[council] GNSO Council resolution

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Councillors,



Ahead of the official Council minutes the following motion was passed at the 
meeting today, 7 October 2010 and the GNSO Council endorsed Carlos Affonso 
Pereira de Souza as a replacement for Willie Currie on the AoC A&T Review Team.



Motion to Respond to the ICANN Board on Vertical Integration.

Made by: Chuck Gomes

Seconded by: Adrian Kinderis



Whereas, on 28 January 2010, the GNSO Council approved a policy development 
process (PDP) on the topic of vertical integration between registries and 
registrars;



Whereas, in Section 2.11 (Vertical Integration) of the 25 September 2010 
Adopted Board Resolutions 
(http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm)the ICANN Board 
inquired whether the GNSO has achieved a consensus position on the topic of 
vertical integration with regard to New gTLDs;



Whereas the VI Working Group discussed many different issues, reviewed many 
different models and produced its Revised Initial Report, the VI Working Group 
has not yet produced recommendations that are supported by the consensus of its 
members;



Whereas, on 29 September 2010, the GNSO Council Chair received notice from the 
VI PDP WG stating "to date the Working Group has not reached a consensus view 
on vertical integration";



Whereas, the GNSO Council desires to respond to the Board's inquiry;



NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:



RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council acknowledges that the VI Working Group is 
unable to achieve a consensus by the Board requested date of 8 October 2010;



RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council hereby approves the draft response 
copied below to the ICANN Board and directs Staff to forward the response to 
the ICANN Secretary.



Letter



October 7, 2010

To:



Mr. Peter Dengate-Thrush

Chair - ICANN Board



Re: Vertical Integration Recommendations for the New gTLD Program



Dear Peter,



This is in response to Section 2.11 (Vertical Integration) of the 25 September 
2010 Adopted Board Resolutions 
(http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25sep10-en.htm) in which the ICANN 
Board inquired whether the GNSO has achieved a consensus position on the topic 
of vertical integration with regard to New gTLDs.



Please be advised that the GNSO Council was notified by the Vertical 
Integration PDP Working Group (VI WG) that it was unable to reach a consensus 
position on the issue of vertical integration. Although the WG has been 
diligently evaluating this issue for several months, it is unable to deliver 
recommendations that are supported by a consensus of its members by the ICANN 
Board's deadline of 8 October 2010.



Sincerely,



Chuck Gomes

Chair

GNSO Council



The  motion passed unanimously by voice vote



Please let me know if you have any questions.



Thank you.

Kind regards,



Glen



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org