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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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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>
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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> </P>
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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></BODY></HTML>