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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephanie Perrin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 9 November 2015 3:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org; Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>; 'Volker Greimann' <vgreimann@key-Systems.net>; David (dave@difference.com.au) (dave@difference.com.au) <dave@difference.com.au>; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Re: GNSO Review of the Dublin GAC Communique Template<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues, attached is a draft review of the Dublin GAC communique. I would appreciate your input and discussion on a couple of the items, where our proposed response seems to me rather unclear.<br>
A proposed motion folllows. Thanks to Marika for her help on this task.<br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">Adoption of the GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué for submission to the ICANN Board</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">Whereas,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The Governmental Advisory Committee advises the ICANN Board on issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's
activities or policies and national laws or international agreements. It usually does so as part of a Communiqué, which is published towards the end of every ICANN meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The GNSO is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The GNSO has expressed a desire to provide feedback to the ICANN Board on issues in the GAC Communiqué as these relate to generic top-level domains to
inform the ICANN Board as well as the broader community of past, present or future gTLD policy activities that may directly or indirectly relate to advice provided by the GAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The GNSO Council developed a template to facilitate this process, which was completed following the publication of the Dublin GAC Communiqué by a volunteer
and shared with the GNSO Council for its review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The GNSO hopes that the input provided through its review of the GAC Communiqué will further enhance the co-ordination and promote the sharing of information
on gTLD related policy activities between the GAC, Board and the GNSO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">Resolved,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">The GNSO Council adopts the GNSO Review of the Dublin GAC Communiqué and requests that the GNSO Council Chair communicate the GNSO Review of the Dublin
GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#79726C">Following the communication to the ICANN Board, the GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Council Chair informs the GAC Chair as well as the GAC-GNSO Consultation
Group of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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