<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I tend to agree with Philip. If the second house is purely restricted to parties who have contracts with ICANN, then it will never be appropriate for it admit new constituencies. Surely, this was not the intent of the BGC.</DIV>
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<DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard@aim.be><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Council GNSO <council@gnso.icann.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, December 8, 2008 9:38:39 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [council] GNSO Council Restructuring - a wrinkle in the two houses approach<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008><STRONG>For discussion</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>Some recent activity with new organisations seeking involvement inside the GNSO has opened up the thought that maybe the delineation of the two house we have currently proposed is too narrow. It was based on old thinking.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>The two houses are:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>a) users </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>b) ICANN contracted parties</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>On reflection this division into two does NOT reflect the totality of potential stakeholders.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>A division between:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>a) users</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>b) domain name suppliers</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>may be a better fit.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>The parties with no home in the proposed structure are:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>a) applicant registries in the new TLD process (not yet a contract with ICANN)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>b) resellers of domain names (with no contract with ICANN)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>c) sellers of registry services based on sub-domains (with no contract with ICANN)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>These three categories have little communality with true user interests (a safe place to communicate or do business)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>and much more with the contracted parties ( eg want to be a registry / shared customer base / focus on registry pricing).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>Should we not extend the scope of the contracted parties house to fit these sort of organisations inside if the desire is there ?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546232514-08122008>Philip</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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