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I am not convinced the GNSO Council is in a position to respond nor assist here...<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adrian Kinderis</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary.Wong@law.unh.edu<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 17 June 2011 5:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> GNSO Council List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] NTIA letter to ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Despite the unfortunate timing (16 June) I think this is an important development and support discussing it on Saturday. We may need to have a follow up discussion, but it would be good to have at least an initial conversation as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><br>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:purple'>Mary W S Wong</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Professor of Law</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Chair, Graduate IP Programs</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Two White Street<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Concord, NH 03301<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@law.unh.edu">mary.wong@law.unh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Phone: 1-603-513-5143<o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Webpage: <a href="http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></address><address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","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></address><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>>>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:9.0pt;background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #050505 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='background:#F3F3F3'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>From: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Stéphane Van Gelder<stephane.vangelder@indom.com><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>To:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>6/17/2011 5:40 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Subject: </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>[council] NTIA letter to ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Councillors, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>For those of you that haven't seen this, here is a link to the letter NTIA has sent to ICANN re the new gTLD program.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>This is one of the topics that we could discuss during our Saturday morning session, if there is interest in doing so.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Stéphane<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>