[council] Regarding policy issues raised by the proposed .com agreement

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

I presented the resolution from the GNSO Council below in the ICANN
public forum.

The chairman of the ICANN board, requested that we identify the policy
issues that the Council wishes to investigate prior to the Board
approving any agreement.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin



Whereas the GNSO constituencies participated in a review of the proposed
settlement and have detailed statements on issues of concern; 

Whereas the GNSO Council supports the conclusion of the litigation
between ICANN and Verisign; 

Whereas the GNSO Council does not support all articles within this
proposed settlement;

Whereas the GNSO Council believes that there are broader questions
raised in the proposed settlement that need to be first addressed by the
GNSO;

The GNSO Council resolves:

That the ICANN Board should postpone adoption of the proposed settlement
while the Council fully investigates the policy issues raised by the
proposed changes.