<HTML><HEAD>
<META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<DIV>All:</DIV>
<DIV>I am now home safe and sound from Tunisia, and will share with you this final report. </DIV>
<DIV>You have already received a GNSO Council report from Chon. Milton attended by phone and Chon was there in person, and Gabriel sent his proxy to Chon, so we were well-represented. Chon was articulate in calling for some final revisions to the language of the Task Force descriptions -- which he received. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Milton's vision of a task force to review the data elements of the WHOIS record (a record 21 years old and badly in need of revisiting) was achieved. Task Force 2 was accepted by the Names Council, and now the right questions can be asked, including what do we need from a domain name registrant and who should have access to the information? The GNSO Council, as you know, also created Task Force 1 (bulk access to WHOIS data for marketing and other purposes), and Task Force 3 (whether WHOIS data should be more accurate, and if so, how to do it). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>And sigh, all three Task Forces will run in parallel at the same time. So we will need everyone's help -- for information gathering, responding to questions, editing, etc. If you are particularly interested in one or more task forces, please let us know. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>After the Council meeting, things were a bit quieter. At the ICANN Public Forum, an all-day meeting that takes place in front of the ICANN Board to discuss issues (and in which the ICANN Board is generally quiet), the key controversy was over new sponsored TLDs, and opposition to ICANN's decision not to offer any this year. The next day, the Board reversed its decision and decided to go ahead with a "limited" offering. .TRAVEL and .MOBILE will be first in line. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The last day, Friday, was the ICANN Board. This is the day in which the audience listens and the Board talks. But the new Board did little talking. Vint Cerf did the vast majority of work: reading resolutions, calling for votes, getting everything passed quickly. Vint was reelected for another term as Chair; and Alejandro Pisanty, participating by phone from Mexico, was reelected as Vice-Chair. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I was impressed by one Board member in particular, Mohammed Diop from Senegal. He talked with me privately and the Board and audience publicly about the tremendous need for top level domains in many languages ("IDNs"). He is very concerned about delays here, and thinks that the barriers to creating IDNs are not too high. I would very much appreciate your insight on this issue -- should NCUC be working hard on IDN issues? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Overall, though, the Board members (new and old) were pretty quiet. Here is the link to their names and biographies (<A href="http://www.icann.org/general/abouticann.htm">http://www.icann.org/general/abouticann.htm</A>). If you happen to know them, please let us know. These individuals hold a great deal of power in ICANN, and as we continue to talk about issues of such importance -- personal privacy, freedom of communication, and due process of law -- the more we can reach out to explain our concerns, the better off we will be.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Many thanks for sending me to Tunisia,</DIV>
<DIV>Kathy (Kleiman)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>