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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The ICANN Board passed the controversial new gTLD policy,
although implementation details remain to be worked out. But it avoided making
a complete decision about the restructuring of GNSO constituencies. Instead it “</span></font>endorsed
the recommendations of the Board Governance Committee's GNSO Review Working
Group, other than on GNSO Council restructuring,” and then asked the GNSO
to convene “a small working group on Council restructuring including one
representative from the current NomCom appointees, one member from each
constituency and one member from each liaison-appointing advisory committee (if
that advisory committee so desires).” <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This small working group, which will be composed of the people who have
not been able to reach agreement on much over the past 5 years, are commanded
to reach “consensus and submit a consensus recommendation on Council
restructuring by no later than 25 July 2008 for consideration by the ICANN
Board.” The full text of the resolution is here: </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182">http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113182</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This will require some tough negotiation over the next
month. NCUC needs to appoint someone to that small WG. Due to the need to
understand the personalities and political dynamics it should probably either
be me or Robin Gross (and of course in either case we would consult each other
closely) but if anyone else is interested let me know. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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