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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504252103-27022010>I hereby make the
motion that is attached and copied below for action in our 10 March Council
meeting.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=504252103-27022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=504252103-27022010>Chuck
Gomes</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=504252103-27022010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>OSC-PPSC Extension
Resolution For 10 March 2010 GNSO Council Meeting</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Whereas in October
2008, the GNSO Council established a framework for implementing the various GNSO
Improvements identified and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors (see -
</FONT><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-implementation-plan-16oct08.pdf"><FONT
size=3>GNSO Council Improvements Implementation Plan</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>);</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Whereas that
framework included the formation of two Steering Committees – the Operations
Steering Committee and the Policy Process Steering Committee – to charter and
coordinate the efforts of five community work teams designed to develop specific
recommendations to implement specific aspects of the improvements;</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Whereas the Council
intended the charters of the committees (and their attendant work teams) to be
temporary and not to extend beyond the 2009 annual ICANN meeting without
specific action by the Council;</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Whereas the Council
extended the terms of those committees until the Nairobi ICANN meeting (“the end
of ICANN’s first general meeting in 2010”) to allow the GNSO community
implementation recommendations work to continue (see - </FONT><A
href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_sept_motions"><FONT
size=3>https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?24_sept_motions</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>);</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>Whereas the Council
acknowledges the hard work of those work teams and notes that those committees
and their teams are diligently continuing their work;</FONT></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>RESOLVED, The
Council extends the terms of the Operations Steering Committee and the Policy
Process Steering Committee and their respective work teams as necessary through
the end of the 2010 ICANN annual meeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The Council directs each work team chair by the end of the Brussels ICANN
meeting to identify the specific targets and benchmarks for completing their
work and to be prepared to conclude their work as soon as possible but not later
than the 2010 ICANN annual meeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The specific expectations, targets and benchmarks for each team should be
shared with the appropriate Steering Committee Chair and the Council by 15 April
2010.</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>