Re: [council] Report from 3.4.13 ccNSO Council meeting

[John Berard <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan,

No, no questions or legitimate opportunity for a liaison to jump in.

Cheers,

Berard

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On Mar 15, 2013, at 12:57 AM, "Jonathan Robinson" 
<jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks John,
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> It’s helpful to receive this succinct digest of relevant points.
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> Were you asked any questions or for input on the GNSO, the Council and our 
> work?
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> Jonathan
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> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 14 March 2013 15:07
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [council] Report from 3.4.13 ccNSO Council meeting
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> To the GNSO Council:
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> As liaison to the ccNSO Council, I participate in its meeting on Tuesday, 
> March 12. There were four bits of the hour-long meeting (they seek to keep to 
> a strict 60 minute limit) that are of particular interest to us.
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> 1.  Chair Lesley Cowley reported on calls with Jonathan Robinson regarding a 
> meeting in Beijing between the two councils.  Such a meeting, in as much as 
> the two worlds -- country code and generic TLDs -- are so different they 
> demand a bit of forethought in an attempt to develop a more substantive 
> agenda.  This was reflected in the three items that are likely to be on that 
> agenda:
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> a. Internet governance (most of the regional reports were of collaboration 
> with national government organizations on the matter; additionally, there is 
> concern that the internet governance discussion does not reflect the unique 
> nature of the cc’s)
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> b. The effect of new gTLDs on ICANN's table of organization (with the 
> understanding that the cc's are keen to remain separate and apart from such 
> changes)
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> c.  Handling direct requests from the Board and other Advisory Committee (the 
> ccNSO feels it has a method in place to handle such things and will likely 
> brief us on it)
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> 2.  Vice Chair Keith Davidson reported on a meeting with Fadi who said that 
> ICANN intends to further internationalize the organization by putting 
> executives in Singapore and Istanbul.  No discussion on who or when.
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> 3.  A number of the ccNSO Council members expressed concern over findings of 
> the Echo reputation study done by and about ICANN.  The discussion focused on 
> how different its negative results were from the positive results from 
> studies about ccTLDs. 
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> 4.  Cowley noted that it was unlikely that the ccNNO Council will meet with 
> the GAC in Beijing "as the GAC is focused on new gTLDs"
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> Cheers,
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> John Berard
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