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face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>H<SPAN class=723213522-22042009>ello
All,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=723213522-22042009>I have been contacted by several people in the GNSO
community regarding the RAA accreditation agenda item. I have conveyed the
concerns to the Board list, and will provide an update later
today.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=723213522-22042009>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=723213522-22042009>Bruce Tonkin</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Alan Greenberg
[mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 23 April 2009
5:25 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Bruce Tonkin; Council GNSO<BR><B>Cc:</B> Cheryl
Langdon-Orr<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] ICANN Board meeting agenda - 23
April 2009<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>To strengthen Kristina's remarks, let me add that the RAA is on the
agenda as an "informational item". A decision on it was deferred at the Mexico
City Board meeting, pending a 30 day comment period. The period is now over
and the comments (according to the staff summary) supported adoption "the
sooner the better". The Board itself in Mexico <BR><PRE>committed "to act on approval of the amendments at the earliest
opportunity" following this public comment period.
The longer we wait, the fewer registrars will be covered automatically
and ICANN will have to pay them to adopt the new RAA.
</PRE>Alan<BR><BR>At 22/04/2009 09:58 AM, Rosette, Kristina wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Thanks, Bruce.<BR><BR>I see that
the RAA Amendments aren't an agenda item. Given that the<BR>public comment
period closed on 6 April and the majority of comments<BR>supported the
amendments and the Board's prompt action on them, do you<BR>know why there's
no agenda item (and, if not, who may be able to answer<BR>that
question)?<BR><BR>K<BR><BR> <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
owner-council@gnso.icann.org [<A href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org"
eudora="autourl"> mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A>]<BR>On Behalf Of
Bruce Tonkin<BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:14 AM<BR>To: Council
GNSO<BR>Subject: [council] ICANN Board meeting agenda - 23 April
2009<BR><BR><BR>From: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-23apr09.htm"
eudora="autourl">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-23apr09.htm</A><BR><BR>A.
Consent Agenda<BR>=================<BR><BR>Approval of Minutes - 3 February
2009 and 12 February 2009 Approval of<BR>Board Audit Committee's
Recommendation for Engagement of Auditors for<BR>FY09-10 Approval of Charter
of Community-Wide Working Group to Review<BR>The Structure of ICANN's
Present Geographic Regions Approval of Board<BR>Governance Committee's
Recommendation regarding Ombudsman Framework<BR>Approval of Board Governance
Committee's Recommendation for Posting of<BR>the Revised Conflict of
Interest Policy for Public Comment Approval of<BR>Board Governance
Committee's Recommendation of Procedures for Board<BR>Nominations Approval
of Redelegation of .NG Approval of Phased<BR>Allocation Process for Single
& Two-Character Domain Names in .BIZ,<BR>including proposed Contract
Amendment Approval of Posting for Public<BR>Comment the Plan for Enhancing
Internet Security, Stability & Resiliency<BR>Approval of Staff to Follow
the Global Policy Proposal for the<BR>Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional
Internet Registries <BR><BR><BR>B. Regular
Agenda<BR>=================<BR><BR>1. GNSO Improvements
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>a
Implementation Efforts
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>b
GNSO Council Restructuring <BR><BR>2 New gTLD Implementation Updates
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>a
Implementation Recommendation Team
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>b
Geographical Names
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>c
Timeline <BR><BR>3. Approval of Seoul Budget - October 2009 Meeting Location
<BR><BR>4. Agenda for Upcoming Board Retreat <BR><BR>5. Other Business
<BR><BR>6. Board Executive Session <BR><BR><BR>C. Informational
Agenda<BR>========================<BR><BR>1. Registrar Accreditation
Agreement Update <BR><BR>2. .PRO Registry Agreement Renewal <BR><BR>3.
IDNccTLD Update <BR><BR>4. Update on FY10 Operational Planning & Budget
Process <BR><BR>5. Reports from Board Committees
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>a
Audit Committee - 28 February 2009 Preliminary Report
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>b
Board Governance Committee - 11 February 2009 and 28 February<BR>2009
Minutes<BR> <BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>c
Finance Committee - 10 February 2009 Minutes and 28 February<BR>2009
Preliminary Report
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>d
IANA Committee - 28 January 2009 and 16 February 2009 Minutes<BR>and 1 March
2009 Preliminary Report
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>e
Public Participation Committee - 17 February 2009 and 28<BR>February 2009
Minutes<BR> <BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>f
Risk Committee - 27 January 2009 and 1 March 2009 Preliminary<BR>Reports
<BR><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>g
Structural Improvements Committee - 10 February 2009 Minutes<BR>and 28
February 2009 Preliminary Report </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>