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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please find the action items arising from the Council meeting on 13 September 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agenda Item 3: Consent agenda</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Action Item:</b> The GNSO Council chair to inform the SSAC chair that the Council approved that the IRD-WG letter from the GNSO Council to ICANN Board be sent to the Board.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 4: RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Reporting</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br><b>Action Item:</b> Propose a motion for the next Council meeting in Toronto requesting an Issue Report with the intent of launching a PDP to address this issue within the scope and boundaries of the GNSO. (9 October 2012 deadline for motions and documents to be considered at the GNSO Council Public meeting in Toronto)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 5: Whois Review Team Final Report <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Item: Brian Winterfeldt</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is asked to reconvene the group and examine the two options discussed at the Council meeting and report back to the Council chair with the time frame so that the ICANN Board can be appropriately and timely informed.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option 1 .A response to the Board advising them to consider what each individual GNSO constituency and stakeholder group has to say on the Whois Review team Final Report recommendations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Option 2. Tabulate the 16 recommendations, and explain for each one why there should or should not be policy development. Transmit the detailed response to the Board. Provide Council with a time frame for this option which the chair can communicate to the Board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 6: Fake Renewal Notices</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Action Item:</b> <b>Mason Cole</b> is to request that the Registrars continue with the steps suggested below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Discuss the issue with ICANN Compliance to make SG and GNSO concerns known, as previous legal actions may impact renewal of offenders' accreditation agreements. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Communicate to jurisdictional authorities as a SG to make our concerns known and to assess renewed enforcement – especially authorities like the FTC and the Canadian consumer agency that have already brought cases and may have stronger enforcement tools (e.g., civil penalties for violations of settlement agreements, etc.) that can be used. In particular, it may make sense to schedule a discussion with interested consumer protection authorities in Toronto. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Report findings to the GNSO Council. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Investigate whether or not enforceable contract language can be crafted, and the extent to which it could be equally or more effective than enforcement actions to date. For example, rather than requiring ICANN to make a determination about the behavior, a contractual provision that says accreditation can be revoked where a registrar has been found to be in violation of a court order or regulatory cease and desist order. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 8: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Action Item:</b> Send updated draft response to the Council list for further comments. <br>All comments should be submitted by the end of next week (Friday 21 September 2012). The chair will then seek agreement on the Council mailing list whether the draft response be sent to Bertrand de la Chapelle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 9: Overview of schedule for Toronto <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Item: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please provide Topics for discussion with the GAC, Board and ccNSO. <br>Please provide your input to the Council mailing list as soon as possible<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item 10: Toronto GAC High Level Meeting <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Item: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provide input on the Council list with regard to:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"I would recommend preparation of Qs and lining up speakers in advance. I trust that the GNSO leadership will work with the GAC, as well as my Canadian colleagues, to find a balance between the differing cultures of the GNSO, and senior officials and politicians unfamiliar with the ICANN environment, to have a positive and productive exchange to reinforce and improve the multi-stakeholder model."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Item11: Consumer Metrics Advice Letter to the ICANN Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Action Item: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion to be proposed for the GNSO Council Public meeting in Toronto on 17 October 2012. (9 October 2012 deadline for motions and documents to be considered at the GNSO Council Public meeting in Toronto)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>Glen de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>