<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Lesley,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for this. I am copying the Council for their information and I agree that this would be an excellent topic for our joint meeting in Prague.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Stéphane Van Gelder<br>Directeur Général / General manager<br>INDOM Group NBT France</div><div>----------------<br>Head of Domain Operations</div></div><div>Group NBT</div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<br><div><div>Le 12 juin 2012 à 22:50, Lesley Cowley a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Hi Stéphane,<br><br>Further to your email of 15th March on cross community working groups to the chairs of the SO’s and AC’s, the ccNSO Council has now been able to review the drafting team output.</span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br></span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">The ccNSO Council appreciates the work done to date by the GNSO. It is our understanding that the GNSO sought input and feedback from other SO’s and AC’s on:</span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><br>1. The principles themselves, and <br>2. The route forward for community-wide adoption or development of a related set of principles for the operation of Cross-Community Working Groups <br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">On the principles, and acknowledging they are high level, some aspects relating to the creation, working and decision-making processes relating to cross-community working groups may need additional coverage by principles, in particular:<br></span></font></span><ul style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Defining the purpose and scope of a working group;</span></font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">What should be included in a charter</span></font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Decision making by the participating SO’s and AC’s, in particular in case of <br></span></font></li></ul><blockquote style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; " type="cite"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font face="Courier New">o </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Disagreement across participating SO’s and AC’s or <br></font><font face="Courier New">o </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Between WG and (one of the) a participating SO or AC. <br></font></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">The ccNSO Council views are based on an analysis of both the principles and our experience with cross community working groups to date. This analysis is available.<br> <br>As to the route forward, the ccNSO Council suggests the setting-up of a cross-community working group, with the goal to arrive at common set of principles and the identification of areas of divergence in guidelines and practices across SO’s and AC’s. Such a WG should take into account the experiences of the cross community working groups to date (both those that are active and closed) and include the active participation of ICANN staff, who over time have gained significant experience with the formation and functioning of cross community working groups.<br><br>Perhaps we could discuss next steps at the SO/AC Chair's meeting and or the ccNSO – GNSO lunch meeting in Prague?<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Lesley Cowley OBE,<br>Chair of the ccNSO </font></span></span></div><div><div><div>Lesley Cowley, OBE</div><div>CEO</div><div>Nominet</div><div>Minerva House</div><div>Edmund Halley Road</div><div>Oxford Science Park</div><div>Oxford, OX4 4DQ</div><div>UK</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: +44-(0)-1865-332211</div><div><a href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/">http://www.nominet.org.uk/</a></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Stéphane Van Gelder <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:30<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Lesley Cowley <<a href="mailto:lesley@nominet.org.uk">lesley@nominet.org.uk</a>>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>>, Patrik Fältström <<a href="mailto:patrik@frobbit.se">patrik@frobbit.se</a>>, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net">jcurran@arin.net</a>>, Heather Dryden <<a href="mailto:Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca">Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca</a>>, Louie Lee <<a href="mailto:louie@louie.net">louie@louie.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Communication of the output of CWGs / Future of CWGs<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">You may be aware that over the course of last year the GNSO Council launched a drafting team to examine the issues associated with the formation and operation of Community / Cross-Community working groups.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The output of the drafting team was encapsulated in a set of draft principles which were accepted by the Council through a motion passed at the 14 March 2012 meeting of the GNSO Council. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The motion is linked to here:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+March+2012" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 85, 126); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+March+2012</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The draft principles are linked to here:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-principles-for-cwgs-23dec11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-principles-for-cwgs-23dec11-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">It is important to note here that work undertaken by the drafting team was undertaken specifically in order to develop a GNSO Council agreed perspective.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The output shared here is not in any way intended to presume that this is a broader, community agreed position. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Accordingly we are offering this work as input into the discussion which you may wish to initiate or further develop within your organisation or committee.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Best,</div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Stéphane Van Gelder</div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">GNSO Council Chair</div></div></div></span></div>
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