<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks John,<div><br></div><div>I thought as much and that makes much more sense.</div><div><br></div><div>If we are OK with the letter as-is addressed to both, I will send on Monday.</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>Le 21 sept. 2012 à 17:45, <<a href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
<div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Stephane,</div><div><br></div><div>You did misunderstand. I did not want to cut Bertrand out, but merely to include the full Board or, if chosen, to focus on the appropriate committees. It is a nod to official responsibilities. </div><div><br></div><div>You know I am the soul of propriety.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>John Berard</div><div>Founder</div><div>Credible Context</div><div>58 West Portal Avenue, #291</div><div>San Francisco, CA 94127</div><div>m: 415.845.4388</div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [council] updated draft letter<br>
From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <<a href="mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com">stephane.vangelder@indom.com</a>><br>
Date: Fri, September 21, 2012 7:28 am<br>
To: Thomas Rickert <<a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de">rickert@anwaelte.de</a>><br>
Cc: GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
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Thanks Thomas.<div><br></div><div>Unless anyone objects violently, I plan to address the letter to both Ray and Bertrand. After all, it was Bertrand who contacted us so it would be plain rude IMO to bypass him in our response.</div><div><br></div><div>As a personal note, I have to admit to not understanding John's desire to cut Bertrand out at all (if that's what it is - it is entirely possible I just misunderstood).</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; 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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; 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; 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; 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; 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 NetNames France</div><div>----------------<br>Registry Relations and Strategy Director</div></div><div>NetNames</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; " lang="EN-GB">T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51<br>F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61<br><br></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>Le 21 sept. 2012 à 15:49, Thomas Rickert a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Stéphane,</div><div>this was proposed to address John's concern. I had copied John's comment in an earlier e-mail to the list.</div><div>Please find below an updated letter with Ray as addressee and Bertrand in cc (as indicated at the end of the letter). </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Thomas</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Ray Plzak</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div>Chairman of the Board Structural Improvements Committee</div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Ray,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">the GNSO Council would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback to your request for input on the impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">As you know, the Council as well as individual SGs and Constituencies have been discussing this important subject for a long time now. It has also been a topic during face to face meetings between the GNSO Council and the Board and GAC as well as with the ccNSO. Some groups have already or will respond to the Board directly and our impression is that they are confident to have taken appropriate steps to address the upcoming challenges. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">As far as the Council is concerned, here will most likely be quantitative and qualitative challenges. What these will be and their size can hardly be predicted. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">In qualitative terms, there may be new requests to form constituencies and new stakeholder groups in both houses, some of which may be re-configurations or alignments of existing groups.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">Since this is an unknown factor, the effects on the democratic and participatory process of the Council and the response to that are yet to be seen. However, we would like to highlight that ICANN is already publishing information on how to participate (see <a target="_blank" href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/participation.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/participation.htm</a>) including information on how to form a Constituency. Thus, the information and processes are available to be inclusive</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">In quantitative terms, challenges are more predictable in some aspects. For sure, there will be </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more attention by the general pubic and Governments;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more attendants at meetings, which has an impact on sizing the venues; </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more groups that need administrative and technical support;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more telephone conferences with more participants and more remote participation;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more documents to be produced and read; </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more decisions to be made and operationalized;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; "><span lang="EN-GB">- more contractors that need to be managed;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">- the need for ever more stringent budget management and control; and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">- more compliance issues that need to be taken care of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">These quantitative challenges require managerial responses that ICANN can prepare for. Such preparations should also encompass the increased burden on volunteers to deal with even more and potentially more complex material to work on. Processes and support schemes for volunteers should be designed to best possibly avoid volunteer fatigue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">The unknown is what new groups will be established and what their place and role in the ICANN eco system shall be. However, additions will only lead to marginal changes that can be dealt with once they are known.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">In summary, the GNSO Council believes that the current structure is resilient to respond to the challenges to come as long as ICANN provides the resources required to accommodate an increasing number of participants / stakeholders and their respective needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Thank you,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; " lang="EN-GB">Stéphane van Gelder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Chair, GNSO Council</div><div><br></div></div><div>cc: Bertrand de La Chapelle</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>Am 21.09.2012 um 11:18 schrieb Stéphane Van Gelder:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Why Ray and not Bertrand?<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; 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-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; 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; 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; 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; 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 NetNames France</div><div>----------------<br>Registry Relations and Strategy Director</div></div><div>NetNames</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; " lang="EN-GB">T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51<br>F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61<br><br></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>Le 21 sept. 2012 à 10:39, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">OK, thanks Thomas.<div><br></div><div>Can we send the letter out today?