<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;"><<a href="mailto:Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca">Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca</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>FW: [board-gtlds] Digital Archery, Batching, Root Scalability,Early Warning and GAC Advice/Objections</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;">7 juin 2012 19:13:34 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;"><<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:lesley@nominet.org.uk">lesley@nominet.org.uk</a>>, <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:paf@cisco.com">paf@cisco.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net">jcurran@arin.net</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:maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se">maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se</a>>, <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:LIM_Choon_Sai@ida.gov.sg">LIM_Choon_Sai@ida.gov.sg</a>><br></span></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="828480417-07062012"><font face="Calibri">For
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:board-gtlds-bounces@icann.org">board-gtlds-bounces@icann.org</a>
[mailto:board-gtlds-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of
</b><a href="mailto:Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca">Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:32
AM<br><b>To:</b> board-gtlds@icann.org<br><b>Cc:</b> jeannie.ellers@icann.org;
kurt.pritz@icann.org; jamie.hedlund@icann.org;
gac@gac.icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [board-gtlds] Digital Archery, Batching,
Root Scalability,Early Warning and GAC Advice/Objections<br></font><br></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Dear
Cherine, gTLD Committee colleagues,</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">(cc
GAC)</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">At this
time, I would like to provide the following comments on behalf of the
GAC. </font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The GAC believes it is important to address the concerns
raised by the GAC and others about the fairness of Digital Archery, before it is
launched. </font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The GAC
further understands that the Board gTLD Committee intends
to <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">communicate
next steps for providing further information to the GAC and identifying
where there are linkages between <font size="3">Digital Archery,
Batching, Root Scalability, Early Warning and GAC Advice/Objections so
that there can be </font>agreement reached, where appropriate,
on the process and timelines. In essence, <font size="3">the GAC
needs further information about ICANN’s approach in order to finalise its
own processes.</font></span></font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Lastly,
please be informed that t</span></font><font size="3" face="Calibri">he GAC
intends to send a letter of advice before the meeting in Prague, related to
the above. </font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Best,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Heather
Dryden</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Chair,
Governmental Advisory Committee</font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p></font></div></div>
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