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color=#0000ff size=2>The WG develops policy recommendations, not
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Stéphane Van Gelder
[mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 06,
2010 8:23 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck<BR><B>Cc:</B> Caroline Greer;
council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [council] Friendly amendment to
VI Charter<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>No actually we meant Staff. The idea is that Staff would do that
work as support to the WG. But it would make sense for the WG to be involved
in that as well.
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<DIV>Stéphane<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Le 6 mars 2010 à 14:16, Gomes, Chuck a écrit :</DIV><BR
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class=374111513-06032010>Stephane, in saying "<SPAN lang=EN-US
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color=#000000>The working definitions included in this charter are subject
to further development and refinement by Staff</FONT></SPAN>", did you mean
"by Staff". It seems to me that it should be "by the
WG".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A>
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stéphane Van
Gelder<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 05, 2010 7:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Caroline Greer<BR><B>Cc:</B> <A
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [council] Friendly amendment to VI Charter<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Caroline,
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<DIV>Thank you for your message. Please note that the DT recognised that
the definitions were works in progress. However, within the time we had to
produce a charter, it would have been impossible to refine the
definitions. This is why the following footnote was included:</DIV>
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working definitions included in this charter are subject to further
development and refinement by Staff, but are included in the interests of
time in order to allow the remainder of the charter to be finalized and
approved by the GNSO Council.</SPAN><!--EndFragment--> </DIV>
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<DIV>It was the DT's expectation that the WG would continue to work on the
definitions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stéphane <BR><BR>
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<DIV>Le 5 mars 2010 à 11:40, Caroline Greer a écrit :</DIV><BR
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<DIV
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Dear
All,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">The
Registries Stakeholder Group [<SPAN class=SpellE>RySG</SPAN>] would like
to propose a friendly amendment to the Vertical Integration Charter
circulated by Stéphane.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">For
purposes of accuracy and consistency, we believe that Objective #4
should be revised to read: “<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">To
identify and clearly articulate the differences between the current
restrictions and practices concerning registry-registrar separation
and<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial">equivalent
access</SPAN>, on the one hand, and the options described in the most
recent version of the DAG and supporting documents<A title=""
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and changes considered by
staff, on the other hand.”<O:P></O:P></SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">The words
“equivalent access” in yellow would replace the words “equal access”
that are in the current version of Objective #4. We understand that the
Charter Group has recognized the difference between “equal access” and
“equivalent access” in its deliberations and has adopted “equivalent
access” in other parts of the Charter.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
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<DIV
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">More
generally, the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><SPAN
class=SpellE>RySG</SPAN><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>notes that the proposed working
definitions in the Charter are neither accurate nor complete and, in
certain cases, they represent policy statements. The RySG
underscores the importance of developing standalone definitions for each
element of vertical integration. However, these definitions should
be developed by experts in competition and antitrust matters and derived
from, where possible, language in ICANN contracts and ICANN
documentation that uses the relevant terms.
<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Many
thanks.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Kind
regards,<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Caroline.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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group understands that the DAG is a fluid document. As a result,
the working group will conduct its activities based upon the version of
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