<html><head><base href="x-msg://101/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">um… actually, the conversation that started when Steve posted the draft **is** the solicitation of comments from the BC. Elisa and i put together that draft and folks are commenting. no dark conspiracy there.<div><br></div><div>it doesn't sound like we've got agreement on the URS stuff, so i'd suggest dropping it from the draft and pushing on.</div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 8, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Phil Corwin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I have been advised that the BC Charter requires 10% of members (5 members at present) to disagree with the proposed BC statement. I am hereby asking for other BC members to register disagreement with the draft BC comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">However, I have to ask about the process that created the draft before us. I have reviewed the e-mail thread at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and it is very sparse on this subject. On April 13<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marilyn posted ICANN’s request for comment. On May 3<sup>rd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Steve posted the draft BC comment with this note:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper (with<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">edits by Mikey O'Connor and Steve DelBianco)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">On our 21-April BC member call, we discussed our approach for this comment, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">in .NET<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Elise and Mikey added two additional requests based on new gTLD registry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">contract requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">- Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">- Add URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">But of course Mikey indicated today that he disagrees with imposing URS on .Net at this time. With all respect, it appears that these provisions came solely from Elisa and that they were not discussed on the 4/21 BC member call (I was on that call and have no recollection of any such discussion).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The imposition of new gTLD RPMs on incumbent gTLDs is, in my opinion, a matter that is completely extraneous to commenting on the provisions of the proposed .Net contract renewal. In addition, it is not a minor technical matter but a substantive issue of great import, with clear implications for the .Com renewal coming up in 2012 as well as for any UDRP reform effort undertaken by ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I know of no previous BC discussion of whether the new RPMs should be imposed on incumbent gTLDs at this time, much less the reaching of any consensus on that issue. I know of no support for that position in any of ICANN’s broader policy efforts – in fact, as I noted earlier today, the majority of BC members active in the RAPWG took the position one year ago that this should only be considered after a PDP, and in no way supported imposition of URS on .Net as of July 11, 2011 absent such a policy process. So what is the basis for putting this position in a draft BC comment, and why was there no effort made to give notice to Constituency members and ask their views on its inclusion?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">So, while requesting objections from other BC members on both substantive and procedural grounds, I have to ask why the onus is on objectors to seek a vote on this matter and was not on the authors of the draft statement to seek feedback from BC members on such an important matter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; ">Philip S. 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"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Phil Corwin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, May 08, 2011 4:38 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Phil Corwin; Steve DelBianco;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">To further elaborate, in reviewing the RAPWG Final report issued in May 2010 (see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may10-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may10-en.htm</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>) I find the following—<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Recommendation #2:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The RAPWG was evenly split regarding a second recommendation.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The two opposing views are below.</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Seven members supported<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">View A:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The RAPWG recommends the initiation of a Policy Development Process by requesting an Issues Report to investigate the appropriateness and effectiveness of how any Rights Protection Mechanisms that are developed elsewhere in the community (e.g. the New gTLD program) can be applied to the problem of cybersquatting in the current gTLD space.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">In favour of View A (7):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cobb (CBUC), Felman (MarkMonitor), Queern (CBUC),</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Rasmussen (Internet Identity),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Rodenbaugh (CBUC), Shah (MarkMonitor), Sutton (CBUC)</b>.</span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Seven members supported<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">View B:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The initiation of such a process is premature; the effectiveness and consequences of the Rights Protection Mechanisms proposed for the new TLDs is unknown. Discussion of RPMs should continue via the New TLD program. Experience with them should be gained before considering their appropriate relation (if any) to the existing TLD space.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">In favour of View B (7): Aaron (RySG), Amadoz (RySG), Bladel (RrSG), Neuman (RySG),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>O’Connor (CBUC),</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seltzer (NCSG), Young (RySG).<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">So, the WG’s members split 7-7 on this, while CBUC participants (including MM)s split 6-1. However, the six who supported View A were in favor of initiating a PDP to investigate whether the new gTLD RPMs were appropriate and effective and could be applied to incumbent gTLDs – they did not favor immediate imposition of untested RPMs on incumbent registries without any further consideration, which is what the draft BC statement on .Net renewal would now advocate.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Registrants in new gTLDs will become so with fully informed notice that they may be subject to a URS proceeding. On the other hand, Registrants in .Net, the third largest registry (after .com and .de), have acquired portfolios and developed websites based on a belief that their domains were safe from cancelation or transfer unless they acted in violation of the UDRP. They control valuable domains, and deserve a lot more in the way of due process and careful deliberation before the UDRP is altered or new expedited means of domain suspension are adopted for incumbent registries.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; ">Philip S. 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; ">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Phil Corwin<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, May 08, 2011 2:15 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Steve DelBianco;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[bc-gnso] RE: Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal<br><b>Importance:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>High<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Just to reiterate, ICA is unalterably opposed to imposing URS on .Net and we therefore strongly disagree and request that a voting period be initiated.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; ">Philip S. 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: navy; ">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Steve DelBianco<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:12 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">ICANN is gathering responses to the proposed renewal of .NET registry contract.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper (with edits by Mikey O'Connor and Steve DelBianco) <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">On our 21-April BC member call, we discussed our approach for this comment, and there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service in .NET<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Elise and Mikey added two additional requests based on new gTLD registry contract requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> - Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> - Add URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">ICANN's Comment period closes 10-May. Our member call on 21-Apr was 21 days before deadline, and today's draft is circulated 8 days before deadline.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">We can submit this response later if members feel they need the entire 14-day review and discussion period. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 10-May, this response will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">For topic background, see </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><a href="http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#net-renewal" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#net-renewal</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Thanks again to Elisa Cooper and Mikey O'Connor for drafting this comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Steve DelBianco<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">Vice chair for policy coordination<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" align="center" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); "></span></div><p class="avgcert" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.avg.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3612 - Release Date: 05/03/11<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" align="center" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); "></div><p class="avgcert" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.avg.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3624 - Release Date: 05/08/11<o:p></o:p></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" align="center" style="color: rgb(160, 160, 160); "></div><p class="avgcert" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.avg.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3624 - Release Date: 05/08/11<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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