <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://cuishutian@miit.gov.cn">cuishutian@miit.gov.cn</a>>,<br> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto://zhangxinsheng@miit.gov.cn">zhangxinsheng@miit.gov.cn</a>><br> <br> <style>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;">RT,<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;">Attached is a draft letter to Rod concerning the commencement of Berkman’s study. The budget approval is still pending from the ICANN Board. A draft contract has been sent to Berkman for review. Look forward to discussing this on the call.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#1F497D" mce_style="color: #1f497d;">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></span></body></html>