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color=#0000ff size=2>Yes Wolf. Staff is required to post a draft FY11
budget not later than 17 May so the goal is to recommend some amount of Whois
study funds in the budget and decide later which studies to specifically
fund. It is extremely unlikely that we could decide on which studies in
time for the 17 May budget posting and that is even more difficult because we
only have cost and feasibility estimates for two of the four
studies.</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> KnobenW@telekom.de
[mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 19, 2010 4:40
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck; council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> AW:
[council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=213382820-19042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>is this meant as a placeholder to be sure having funds
available in FY11? Which is the deadline where it has to become more precise
in terms of the number and kind of studies to be funded?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=213382820-19042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I suppose everybody has own priorities. Speaking on
behalf of the ISP constituency we would like to see on top those studies
dealing with data accuracy improvement and secondly those digging into the
privacy complex.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Wolf-Ulrich</FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Gomes,
Chuck<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Freitag, 16. April 2010 22:37<BR><B>An:</B> GNSO
Council<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for
FY11<BR><B>Wichtigkeit:</B> Hoch<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">In our Council meeting on 1 April I
encouraged Councilors and their respective SGs and Constituencies to develop
and propose specfic recommendations for funding of Whois Studies in the FY11
budget but no such recommendations were submitted. Recognizing that
the Draft ICANN Budget has to be posted not later than 17 May and our next
Council meeting after the one on 21 April is not until 20 May, three days
later, I decided that we should try to make a recommendation in our meeting
on 21 April. To facilitate that possibility I asked Liz to draft the
attached motion (also pasted below).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Because of the lateness of the motion we
would need to first approve an exception to the 8-day GNSO Operating
Procedures Requirement for motions before we could act on this motion.
Also note that the motion has a placeholder for the amount to be budgeted
for Whois Studies. My personal opinion is that it would be good to
fund at least two studies in FY11 and even better if we could fund three if
they are ready to go, thereby avoiding very lengthy delays for at least two
and maybe three studies. Based on the estimates provided for two of
the studies, a minimum of $300,000 would be needed and it might be wise to
add a 10% buffer on to that, making it $330,000. If we decided to
budget for three studies, one of which we do not have any cost estimates
for, we could bump the amount up to $500,000.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">In a year of limited financial resources, we
cannot guarantee how much will ultimately be put into the budget but we can
should in my opinion at least make a recommendation for consideration by the
community and ultimately the ICANN Board.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please discuss this motion with your SGs and
Constituencies before our meeting on Wednesday so that we can act on it
using whatever amount we decide at that time if possible.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Discussion on the list is encouraged and, if
anyone is willing to second it without the amount inserted, that is welcome
as well. If anyone would rather see an amount inserted, we can insert
one that can later be amended.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Chuck</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for
FY11</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Whereas: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">In October 2007, the GNSO Council concluded
that a comprehensive, objective and quantifiable understanding of key
factual issues regarding the gTLD WHOIS system would benefit future GNSO
policy development efforts (</FONT><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/"><U><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/</FONT></U></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Before defining the details of studies, the
Council solicited suggestions from the community for specific topics of
study on WHOIS. Suggestions were submitted (</FONT><A
href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/</FONT></U></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> ) and ICANN staff prepared a 'Report on Public
Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS', dated 25-Feb-2008 (</FONT><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/Whois-privacy/Whois-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/WHOIS-privacy/WHOIS-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf</FONT></U></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> ).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">On 5 November 2008 the GNSO Council formed a
drafting team to solicit further constituency views assessing both the
priority level and the feasibility of the various proposed WHOIS studies,
with the goal of deciding which studies, if any, should be assessed for cost
and feasibility. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Drafting Team determined that the six
studies with the highest average priority scores should be the subject of
further research to determine feasibility and obtain cost estimates.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">On 4 March 2009 the GNSO Council requested
that Staff conduct research on feasibility and cost estimates for those six
WHOIS studies and following that assessment the Council would decide which
studies should be conducted (</FONT><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903</FONT></U></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">On 23 March 2010, staff provided its
analysis to the GNSO Council of costs and feasibility for the first two
study areas, and will continue to work on the remaining areas</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Resolved, that the GNSO Council recommends
that at least (insert US dollar amount) be included in the ICANN Budget for
FY 2011.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the GNSO secretariat
communicate this resolution to the ICANN Chief Financial Officer and the
Board Finance
Committee.</FONT></P><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>