<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>In relation to item 5, I thought it might be helpful to share with you the staff view on this issue resulting from discussions held with the Council leadership in relation to the recent vote on the delay of the 'thick' Whois PDP. I've compiled these in the attached document which has also been posted on the wiki (see <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/Next+Meeting">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosci/Next+Meeting</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marika</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> "<a href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:43:35 -0700<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Nathalie Peregrine <<a href="mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] AW: Meeting Invitation / Standing Committee on Improvements Implementation: Kick-off meeting/ Thursday 19 April at 1900 UTC<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19190"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks Nathalie.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">I'd like to suggest the following agenda:</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">1. Roll call</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">2. Statements of Interest</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">3. Consent agenda</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"></span><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">4. Deferral of
motions</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial">5. <font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">T<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; " lang="EN-GB">hreshold rules needed for delaying a
PDP</span></font></font></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; " lang="EN-GB">6. Proxy voting procedure</span></font></font></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953082220-16042012"><font size="2" face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; " lang="EN-GB">7. AOB</span></font></font></font></span></div><div> </div><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><p><span lang="de"><font size="2" face="Courier New">Mit freundlichen
Grüßen</font></span> <br><span lang="de"><font size="2" face="Courier New">Best
regards</font></span> <br><span lang="de"><font size="2" face="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich </font></span></p><br><blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr">
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>Von:</b> <a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Nathalie
Peregrine<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 16. April 2012 10:35<br><b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b>
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April 2012 at 1900 UTC<span style="COLOR: black"><br></span></b><u><span style="COLOR: #0000fe"><br></span></u>12:00 PDT, 15:00 <span style="COLOR: black">EDT</span>, 20:00 London, 21:00 CET<span style="COLOR: black"><br></span><b><span style="COLOR: red"><br></span></b><span style="COLOR: black">For other places
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47-21-590-062
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63-2-858-3716
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KOREA
82-2-6744-1083
00798-14800-7352<br>SPAIN
34-91-414-25-33
800-300-053<br>SWEDEN
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41-44-580-6398
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telephone.<br><br></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " lang="EN-US">---------------------------- <br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; " lang="EN-US">Nathalie Peregrine<span style="COLOR: black"><br>GNSO
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