<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br></div><div>We have already discussed this in a previous meeting and approved the idea. I had conveyed this original interest to Chris, and we discussed it during our joint meeting in Paris. </div><div><br></div><div>I suggest that we confirm this at the meeting on 25 Sept at which time I will send a formal response and then we can pick the person to act in this role for the GNSO.</div><div><br></div><div>I will draft a proposed response email in the next day or so.</div><div><br></div><div>thanks</div><div>a.</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Chris Disspain" <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au">ceo@auda.org.au</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">17 September 2008 15:49:02 CEDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"'Avri Doria'" <<a href="mailto:avri@psg.com">avri@psg.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Liaisons</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; 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: 0; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Avri,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Over the past few months both the ccNSO and GNSO Council agreed that a structural exchange of information is helpful to coordinate our activities. To this end we have already agreed to organise regular meetings between the Councils. As a next step in this process we propose to formally exchange observers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">According to ICANN Bylaws both the ccNSO and GNSO Council may agree with the Council of another ICANN Supporting Organization to exchange observers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Both the GNSO observer to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:personname w:st="on">ccNSO Council</st1:personname><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the ccNSO Observer to the GNSO Council shall not be considered a member of or entitled to vote on the Council, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal footing with members of the Councils.</span></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">If the GNSO Council agrees with the exchange, we will start our internal process to appoint an observer, who will be designated to the GNSO Council. Once that person is appointed we will, in accordance with ICANN bylaws, inform you and the ICANN secretary of the designation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Cheers,</span></font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><st1:personname w:st="on"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Chris Disspain</span></font></st1:personname><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">CEO - auDA</span></font><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">'s Domain Name Administrator</span></font><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ceo@auda.org.au</a></span></font><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://www.auda.org.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.auda.org.au</a></span></font><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></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: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 1pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><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: windowtext; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 1pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><b><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; ">Important Notice -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana; ">This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. 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