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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I reject the notion of a WG at all. IMO it is unnecessary and
will not provide any useful, tactile benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Did I miss something here Chuck. Was there a vote by the Council
saying we would assist the GAC in doing this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Is there a mechanism by which we could stop GNSO participation
and support?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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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> Friday, August 20, 2010 12:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Council GNSO<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] New gTLD Recommendation 6 Community Working Group<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hopefully all of you are
aware that the GAC requested a community working group to discuss the implementation
of the GNSO New gTLD Recommendation 6. To accommodate that request, the
list</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>that the GNSO
established in follow-up to Bill Drake’s request in our Brussels Wrap-Up
session to participate in the discussions on this topic going on within the GAC
an ALAC will be used for the community working group discussions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Considering how late this
is happening relative to the new gTLD process,</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cheryl Langdon-Orr, chair of the ALAC, and Heather
Dryden, Chair of the GAC, and I have been</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>discussing
how to go about accommodating the GAC request in a timely manner. To
expedite discussions, we decided to prepare an initial draft</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Terms of Reference (ToR)</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>for discussion</span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>by those who have volunteered to
participate in the group. The hope is to very quickly finalize the ToR so
that discussion of the issues may begin and thereby have a chance of developing
recommendations for improving</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the
implementation plan for Recommendation 6 in the</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Draft Application Guidebook, version 4.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As you can see in the draft
ToR, this is not a PDP. The GNSO Council already approved Recommendation
6 by a super-majority vote. There is no intent to undo the intent of that
recommendation; to do that would require a PDP because it would be materially
changing an already approved policy recommendation. </span> <span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rather, the intent is to explore
whether the implementation process in version 4 of the Guidebook could be
improved in a way that addresses</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>any
of the GAC and ALAC concerns.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As all of you know, there
is no established process for community working groups. In drafting the
initial ToR for discussion, we tried to accommodate the needs of all three
organizations especially in terms of how they operate, which are different in
certain respects. Please note that the group is open to all community
participants from all SOs and ACs and for that matter any who are not SO or AC
participants.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I believe that this could
be the first significant effort of the GNSO and GAC working together in a WG
and I am hopeful that it will provide some lessons for how we can to that
better on other issues in the future, just like the GNSO Council discussed with
the GAC in Brussels. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
GAC has an important advisory role in ICANN policy processes as they relate to
public policy issues and we all know that the Board will listen intently to the
GAC advice on the implementation of Recommendation 6. Therefore, it
seemed wise to try to do that</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>sooner
rather than later to minimize any further delays.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will add this topic to
the agenda for 26 August but would really appreciate it if we can discuss it on
the list in advance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks for your
cooperation,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Chuck</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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