<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#00B050;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I am forwarded this to the
Council list as requested by Jeff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Neuman, Jeff
[mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bcute@afilias.info; becky.burr@wilmerhale.com; Cheryl Langdon-Orr;
Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'>Can I ask that this comment is
submitted to the Accountability and Review Team? It is submitted in
response to the GNSO Resolution on String Similarity.(</span> <span
style='color:#00B050'><a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-11jun10-en.htm</a>)
and more particularly to the specific GNSO Resolution in posting the letter out
for comment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'>Chuck – Can you also please post
to the Council for me as well?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><br>
Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#00B050'>Jeffrey J. Neuman</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'> <br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#068658'>Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy</span></b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>
<hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#969696' align=left>
</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>The information
contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the
recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged
information. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this
e-mail message in error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying
of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication
in error, please notify us immediately and delete the original message.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Neuman, Jeff <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> string-similarity-amendment@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Neuman, Jeff<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This comment is being submitted in my personal capacity and
not on behalf of my employer, Neustar, Inc., or the Registries Stakeholder
Group. In addition, my comment is not on the draft letter itself, as
those comments, if any, will be submitted through the RySG, but rather relates
to the resolution passed by the GNSO Council requesting that the letter go out
for public comment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>More specifically, at the last minute, and without any
discussion by the community, the GNSO Council included the following language:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“FURTHER RESOLVED, that this
motion shall not serve as a precedent requiring the GNSO Council to adhere to a
public comment period requirement for any future GNSO Council letters.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Not only has no explanation been
given for this last minute addition, but I believe the statement is
fundamentally flawed on a number of different levels. It is not the GNSO
Council’s role to decide what does and does not go out for public comment when
it relates to policy (as this letter clearly does). That role should be
specifically reserved for the GNSO community. The GNSO Council’s
authority, as documented in the Bylaws, is generated from the people and
communities in which it serves. This has been said over and over again,
but the Council is NOT a legislature that has the right to make proclamations,
policy decisions, etc., without having to go back to the GNSO community. This
is supposed to be a bottom-up organization where policy is developed through
individuals, working groups, experts, etc. and then brought to the Council for
it to manage, not the other way around. To the extent that any “letters”
are submitted by the Council to any external party, and those letters relate to
policy, then yes they do need to go out for community input. If they
merely relate to administrative of true coordination matters, then they do not
need to go out for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>As one of the main catalysts for
getting this letter out for public comment, I thank the Council for doing the
right thing and posting this for comment. It is what should happen with
ALL letters that relate to policy. I am not sure why the GNSO Council felt
it was necessary to include this “further resolution”, but to the extent that
it reflects the presumption that Council does not have to go back to the
community when it issues letters relating to policy, I ask that the resolution
be stricken from the record. I ask that this issue be considered by the
appropriate GNSO Improvements team and am also submitting this separately to
the Accountability and Review team for its consideration. I would also
ask that this be discussed at the Council meeting in Brussels and would be
happy to personally address during that meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for your attention to
this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey J. Neuman<span
style='color:#3366FF'> <br>
</span><span style='color:#068658'>Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law &
Policy</span></span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7D7D7D'><br>
46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#068658'>Office:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7D7D7D'>+1.571.434.5772</span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> </span><b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#068658'>Mobile: </span></b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7D7D7D'>+1.202.549.5079</span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> </span><b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#068658'>Fax: </span></b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7D7D7D'>+1.703.738.7965</span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#068658'>/</span></b><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'> </span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#068658'><a
href="mailto:jeff.neuman@neustar.biz"><span style='color:#068658'>jeff.neuman@neustar.biz</span></a>
</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'> </span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#068658'>/</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3366FF'> </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#068658'><a href="http://www.neustar.biz/"><span style='color:#068658'>www.neustar.biz</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'>
<hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#969696' align=left>
</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>The
information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of
the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged information.
If you are not the intended recipient you have received this e-mail message in
error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please notify us immediately and delete the original message.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>