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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=489525220-15042010>To be clear, my
reluctance has nothing to do with the TLD itself. I have nightmarish
visions of the proverbial slippery slope where Council becomes bombarded with
requests for comment and/or intervention on a multitude of issues. Even if
such requests came only from owners of new gTLD applications that fail, it's
still a potentially big pool. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=489525220-15042010>Mary, if you're
suggesting that this may be an opportunity for Council to issue a statement on
when it will (or will not) comment, I'm all for it.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=489525220-15042010>K</SPAN></DIV>
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<B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mary
Wong<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO
Council<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [council] ICM registry request for
GNSO<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I agree and also for the reasons outlined by Stephane. Personally I think
it probably not something the Council as a whole should comment on, but it'd
be remiss of us not to at least discuss it, with a view toward figuring out
whether or not there ought to be just such a public statement on our
part.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Mary</DIV>
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<TD>William Drake <william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch></TD></TR>
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<TD>4/14/2010 11:16 AM</TD></TR>
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<TD>Re: [council] ICM registry request for
GNSO</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>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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face=Arial 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.
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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>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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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=653215113-14042010><FONT
face=Arial 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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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A
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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,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Neither of us indicated to Stuart that there would be any
GNSO Council action following his request.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Stéphane</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></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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