Dear Team members:<div><br></div><div>For the benefit of those Team members who might not be aware of actions referenced in Kathy's email, I've provided some additional information on point #1 below</div><div><br></div>
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<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The Board has send the general “consumer” issue of the AoC to the GNSO Council for definition and deliberation. With that process still in progress, I think the Board would be reluctant to have us (the WRT) step-in in a broad manner. This is now a GNSO definitional issue, and not one I think we should intrude upon. The scope will ultimately decided by the GNSO. </span> </p>
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Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation</h3></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">
Whereas, the area of consumer choice, competition and innovation is one of the strategic areas for ICANN in the 2010 to 2013 strategy plan <<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-19feb10-en.pdf" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-19feb10-en.pdf</a>> [PDF, 491 KB].</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Whereas, ICANN has committed to promoting competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the Affirmation of Commitments <<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/documents/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); ">http://www.icann.org/en/documents/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm</a>>.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Whereas, if and when new gTLDs (whether in ASCII or other language character sets) have been in operation for one year, ICANN has committed to organize a review that will examine the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted competition, consumer trust and consumer choice.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Resolved (2010.12.10.30), the ICANN Board requests advice from the ALAC, GAC, GNSO and ccNSO on establishing the definition, measures, and three year targets for those measures, for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of the domain name system, such advice to be provided for discussion at the ICANN International Public meeting in San Francisco from 13-18 March 2011.</p>
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Also, the Board has indicated its commitment to supporting the independence of the AoC review teams and declined to dictate scope or direction to the ATRT. I would expecte the same for the Whois review, but I encourage the Team to contact the Board if you have any questions on this. </p>
</div></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Denise<br clear="all">Denise Michel<br>ICANN <br>Advisor to the President & CEO<br><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" target="_blank">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br>
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