RE: [council] Upcoming agenda questions:

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please see my responses to a few of the questions below in CAPS.

Chuck 

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On Behalf Of Avri Doria
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:36 PM
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] Upcoming agenda questions:


Hi,

We  (Chuck, Glen and I) am in the process of putting together the agenda
for the meeting on the 27th.  I have some questions:

- Is someone going to offer a motion regarding electronic voting.

- re the Whois studies discussion - is there need to invite Lorrie
Cranor, the expert who was consulted in preparing the report, to the
meeting.  I have been informed that she is available, but we don't want
to waster her time, or ICANN budget, if we don't have any specific
questions for her at this time.

- On March 6 Denise reported that the Board was waiting for the GNSO
and/or CCNSO to submit a followup to our counter-point letters.  Is this
something we want to pursue or are we happy with the way things are
going?

CG:  I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO REQUEST A RESPONSE FROM THE
ccNSO REGARDING THE ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE JOINT MEETING IN DELHI.  IN
PARTICULAR: 1) IS THERE AGREEMENT THAT FAST TRACK IDN ccTLDs WILL BE
LIMITED TO MEANINGFUL REPRESENTATIONS OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
IDENTIFIED IN THE ISO 3166-1 LIST; 2) ASSUMING THERE IS AGREEMENT ON THE
LIMITED NATURE OF IDN ccTLDs, SHOULD THE GNSO CONSIDER A TEMPORARY
POLICY FOR RESERVING SUCH NAMES UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE ccNSO COMPLETES
ITS FULL PDP?  I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE FOR US TO WAIT UNTIL PARIS
TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THESE ISSUES FOR TWO REASONS: 1) WE LIKELY WOULD
END UP WITH AN UNFRUITFUL SESSION IN PARIS LIKE WE HAD IN DELHI; 2) WE
NEED TO TAKE ACTION SOON REGARDING ANY TEMPORARY NEW gTLD RESERVATION
REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THE DRAFT BASE CONTRACT CAN BE FINALIZED.

   Note: As I mentioned briefly at the end of the previous meeting, the
ccNSO has contacted me regarding the Paris meeting with a proposal that
we meet together on Thursday afternoon.  I think this is a good idea.
What do others think?

CG:  AGREE

One pending issue is whether this is a council-council meeting, as it
was last time, or an SO-SO meeting?  As I understand it, the ccNSO
generally meets in full SO mode. If it is to be a SO-SO meeting, I would
like to find a volunteer to work with  
the ccNSO volunteer to set this up.

CG:  I THINK I AM COMFORTABLE WITH EITHER BUT BELIEVE THAT AN SO-SO
MEETING WOULD REQUIRE A MUCH LONGER BLOCK OF TIME SO WE SHOULD MAKE SURE
THAT SUFFICIENT TIME IS AVAILABLE BEFORE GOING THAT DIRECTION.

I will add this to the agenda,  
but wanted to bring up the issue.

thanks.

a.