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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Attached please find the revised draft
minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on 7 January 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>The two Items that have been revised are
Item 4 and Item 7.2.1 Action Items.</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Item 4: The Internationalized Domain Names
(IDN) Implementation Working Team Final Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Tina Dam provided the Council with a brief
overview of the report as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Tina has added the following report:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Variant Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>• A TLD applicant may request variant forms of
a base label and must classify each variant as 'desired' or 'undesired';<span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> • Desired variants can be allocated to the
applicant; <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Desired variants can be delegated to the
applicant if the applicant agrees to conform to the Rules outlined under
Section 3.3; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• Undesired variants will be reserved and
neither allocated nor delegated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Three-character Restriction in gTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>• Two-character gTLD strings can be allowed
subject to conformance to the Rules outlined under Section 4.1.1; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>• The team does not recommend the banning
of the one-character gTLDs. </span><span lang=DE>This issue is a matter of
policy and must therefore be addressed by bodies such as the ccNSO and GNSO; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>• See Rules in Section 4.1.2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>Moving forward actions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>1) Review of received comments, comment forum
closes 8 January 2010. This includes questions for clarifications of what a
variant is and we are looking at that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>2) Initiation of DNAME analysis to determine
whether it can be used for variant management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>3) Inclusion of the 2-character
registrations in the Applicant Guide Book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>4) GNSO/ccNSO work on the 1-character
registrations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>7.2.1 Draft Proposal for Affirmation of
Commitments (AoC) Review Teams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE>Action Items:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>•
Form a drafting team which is to select a lead person for coordination purposes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>•
Draft comments on behalf of the GNSO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>•
Agreed to provide comments as soon as possible so that the full Council can
consider the proposal before the next Council meeting on 28 January 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE>•
Examine how the Council will endorse candidates <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>•
Establish a mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>•
Launch a call for volunteers on the GNSO Council mailing list to join the
drafting team.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please let me know if you would like any
further changes to be made. If no comments are received, these minutes will be
published, as approved on the website on page<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html#jan"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/index.html#jan</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>on Friday, 22 January 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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