<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors, please find below my status report for the VI WG.<div><br><div>
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text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Vertical Integration Policy Development
Process (VI PDP) - Chairs Roberto Gaetano and Mikey O'Connor - Council Liaison
- Stephane van Gelder – June 2, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p>The working group has organised direct
confrontations with the different proposal advocates with the aim of
establishing consensus for a common proposal.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p>Now that DAGv4 has been published, the WG
will examine the VI proposal it contains in order to ascertain possible effects
on the group's timeline.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p>The WG has 3 meetings planned for Brussels.
On Saturday June, 19, the WG will meet F2F for the first time and work on
preparation for the WG co-chairs' meeting with the GNSO Council on Sunday June,
20. There will also be a VI workshop open to all on Wednesday June, 23.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p>In order to maximise its chances of reaching
its objectives within the agreed-upon timeline, the WG has started a 2<sup>nd</sup>
weekly conference call. Therefore, the WG is now meeting 3 times a week: 2 full
group calls and one WG leaders call to organise the WG's weekly work.</o:p></span></p><div>Stéphane</div>
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