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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My apologies Jeff. I did not
intend this to go to the Council list.<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>
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owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neuman, Jeff; Mary Wong; GNSO Council<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] FW: Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to
draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>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'>It seems to me that you should
determine whether the RySG supports your concern just like Mary did with the
NCSG.<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'>I, for one, think what you are proposing
would impede the Council. If every time an amendment is made there needs
to be comment period, where does it end? If we cannot trust our representatives
with some common sense, then we have bigger problems.<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>
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<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 12:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary Wong; GNSO Council; Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] FW: Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to
draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'>Thanks Mary. I cannot post
to the Council list, so I ask you to post my reply.<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'>I appreciate your sentiments,
but I think the language is too broad and may be used by some for purposes
other than which you intended. Perhaps these things do not need to go out
for a “public comment” period as we normally think of those words, but there
should be time to discuss with our stakeholder groups especially if it relates
to policy. The fact that your proposed amendment was discussed by the
NCSG prior to meeting is great for your SG, but it was <u>never</u> discussed
with our SG and in fact, the resolution does not even really relate to the
substance of string similarity. If anything, it should not have been an
amendment, but rather should have been a wholly new motion and separately
addressed. We need to focus on issues as a community. We need to
have a cross stakeholder group list where these issues can be discussed in the
open rather than being surprised at a Council meeting that one SG wants an
amendment added to a motion. I will ask, as I do every year, for a new
mailing list to be set up that facilitates true cross-community communication.<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'>The other issue is that when the
GNSO Council sends a letter, or even the Chair sends a letter, there is an
assumption and perception that the entire GNSO Community supports the substance
of what has been communicated. One only needs to look at ICANN staff
reports that refer to letters that have been submitted in the past to see
this is the case. So, if others non-GNSO community members are going to
assume that when such a letter is sent that it is supported by the GNSO
community, isn’t there an obligation by the GNSO Council to make sure that it
actually is. <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'>My goal is not to impede the
Council, but rather to ensure the appropriate level of feedback from each of
the SGs. Does that mean things may take more time? Sure. But I have yet
to see any circumstance the Council has acted on that was of sufficient urgency
that at least some time period of consultation could not be afforded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><br>
Thanks for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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
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<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"'> Mary Wong
[mailto:MWong@piercelaw.edu] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council; Chuck Gomes<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Neuman, Jeff<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] FW: Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to
draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks
for forwarding this, Chuck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Jeff
and everyone, as the person who proposed the "FURTHER RESOLVED"
language in the resolution, let me explain that my intent was
most definitely not to elevate the Council's role, much less to lessen the
importance and input from the community that the Council represents. Although
this particular resolution (and accompanying letter) dealt with an issue of
huge importance to everyone, I was concerned that it could be taken in the
future as an indication that everything the Council sends out to any ICANN
Board/staff member, constituent or other body must necessarily first be subject
to a public comment period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>In
other words, my thought was that the Council should not be impeded in its
discussions or decisions by a "requirement" that, while not mandated
by any bylaw or operating rule/procedure, becomes - through time and/or
practice - a rule, especially as Council letters may concern a
wide variety of topics (from coordination with other ACSOs to substantive major
issues like this particular one). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I
fully agree that the Council not only represents the GNSO community, but must
act in full consultation with it and that each Councillor ought to act in the
best interests of the community he/she represents. This is especially so in the
new GNSO environment, where the Council is clearly not supposed to be a
legislative body but more of a management team. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Finally, you
may be interested to know that my addition to the resolution was discussed
among, and approved by, the NCSG prior to the Council meeting. As such, it
was something I proposed as a representative of the views of the community
that I was elected by!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I
hope this clarifies matters somewhat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Mary <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:purple'>Mary W S Wong</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Professor
of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pierce Law Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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White Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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NH 03301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Email:
<a href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Selected
writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a
href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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FW: Comment on GNSO Resolution (as opposed to draft letter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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]
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<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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><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>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><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>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><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>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><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>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey J. Neuman<span
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</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";
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