<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Councillors,<div><br></div><div>My thanks to those who have already made comments or sent edits to the list I sent earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a new version of the list, which includes those comments. I have also added the suggested Board questions to us at the end of the document.</div><div><br></div><div>Stéphane</div><div><br></div><div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Board<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Red Cross and Olympic
Committee names: the GNSO is getting mixed messages from the Board and Staff.
What exactly is expected of the GNSO in terms of policy development? If we send
you a mtion this week, will you act on it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Alan
Greenberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">WHOIS RT final report
recommendation implementation: a discussion of the policy issues here versus
the expectations that some may have that these recommendations could be
implemented straight away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Jeff Neuman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">IANA contract: can you
provide any further information on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">We expect the Board
will amend and submit a revised ICANN proposal that addresses what NTIA says
was lacking in the first proposal. Question: will the Council need to undertake
any policy development to enable the revised proposal?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Stéphane
Van Gelder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">RAA: The Board's Dakar
resolution requested an Issue Report for a PDP "as quickly as
possible" to address "remaining items that may be suited for a
PDP" relating to the RAA. Given that negotiations are ongoing on certain
topics between ICANN staff and the Registrars Stakeholder Group, and that the
Final Report on the RAA was just issued (on which the Council will be expected
to act) is it the Board's expectation that the time frame and specific topics
for a PDP will be dependent on the duration and outcome of the negotiations?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">What is the Board's
view on the relationship between the scope of the topics to be negotiated
directly and that for a PDP, especially as regards topics that may be
considered policy matters?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Mary Wong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">GAC<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">What advice can the
GAC give the GNSO about the human rights impact assessment requirements of the
PDP in light of the United Nations Human Rights Councils recent HRC Panel on
Freedom of Expression and the Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">For more background
see reports about the Geneva Human Rights Council Session:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CnrqLUZ4hpEaCD_kxC0-FRTL_f8Hu_cKbxYT9fktj5E/edit?pli=1">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CnrqLUZ4hpEaCD_kxC0-FRTL_f8Hu_cKbxYT9fktj5E/edit?pli=1#</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.ccianet.org/index.asp?bid=89&BlogEntryID=224&FormID=300&catid=0">http://www.ccianet.org/index.asp?bid=89&BlogEntryID=224&FormID=300&catid=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-j-black/uns-itu-could-become-next_b_1332768.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-j-black/uns-itu-could-become-next_b_1332768.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Joy Liddicoat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">RAA: Update from
registrars. Why does the GAC think pushing for Whois verification will resolve
cybercrime, and will you push for the same level of verification for all TLDs
worldwide, including ccTLDs?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Another question
(Wendy): How can the GNSO engage the GAC in discussion about the LEA
recommendations, such as verification and regulations on privacy/proxy
providers, so that the negotiations reflect realistic options from the
viewpoint of the community?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We
need to have these discussions in parallel, rather than having an unacceptable
agreement come back to Council and be rejected on Policy grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Presenter: Mason Cole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">General suggestion
from Jonathan Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">There are issues
within each of these topics that we have grappled with and we would like to
have a discussion with you on those issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Possible questions
from the Board:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">What will be in your
view the medium-term impact of the new gTLD program on the structure of ICANN
in general, and challenges it brings to the gNSO, its constituencies and policy
development process. What are the potential issues and how to anticipate
them?"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>this I s a question
they would like to have all parts of the community starting to consider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Another question is:
What is the view on the need for stronger protections against defensive
registrations at the second level, and a shift to WHOIS data authentication at
time of data submission?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Resolution of conflict
with NPOC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">What is the Council's
mid-term policy development calendar?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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