<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">A huge three cheers for our NCUC Council representatives -- Norbert, Robin and Mawaki -- who led a successful fight (against many odds) to win today! A huge amount of work went on behind the scenes to educate and share ideas with others on Council. I have never been more pleased with ICANN.<BR>
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Thank you! Kathy<BR>
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Dear NCUC colleagues,<BR>
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just a short note after the GNSO Council teleconference (in which also <BR>
Robin Gross and Mawaki Chango participated, the other two NCUC delegates):<BR>
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One agenda item was to handle the two WHOIS purpose drafts, where <BR>
Formulation 1 had been preferred over Formulation 2 by us (and those <BR>
who had been pressing for Formulation 2 withdrew it in Wellington - we <BR>
had a third text today, which was supposed to be an amendment replacing <BR>
1 and 2.<BR>
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First this "amendment" was voted down 17 to 9, and then the original <BR>
Formulation 1 was voted in 18 to 9 - basically from the registries, <BR>
registrars, the three Nomination Committee appointees, and our NCUC <BR>
votes, while the Business, Intellectual Property, and ISP constituencies <BR>
were in the minority during the vote.<BR>
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There were again several suggestions NOT to vote which would have led to <BR>
a further delay as so often before - especially also an intervention <BR>
from an observer/guest in the GNSO Council (I want to clarify the status <BR>
later) of the US government representative on the GAC, who cautioned <BR>
against a hasty vote (on an issue which is going on for 7 years already, <BR>
and has been on the respective Task Force list and open for public <BR>
comments at different stages).<BR>
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