RE: [council] Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 Nov 2004

[<Lucy.Nichols@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marc-

I agree  ...no final decision should be made on this issue.  

The IPC's primary concern is that the ICANN Staff and President will be making 
a recommendation regarding WIPO II and that the Board could make a decision 
based upon that recommendation prior to our knowing/discussing the 
recommendation.  Certainly, we need to have some idea of where the 
Staff/President are generally coming out on this and more specifically the 
nature of their recommendation --- particularly since no consensus has been 
reached on this issue. 

Regards,

Lucy

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[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ext Marc Schneiders
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:10 AM
To: Marilyn Cade
Cc: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 Nov
2004


This is a pretty serious topic, I agree, as another elected rep. I do
not mind at all that we discuss this tomorrow. I would oppose though
any attempt to rush anything through tomorrow. Be it dismissing the
whole WIPO II request (which my constituency wouldn't mind as such) or
taking some position.  We need serious discussion about this topic,
which cannot be accomplished in one teleconference as such short
notice. I suggest we discuss WIPO II on this list before we make _any_
decision. Thanks.

Marc Schneiders

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, at 19:52 [=GMT-0500], Marilyn Cade wrote:

> Dear Bruce,
> As an elected rep to the BC on Council, I support the request for
> information and offer the following thought:
>
> The working group on WIPO II did not achieve consensus.
> Changes in policy by ICANN require consensus
> In the BC, we have received inquiries from our members, regarding the action
> of the ICANN regarding this issue.
>
> I want to support raisign this issue in Council to a priority level, and
> noting to the Board and staff that there is no support to make changes,
> given that there is no consensus in the working group.
>
> I welcome the opportunity to discuss this within Council and will be on
> Thursday's call. I have to leave at 3:30 EST, so ask that this issue be
> raised between 2 and 3:00 p.m. so that I can help to address it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marilyn
>