[council] Action items from Prague

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

As a reminder, our next scheduled teleconference is on July 20th. In the 
meantime, there are several action items from Prague that I'd like us to stay 
mindful of.

I have written down the following from our Prague week:

Thick WHOIS PDP
Now that the .COM contract has been renewed, do we want to speed up the 
formation of a DT to draft a charter for the thick Whois PDP WG?

WHOIS RT Final Report
The Board has request input on this from the SOs and ACs by August 30th ( 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#5 ).  
How do we want to proceed?

GNSO Review
We have discussed two possible alternatives: drafting a request to the SIC to 
delay the review and creating a small group to look at this issue. What do we 
want to do?

Wrap-up and brain storming discussion
Do we want to start the ICANN meeting week with a similar, open ended 
discussion, as the one we have during the wrap-up on Thursday?

Welcome letter to incoming CEO
It was suggested during the wrap-up that I write to Fadi to welcome him on 
behalf of the Council. Please see below for a proposed note I have drafted. 
Please voice any opposition to me sending this draft by COB Wednesday July 4.


Dear Fadi,

On behalf of the GNSO Council, I would like to welcome you to ICANN.

Individual members of the GNSO and of the GNSO Council have said that they 
greatly appreciated the opportunity to meet with you informally in Prague. The 
GNSO Council as a whole looks forward to working with Akram Atallah as interim 
CEO over the next few months and with you as incoming CEO starting in October.

The GNSO Council fully appreciated how difficult the task of running an 
organization of ICANN's complexity is. It is precisely what makes ICANN's model 
great - the diversity of stakeholders and interests that are all given an equal 
voice within that model - that also makes it so challenging.

The GNSO Council remains fully committed to ICANN's bottom-up, multistakeholder 
model and is delighted to be able to work with you on strengthening it during 
your tenure as ICANN CEO.

Kind regards,

Stéphane Van Gelder
GNSO Council Chair

Lastly, I would draw your attention to the GAC Prague communiqué which Bruce 
sent to the Council list yesterday and which contains several pieces of advice 
to the Board that are either of relevance to work that the GNSO has been 
involved in, or topics that are also of interest to us.

Thanks,

 
Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Registry Relations and Strategy Director
Group NBT