[council] RE: Did we receive a briefing paper on the process for amendments to sTLD charters?

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kristina,

A paper was posted on February 21, 2011 
(http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/explantory-memo-community-change-request-21feb11-en.pdf);
 which was heavily objected to on a number of grounds by the RySG.  In our 
view, there were a number of flawed assumptions in there as well as too heavy a 
hand by ICANN.

I am not sure if someone from staff forwarded this to you, so I thought I would 
and send it to the Council.  At a few of the meetings, I brought this up at the 
council level (in San Francisco in particular), but the Council did not seem 
interested in taking it up at the time (or maybe they weren't paying attention 
:))

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy


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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Rosette, Kristina
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:48 AM
To: 'council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [council] Did we receive a briefing paper on the process for 
amendments to sTLD charters?


All,

I was just reading the BGC's December 9, 2010 recommendation on the .jobs 
Charter Compliance Coalition reconsideration request and came across this 
footnote on page 12:


4 The BGC also thinks that the Board should address the need for a process to 
evaluate amendments that may have the effect of changing, or seeking to change, 
an sTLD Charter or Stated Purpose of a sponsored, restricted or community-based 
TLD. Because such a process may impact gTLDs greatly and is a policy issue, the 
GNSO is the natural starting point for evaluating such a process. We therefore 
further recommend that the Board direct the CEO to create a briefing paper for 
the GNSO to consider on this matter, and for the GNSO to determine whether a 
policy development process should be commenced.

I don't recall receiving any such briefing paper.  Did we receive one?  If so, 
would the relevant staff person mind sending me a copy of it?  Thanks!

K