<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors, FYI.<div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Début du message réexpédié :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>De : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Objet : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Final Report / ALAC Ratification</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">8 octobre 2011 00:02:26 HAEC<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>À : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com">steve@shinkuro.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc : </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:secretary@icann.org">secretary@icann.org</a>, Stéphane Van Gelder <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>>, Sébastien Bachollet <<a href="mailto:sebastien@bachollet.com">sebastien@bachollet.com</a>>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>>, Liz Gasster <<a href="mailto:liz.gasster@icann.org">liz.gasster@icann.org</a>>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, Karla Valente <<a href="mailto:karla.valente@icann.org">karla.valente@icann.org</a>>, Kurt Pritz <<a href="mailto:kurt.pritz@icann.org">kurt.pritz@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br>
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Dear Steve,<br>
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I am pleased to inform you that the At-Large Advisory Committee
(ALAC) has ratified the following ALAC Resolution:<br>
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-- start of resolution --<br><p>WHEREAS the ALAC has long supported the requirement of reducing
barriers to Top Level Domain (TLD) creation in developing
economies; and <br class="atl-forced-newline">
</p><p>WHEREAS the ALAC has co-chartered the Joint Applicant Support
Working Group (JAS WG) and welcomed the participation of many
At-Large members in its activities; and <br class="atl-forced-newline">
</p><p>WHEREAS the ALAC has reviewed and endorsed earlier milestone
reports of this Working Group; and <br class="atl-forced-newline">
</p><p>WHEREAS the JAS WG has produced a Final Report for consideration
by the ICANN community that has been reviewed by At-Large; <br class="atl-forced-newline">
</p><p>RESOLVED THAT the ALAC endorses the Final Report of the JAS
Working Group and urges the ICANN Board to implement its
recommendations; and <br class="atl-forced-newline">
</p><p>RESOLVED THAT the ALAC thanks the community volunteers and ICANN
staff whose work contributed - and continues to contribute - to
the advancement of the JAS WG mandate.</p>
--- end of resolution --<br>
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With 14 out of 15 ALAC members voting, the ALAC vote result was 14
in favour, 0 against and 0 objections.<br>
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The resolution is therefore carried unanimously by the ALAC.<br>
<br>
You may review the process by which the ALAC vote took place on
page:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/x/9gKpAQ">https://community.icann.org/x/9gKpAQ</a><br>
<br>
Please be so kind to find a copy of the JAS Applicant Support
Working Group Final Report enclosed for your immediate transmittal
to the ICANN Board. I trust that this will become a key item on the
Board Agenda.<br>
<br>
Please find also enclosed, appended below my email, the
correspondence I have received from Stéphane Van Gelder, GNSO
Council Chair, indicating that the GNSO Council has approved a
motion to forward the final Report of the JAS WG to the ICANN Board
for review. Details of the motion found below.<br>
<br>
Finally, let me remind you that volunteers and staff have worked
very hard throughout the summer in order to have this report ready
for the ICANN Board to have enough time to initiate the process by
which its recommendations will be adopted by the Board during the
ICANN DAKAR meeting. The Community has responded to the Board's call
for action in Nairobi and in Cartagena. The Board must now respond
equally as quickly to the Community's resolve that launching a new
gTLD programme without Applicant Support would be politically
incorrect for ICANN.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond<br>
ALAC Chair<br>
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<td>JAS Final Report</td>
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<td>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:41:48 +0200</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">De : </th>
<td>Stéphane Van Gelder <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com"><stephane.vangelder@indom.com></a></td>
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<td>Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com"><ocl@gih.com></a></td>
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<td>Council GNSO <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a></td>
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Olivier,
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<div>In my capacity as GNSO Council Chair, it is my pleasure to
inform you, in your capacity as ALAC Chair, that the Council voted
to approve the motion shown below during its meeting today.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Stéphane Van Gelder</div>
<div>GNSO Council Chair</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Whereas:</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council and ALAC established the Joint SO/AC Working
Group (JASWG) on support for new gTLD applicants in April of
2010; and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
Joint SO/AC Working Group released its second Milestone
Report, posted for consideration by the Board, Chartering
Organizations and at-large Community. This report documented
the completion of work as defined in the extended charter and,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
Joint SO/AC Working Group received and discussed the public
comments, and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
Joint SO/AC Working Group has completed the enumerated items
as defined in its extended charter and has published a final
report (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/JAS+Issues+and+Recommendations" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50,
108, 166); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;
outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/JAS+Issues+and+Recommendations#</a>)
on 14 September 2011 covering those chartered items (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#20110113-1" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(50,
108, 166); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;
outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#20110113-1</a>)
entitled Final Report of the Joint SO/AC new GTLD applicant
support working group. and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
Joint SO/AC Working Group is still in the process of
completing some last tasks including completion of the formal
documentation of the comment responses for the second
milestone community review, and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO council <ins>has not had a chance to review the Final
Report nor digest any of its contents</ins>,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><ins>However,
the GNSO Council</ins> does not wish to delay implementation
of support programs for applicants from developing regions,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Resolved:</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council thanks the members of the Joint SO/AC Working
Group for its efforts and its dedication to completing these
work items on such a tight schedule, and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council approves forwarding the final Report to the ICANN
Board for review <del>and</del> <del><ins>approval</ins></del><ins>,</ins> <ins>but
reserves its right to provide comments to the ICANN Board on
all of the recommendations contained therein</ins>; and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council request ICANN staff <del>begin working on</del> <ins>develop
an</ins> implementation <ins>plan following the JAS WG</ins> <del>of
the</del>recommendations, <ins>subject to comments received
from the GNSO community</ins> <ins>,</ins> and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><ins>The
GNSO Council requests that ICANN staff publish the
implementation plan for public comment prior to
consideration by the ICANN Board, and</ins></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group
complete the publication of its formal Milestone 2 response
document as quickly as possible, and</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The
GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group
remain on call to review the outcome of the ICANN
implementation of the JAS recommendations.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Resolved
further, that the GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Chair to
communicate its decision to the ALAC Chair. </p>
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