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color=#0000ff size=2>I will add it to the agenda. Not sure how much time
we will have but it will be on there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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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> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>William
Drake<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:12 AM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO
Council<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [council] ICM registry request for
GNSO<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I think we have to talk about it for the reasons Stéphane
states. Which admittedly is probably easier for me to say since I didn't
live through it the last time around.
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<DIV>Bill<BR>
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<DIV>On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>I do think it's worth discussing if there is time during our next
meeting. If people echo's Kristina's desire not to go anywhere near this,
then that discussion will be short. But .XXX is a gTLD, it is within the
purview of the GNSO, and the case does raise several procedural issues that
I think lie at the core of ICANN's function (the main one being, obviously,
whether the independent review panel's decisions actually mean
anything).</DIV>
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<DIV>Stéphane<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Le 14 avr. 2010 à 15:54, Rosette, Kristina a écrit :</DIV><BR
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color=#0000ff size=2>My only interest in discussing would be to say that I
don't want to touch this topic with a 10-foot-pole, but I suspect that's
not what you had in mind. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Gomes,
Chuck<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Stéphane Van Gelder; GNSO Council<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] ICM
registry request for GNSO <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>If anyone would like to discuss this in our 21
April meeting, please say so and I will add it under Any Other
Business.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stéphane Van
Gelder<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
GNSO Council<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] ICM registry request for
GNSO <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Councillors,
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<DIV>Chuck and I were recently contacted by ICM Registry CEO Stuart
Lawley. Stuart asked us if the GNSO Council might be willing to make a
comment on the ICM process options (the comment period for that being
currently underway).</DIV>
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<DIV>In response, I suggested that Stuart send us a draft of what kind
of comment he would like to ask the Council to make, so that we could
all at least consider it. Chuck explained to Stuart that the
GNSO Council does not frequently make comments on behalf of the GNSO
in response to ICANN comment periods, part of the reason for that
being the difficulty we sometimes have in reaching consensus on such
comments within the timeframe of an ICANN comment period.</DIV>
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<DIV>Neither of us indicated to Stuart that there would be any GNSO
Council action following his request.</DIV>
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<DIV>You will find below the exact transcript of the text that Stuart
sent us to forward to the Council in response to my suggestion. The
idea being that if Council is interested in discussing this, then the
text may serve as a starting point for that discussion.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Stéphane</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span color=#4961ff>We would ask the GNSo
, or indeed and of its members, to consider commenting to ICANN during
the Public Comment Period that runs until May 10 on the Possible
Process Options for ICM as outlined in the ICANN
announcement </FONT><A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span
color=#4961ff>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm</FONT></A><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#4961ff>.<BR><BR>Regardless of the nature
of the sTLD we feel this is a watershed moment for ICANN in terms of
its Transparency and Accountability and would like the Council to
consider submitting a comment/statement along the lines of<BR><BR>The
GNSO urges ICANN to implement the findings of the Independent Review
Panel in ICM Registry v. ICANN without delay by finalizing a registry
agreement with ICM based on the rules established for the sTLD
applications submitted in March, 2004. <BR><BR>The merits of the
.xxx top level domain are no longer on the table: rather, the
only question now before the ICANN Board is whether or not it is
prepared to respect the findings of a panel of independent judges in
accordance with a procedure established by the ICANN bylaws.
Those findings are:<BR><BR>1. That the ICANN Board
determined on 1 June 2005 that the ICM Registry application met the
criteria established for the sTLD round opened on December 15,
2003;<BR><BR>2. The Boards reconsideration of that finding was not
consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair
documented policy.<BR><BR>3. That ICANN should have proceeded to
negotiate a contract with ICM Registry; and<BR><BR>Those findings are
clear, and the path forward is plain: The ICM Registry’s
application was submitted under the rules established by the Board for
the sTLD round based on extensive community input. Having
determined that the ICM application satisfied the eligibility criteria
established for that round, all that remains is for ICANN to negotiate
a contract with ICM Registry based on the contractual arrangements
adopted for that round. <BR><BR>Most of the “options”
provided by staff for responding to the IRP declaration would apply
new rules to ICM Registry. There is no principled basis for this
approach, which would only compound the violations already identified
in the IRP declaration. The Board should reject those options,
respect the judgment of the Independent Review panel, and provide
tangible proof of its willingness to be accountable to the community
it
serves. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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