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class=831192611-18032010>Following the discussion in Nairobi we definitely need
some ISPCP representative to the WG. Is there a volunteer (Masa, T. Harris...)?
Participation should be announced by Monday, March
22.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New">Best
regards</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT
face="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> ICANN News Alert
[mailto:communications@icann.org] <BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Mittwoch, 17. März 2010
23:11<BR><B>An:</B> Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich<BR><B>Betreff:</B> ICANN News Alert --
Call for Participation on the Vertical Integration Policy Development Process
(PDP) Working Group<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<H1 id=page-title>Call for Participation on the Vertical Integration Policy
Development Process (PDP) Working Group</H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 15px 0px 0px">12 March 2010</P>
<P><STRONG></STRONG>The GNSO Council has initiated a policy development
process (PDP) on the topic of Vertical Integration between Registrars and
Registries. At its 10 March 2010 meeting, the GNSO Council formed a working
group to perform the activities of this PDP, and is now seeking volunteers to
serve on the working group.</P>
<P>This working group will evaluate and propose policy recommendations for new
gTLDs and existing gTLDs on the topic of vertical integration between
registries and registrars. The working group expects to define the range of
restrictions on vertical separation that are currently in effect, to serve as
a baseline to evaluate future proposals. The work will be done an expedited
basis, with an expected completion date of 30 June 2010, and will follow the
parameters of the charter approved by the GNSO Council for this PDP.</P>
<P>If you would like to participate in this working group as a volunteer,
kindly respond by email to <A
href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</A>
by Monday, 22 March. You will need to submit your Statement of Interest in
order to serve on this working group. The template for the Statement of
Interest is described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.</P>
<P>The working group plans to schedule its first meeting during the week of
22-26 March 2010. At that meeting, the first agenda item will be to select the
Chair of the working group. The chair is expected to serve his/her duties in a
neutral manner, in accordance with the GNSO Working Group guidelines. Please
be prepared to nominate and vote an individual to serve as chair for this
working group.</P>
<P>For more information on this policy development process, please refer
to:</P>
<P><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf"><STRONG>Issues
Report on Vertical Integration: </STRONG></A></P>
<P><A
title=http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf</A></P>
<P><STRONG><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10mar10-en.pdf">Charter:</A></STRONG></P>
<P><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10mar10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10mar10-en.pdf</A></P>
<P><STRONG><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf">Working
Group Guidelines:</A></STRONG></P>
<P><A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05feb09-en.pdf</A></P>
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