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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Main Council agenda items:</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Item 2: Vertical Integration PDP Update</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Item 3: Whois Studies</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Tahoma">•</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Whois Studies Report:<BR>
</FONT><A HREF="file://index.cgi?whois_discussion"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion#</FONT></U></A><BR>
<A HREF="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Tahoma">•</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Public comment site for the Framework for ICANN's FY11 Operating Plan and Budget:</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201004-en.htm#op-budget-fy2011</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">(Note that the comment period ends today.)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Tahoma">•</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> Public comment: Draft NORC Report on Whois Accuracy, (comment period ends 15 April 2010)</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Item 4: Prioritization of GNSO work</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Item 6: Any Other Business (15 minutes)</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">6.1 GNSO action items from 12 March Board Resolutions</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">6.1.1 Joint SO/AC WG "to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs" in response to the ICANN Board Resolution 20 at the Nairobi Meeting</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">6.1.2 Motion:</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">MOTION TO CREATE JOINT SO/AC WORKING GROUP ON NEW GTLD APPLICANT SUPPORT:</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Made by: Rafik Dammak Seconded by:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Olga Cavalli</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Whereas, ICANN aims to ensure that the New gTLD Program is inclusive, along the lines of the organization’s strategic objectives;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Whereas, numerous stakeholders have, on various occasions, expressed concern about the cost of applying and about the material requirements for new gTLDs, and suggested that these costs and material conditions might hinder applicants requiring assistance, especially those from developing regions, from cultural/linguistic groups and from non-profit groups such as philanthropies,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Whereas, on 13 March 2010, the ICANN Board adopted Resolution 20 (</FONT><A HREF="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">) requesting that stakeholders work with their respective ACs and SOs to form a working group to provide a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDS;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Whereas, the GNSO Council desires to form a joint working group with other interested Supporting Organizations (SO’s) and Advisory Committee (AC’s) to fulfill this Board request, and to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to such new GTLD applicants;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved, that the GNSO Council supports the formation of a joint SO/AC working group to respond to the Board’s request by developing a sustainable approach to providing support to new gTLD applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDS;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that Rafik Dammak shall serve as the GNSO Council Liaison for this joint SO/AC working group;</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the GNSO Council Chair shall within 48 hours of this motion inform the Chairs of other SO’s and the AC’s of this action and encourage their participation;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that ICANN Staff shall within seven calendar days of this motion identify and assign applicable Staff support for this working group and arrange for support tools such as a mailing list, website and other tools as needed;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the staff support assigned to this working group shall within 48 hours after the support tools are arranged distribute an invitation for working group participants as widely as possible within the SO/AC community;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the New gTLD Support WG shall initiate its activities within 28 days after the approval of this motion. Until such time as the WG can select a chair and that chair can be confirmed by the participating SO’s and AC’s, the GNSO Council Liaison shall act as interim co-chair with the liaison(s) from other SO’s and AC’s;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the New gTLD Support WG shall as its first action items: i) elect a chair or co-chairs; ii) establish meeting times as needed; and iii) develop and propose a charter describing its tasks and schedule of deliverables for approval by the participating SO’s and AC’s.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Resolved further, that the New gTLD Support WG shall deliver its initial recommendation for community comment in time for discussion at the Brussels ICANN meeting.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Best regards</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wolf-Ulrich</FONT>
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