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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Jonathan:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I have added two additional examples regarding success of the new gTLD program, which I am happy to speak to during our meeting with the Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Brian J. Winterfeldt
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Head of Internet Practice<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#83A6BD">Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">2900 K Street NW, North Tower - Suite 200 / Washington, DC 20007-5118<br>
p / (202) 625-3562 f / (202) 339-8244<br>
<a href="mailto:brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com">brian.winterfeldt@kattenlaw.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> /
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.kattenlaw.com/">www.kattenlaw.com</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a 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>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Robinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] RE: GNSO Council Meeting with ICANN Board<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Following up on below and our preparatory session yesterday, I have notes on the following questions / discussion points<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">I feel we could do with a little more substance / clarity here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Please can you give your input / comments on list asap.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Add to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Modify<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Volunteer / Commit to lead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">We may get to discuss more at lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Overarching Issues / Challenges (Jonathan, A.N. Other?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Volume of work and pace of change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Concerns over dominance of top-down / executive & board led initiatives
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Guarantee of the preservation of bottom-up and consensus based multi-stakeholder system<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Specific Questions & Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">IGO / INGO Issue (Thomas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Board commitment to bottom-up processes (PDP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Current view of board of the success (or not) of the new gTLD programme (Introduced by?)<br>
(Follow-on: How is the board planning to evaluate success?). <br>
Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Name collisions. GEO TLDs. Reservation list (Who?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RAA. Data retention requirements (James +1)(Ching +1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">New gTLD objections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">An ad hoc, unbalanced and unduly narrow proposed SCO review mechanism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">Unmitigated and uncapped ICC delays and fees in community and limited public interest objections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What is the decision making process leading to reconciling GAC advice / GNSO policy? (John)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A number of SSAC reports seem to be backlogged (Mikey)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">N.B. Were these adequately covered yesterday with Fadi?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Jonathan Robinson [<a href="mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com">mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 21 March 2014 11:22<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> GNSO Council Meeting with ICANN Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I have spoken with Steve Crocker and out of that conversation, a proposed structure of our 90 minutes meeting with the board has emerged (see below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Note that there is specific scope for raising key questions / issues with the board and the structure anticipates some of these.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I propose to deliver the GNSO Council update using a few slides if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Any thoughts or comments on fleshing this out are welcome, particularly on “specific questions” and “current challenges / issues”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">GNSO Council</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">GNSO Council update to ICANN Board (10 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brief description of GNSO Council and GNSO process improvements.
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Focus on reality v. possible perception. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Specific highlight of GAC / GNSO work on early GAC engagement in the policy process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Specific questions the GNSO Council has for the ICANN Board, i.e. the GNSO Council’s “asks" if not covered elsewhere on agenda (15 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Highlight current challenges GNSO is currently dealing with.
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This might include the pace of change, concerns about top-down vs bottom up, etc. (15 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">ICANN Board</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ICANN Board update on how the Board is working, where our focus is, etc. <br>
Division of labor and coordination with the CEO. (10 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Clarification about the role, purpose and operation of the new Board Advisory Committees. (15 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ICANN Board’s view of ICANN Globalization, IANA Globalization and general Internet Governance. (20 mins)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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