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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">I already indicated my
support during the meeting in the chat, and I used my proxy
for Marillia as well, however now that we have a few hours to
consider the matter, I will encourage her to speak for herself
if for some reason she disagrees.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-09-29 22:09, Edward Morris
wrote:<br>
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grande,sans-serif;">As NCSG members are not bound and have
free votes I can only state that: 1) I thank Jonathan and
Lisa for their hard work on this, 2) I personally fully
support GNSO being added as a signatory, and 3) I'd </span></span><font
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style="font-size: 14px;">encourage all of my NCSG
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<div><font face="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">?This is a pretty big deal. The
transfer of IP rights is a sign that the transition
so many of us have worked so hard for for so long is
really about to happen. The IP issue was quite a vexing
one for a bit - happy to support the final solution to the
problem and to see it implemented.</span></font></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;"><b>From</b>: "Drazek, Keith"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kdrazek@Verisign.com"><kdrazek@Verisign.com></a><br>
<b>Sent</b>: Friday, September 30, 2016 2:42 AM<br>
<b>To</b>: "James M. Bladel" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com"><jbladel@godaddy.com></a><br>
<b>Cc</b>: "GNSO Council List"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a>, "Jonathan Robinson"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info"><jrobinson@afilias.info></a><br>
<b>Subject</b>: Re: [council] Re: Note from CWG-Stewardship
Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering
Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property Right</span>
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<div>No objection from the RySG. Full support. </div>
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<div id="AppleMailSignature">Keith<br>
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On Sep 30, 2016, at 2:12 AM, James M. Bladel <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Council Colleagues – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As discussed during our call today,
please respond by COB <b> <u>tomorrow</u></b> (and
preferably sooner) if you have any objections to
adding the GNSO to the list of SO/ACs instructing
ICANN to execute these agreements.<o:p></o:p></p>
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If there are no objections received, we will give
Staff the green light to proceed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
J.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">"James M.
Bladel" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com">jbladel@godaddy.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 29, 2016 at
10:10<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FW: Note from CWG-Stewardship
Chairs to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship
Chartering Organizations Regarding IANA
Intellectual Property Right</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Councilors– <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the note below, in which
the leadership of CWG-Stewardship is asking all
chartering organizations (incl. the GNSO) for their
approval to being included as signatories on a letter,
instructing ICANN to execute the three IANA IPR
agreements referenced & attached. They are asking
for a response by 30 SEP (tomorrow).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While acknowledging the last-minute
nature of this request, this should be a
non-controversial issue and I’d like to include a
discussion of it under AOB for today’s call.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks—<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">J.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
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<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:trang.nguyen@icann.org">trang.nguyen@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 9:37
<b>Subject: </b>Note from CWG-Stewardship Chairs
to the Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship Chartering
Organizations Regarding IANA Intellectual Property
Right</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear
Chairs,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please
see below a note from the Jonathan Robinson and
Lise Fuhr, Co-Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">Dear SO/AC
chairs and co-chairs,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">As part of
the transition implementation work,
representatives from the names community, the
numbers community, the protocol parameters
community, the IETF Trust, and ICANN have
drafted a set of agreements to effectuate the
transfer of the IANA IPR from ICANN to the
IETF Trust and to govern the relationships
amongst the parties with respect to the IPR
after the transfer. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">These
agreements are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">- IANA IPR
Assignment Agreement: This agreement transfers
the IPR from ICANN to the IETF Trust.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">- 3 IANA IPR
License Agreements (one each for the names,
numbers, and protocol parameters IANA
services.): These agreements allows for the
IANA functions operator to use the IPR. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">- IANA - IPR
Community Agreement: This agreement explains
the rights and obligations of the IETF Trust
and each operational community as regards the
IPR.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">After a
public comment period last month, the
agreements have been finalized and are ready
to be executed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-IE">One of the decisions that the CWG
had to make as part of the work was to
identify who would be the signatory of the
Community Agreement on behalf of the Naming
Community. The decision made by the group,
with input from CWG external counsel, was to
ask ICANN to play that role. An instruction
letter has been assembled for that purpose. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">The
Instruction Letter says: "This letter confirms
the request of the Cross Community Working
Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship
Transition Proposal on Naming Related
Functions (“CWG”) for the benefit of those of
its listed chartering organizations – the
Country Code Names Supporting Organization
(“ccNSO”), the Security and Stability Advisory
Committee (“SSAC”), the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (“GNSO”), the At Large
Advisory Committee (“ALAC”) and the
Governmental Advisory Committee (“GAC”) – that
have affirmed or hereafter affirm in writing
that they agree to be included herein (each a
“Consenting SO/AC” and collectively, the
“Names Community”) that ICANN serve as the
signatory for the Names Community under the
Community Agreement."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">This makes
reference to the COs affi</span><span
lang="EN-IE">rming in writing that they agree
to be included in the instruction letter as a
consenting SO/AC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-IE">As ICANN might formally reach out
to us to obtain confirmation that one or more
COs have agreed to be a consenting SO/AC, we
hereby kindly ask that you provide such a
written confirmation as a matter of urgency by
replying to this email, preferably on or
before September 30th, 2016, so that the
signing of the agreement may proceed as
planned.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">Thank you for
your cooperation,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:black" lang="EN-IE">Lise Fuhr
& Jonathan Robinson, CWG co-chairs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:black" lang="EN-IE"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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