[council] GNSO PDP new TLDS: Call for further information

[Marilyn Cade]

Just one additional thought, since we have an "agreed" format with
numbering, etc, for ease of reference in discussion, would be important to
keep that also in mind as the further documents are developed.

Thanks, Liz, for the information about when we can expect the further
Initial Report--e.g., end of this week. Important to have it as soon as you
can, given the work that we are all trying to review before flying to
Wellington. :-)

Just one thought, though. The intent of the working session is to split the
time over the two PDPs, as well as the meeting with the GAC working group on
gNSO. That may have been inherent in your email but it sounded a bit like
there was thought that the entire agenda is given over to this particular
pdp, and I don't believe that can be the case. 

But of course, we are still developing the exact schedule of work for
Wellington. I would propose that we devote Saturday a.m. to this work, and
Saturday p.m. to the contractual terms PDP [sometimes called PDP Feb-06].
That will allow us to be prepared for our discussion Sunday a.m. with the
GAC working group, and then we can return to work on the contractual terms
PDP on Sunday p.m, 

Best regards and thanks for the update.

Marilyn Cade
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
Behalf Of Ross Rader
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:09 AM
To: Liz Williams
Cc: GNSO Council
Subject: Re: [council] GNSO PDP new TLDS: Call for further information

In documents like this, it would be useful to augment citations with a 
hyperlink to the referenced message or resource. It is difficult (or 
impossible) for a layperson to read this document and benefit from the 
larger context that these limited footnotes provide for.

There are any number of online style guides that provide recommendations 
for citing online sources ) - I heartily recommend that staff choose one 
of these for future use - it will make these documents eminently more 
readable, and therefore useful, for our purposes.

i.e. http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/Turabian.htm

[25] National Park Service,  Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National 
Historic Site, 11 February 2003, available from 
http://www.nps.gov/abli/; Internet; accessed 13 February 2003.

Liz Williams wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
> 
> I have attached for your review a document which sets out a request for 
> additional information on the technical selection criteria for new TLDs.
> 
> The document focuses on four key questions around technical criteria which
we 
> discussed at some length at the Washington meeting.
> 
> Could I ask you and your constituencies to come to Wellington with more
detailed 
> information about your positions (and the justification for those
positions 
> based on ICANN's mission and values)?  We would then be able to move
forward 
> with discussions about the appropriateness of other selection criteria and

> allocation methods.
> 
> I will be delivering to you all, I hope by the end of this week, an
updated 
> version of the new TLD /Initial Report/ in which I have included
Washington 
> inputs and other information.
> 
> I would expect to be working on that /Initial Report/ during the two day
session 
> planned for 25 & 26 March.
> 
> Kind regards and, of course, any questions come straight back to me.  If 
> necessary, we could add quick discussion of this document to the agenda
for next 
> week's Council call.
> 
> Liz
> .....................................................
> 
> Liz Williams
> Senior Policy Counselor
> ICANN - Brussels
> +32 2 234 7874 tel
> +32 2 234 7848 fax
> +32 497 07 4243 mob
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