</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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 NetNames France</div><div>----------------<br>Registry Relations and Strategy Director</div></div><div>NetNames</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; " lang="EN-GB">T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51<br>F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61<br><br></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>Le 21 sept. 2012 à 10:31, Thomas Rickert a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Stéphane,<div>we are almost there. There was just one suggestion for a change sent by John, which I have copied below:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>***</div><div>Thomas,<br><br>As much as I like stirring the pot, I wonder if we can do one or two<br>things to this letter than have less to do with its content, but its<br>character.<br><br>I know that Bertrand is a member of the Board Structural Improvements<br>Committee, but I don't think that is what motivated his request. Neither<br>is he on the New gTLD Committee.<br><br>He is likely hoping to help solve a problem, much as he tried to do in<br>Cartagena at the Council dinner even before he was seated on the Board. <br>Because of that, could we address the letter to the Board overall (or<br>either of its committees?) and change the opening paragraph to note the<br>request from Bertrand?<br><br>I hate the thought that I am getting mired in the kind of kabuki that I<br>often rail about, but I am uneasy about upsetting Board comity.<br><br>My two cents.<br><br>Cheers, <br><br>John Berard<br>Founder</div><div>***</div><div><br></div><div>Since there were no objections or comments as a response to that suggestion, I propose we address the letter to the Board Structural Improvements Committee (SIC), that is to say to Ray Plzak as its chair. Bertrand wrote that the SIC will review the proposals and therefore it should be adquate to address its chair and cc Bertrand.</div><div><br></div><div>The content of the letter should remain unaltered, though.</div><div><br></div><div>In my note to the Council I reminded the group of the intention discussed during out last call to submit the letter by the end of the week. May I suggest that you dispatch it by COB today to allow for additional comments until then?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Thomas</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>Am 21.09.2012 um 10:12 schrieb Stéphane Van Gelder:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Wolf and everyone else who has responded to Thomas' call.<div><br></div><div>Are we now in a position for me to send the letter as it is now drafted?</div><div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-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; "><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; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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 NetNames France</div><div>----------------<br>Registry Relations and Strategy Director</div></div><div>NetNames</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; " lang="EN-GB">T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51<br>F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61<br><br></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br><div><div>Le 20 sept. 2012 à 22:12, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>> <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="296571120-20092012"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">The ISPCP is supporting to send out this letter</font></span></div> <div> </div><div><span lang="de"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Best regards</font></span> <br><span lang="de"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Wolf-Ulrich </font></span> </div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left" lang="de"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Von:</b> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Thomas Rickert<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 14. September 2012 16:30<br><b>An:</b> GNSO Council List<br><b>Betreff:</b> [council] updated draft letter <br></font><br></div> <div></div> <div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">Dear all,</span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span">as discussed during yesterday's call, please find below the draft letter regarding the impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure including the changes proposed by Stéphane. </span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><br></span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span">Please provide your comments and suggestions as soon as you can as the plan is to finalize the draft by the end of next week.</span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><br></span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span">Kind regards and have a great weekend,</span></div> <div><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span">Thomas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Bertrand,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">the GNSO Council would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback to your request for input on the impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">As you know, the Council as well as individual SGs and Constituencies have been discussing this important subject for a long time now. It has also been a topic during face to face meetings between the GNSO Council and the Board and GAC as well as with the ccNSO. Some groups have already or will respond to the Board directly and our impression is that they are confident to have taken appropriate steps to address the upcoming challenges. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">As far as the Council is concerned, here will most likely be quantitative and qualitative challenges. What these will be and their size can hardly be predicted. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">In qualitative terms, there may be new requests to form constituencies and new stakeholder groups in both houses, some of which may be re-configurations or alignments of existing groups.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">Since this is an unknown factor, the effects on the democratic and participatory process of the Council and the response to that are yet to be seen. However, we would like to highlight that ICANN is already publishing information on how to participate (see <a target="_blank" href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/participation.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/participation.htm</a>) including information on how to form a Constituency. Thus, the information and processes are available to be inclusive</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">In quantitative terms, challenges are more predictable in some aspects. For sure, there will be </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more attention by the general pubic and Governments;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more attendants at meetings, which has an impact on sizing the venues; </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more groups that need administrative and technical support;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more telephone conferences with more participants and more remote participation;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more documents to be produced and read; </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more decisions to be made and operationalized;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">- more contractors that need to be managed;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">- the need for ever more stringent budget management and control; and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">- more compliance issues that need to be taken care of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">These quantitative challenges require managerial responses that ICANN can prepare for. Such preparations should also encompass the increased burden on volunteers to deal with even more and potentially more complex material to work on. Processes and support schemes for volunteers should be designed to best possibly avoid volunteer fatigue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">The unknown is what new groups will be established and what their place and role in the ICANN eco system shall be. However, additions will only lead to marginal changes that can be dealt with once they are known.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">In summary, the GNSO Council believes that the current structure is resilient to respond to the challenges to come as long as ICANN provides the resources required to accommodate an increasing number of participants / stakeholders and their respective needs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Thank you,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" lang="EN-GB">Stéphane van Gelder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Chair, GNSO Council</div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang="EN-GB"><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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