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<DIV>On that point, please note that we are scheduling the NCUC meeting with members of the IRT for Thursday, from 2.15-3 p.m. Sydney time. Remote participation and other details will be sent around as soon as we have them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Konstantinos, if you can dial in for that as well, it would be great!</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Mary</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Mary W S Wong</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Professor of Law</DIV>
<DIV>Franklin Pierce Law Center</DIV>
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<DIV>USA</DIV>
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<DIV>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <A href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</A></DIV><BR><BR>>>> Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis@STRATH.AC.UK> 6/21/2009 8:16 AM >>><BR><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear Robin,<BR><BR>I would like to apologize beforehand but I was wondering whether considering that I will be joining the meeting remotely (and in the UK will be midnight on to the wee hours of the morning) I was wondering whether we could kick our discussion with the new gTLDs and the IRT recommendation?<BR><BR>Thank you.<BR><BR>Best<BR>Konstantinos<BR><BR><BR>On 21/06/2009 06:26, "Robin Gross" <<A href="robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG">robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dear all,<BR><BR>Below is a draft discussion agenda for the NCUC constituency discussion on Tuesday.<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Robin<BR><BR><B>DRAFT Discussion Agenda for NCUC Meeting <BR>23 June 2009 Tuesday 9:00 am - 17:30 (local – Sydney)<BR>Location: Level 2 – Function 4 – Hilton Hotel – Sydney, Australia<BR><U>Morning Discussion<BR></U>I. Substantive Policy Discussions<BR></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"> 1. GNSO Restructuring Discussion<BR> 2. Introduction of New gTLD Policy Concerns<BR>a) General Concerns about Proposed New gTLD Policy<BR>i) Implementation Plan Differs From GNSO Recommendations<BR>ii) Staff Unresponsiveness to NCUC & Lack of Follow-Thru on Providing Documents to Substantiate Invented Legal Stds.<BR>iii) Exorbitant and Unnecessary Costs to Apply for New gTLD<BR>b) Concerns About Intellectual Property Rights Team Report Recommendations to Expand Trademark Rights<BR>c) Concerns About Morality & Public Order Mandates<BR>d) Other Concerns: GAC’s Request to Own Geographical Names / Community Rights / Favoritism for Established Players / Internationalized Domain Names<BR>e) How to respond / strategize<BR> 3. Registrant Rights Charter<BR>4. ICANN “Improving Institutional Confidence”<BR>5. ICANN Joint Project Agreement<BR>6. Update on other GNSO teams (whois, Registration Abuse, Fast Flux, Post-Expiration Domain Names, travel policy, RAA) <BR><B><U>Afternoon Discussion:<BR></U></B></FONT><B><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">II. NCUC Administrative / Constituency Business<BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial">1. Visit from Board Structural Improvements Committee<BR>2. NCUC Representation on GNSO Committees / Working Groups<BR> 3. Recruiting New NCUC Members & Participants – we need <I><U>strong advocates</U></I> for noncommercial users.<BR>4. Upcoming elections for Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Positions: <BR>All Executive Committee Seats and 4 of 6 GNSO Council Seats<BR>5. Next NCUC Monthly Meeting: To Be Doodled 13-19 JULY 2009 <BR>6. Any Other Business<BR> =======================================<BR></FONT><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> <BR> <BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=1><FONT face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR><BR>IP JUSTICE<BR>Robin Gross, Executive Director<BR>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA<BR>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451<BR>w: <A href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</A> e: <A href="robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</A><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR> <BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>-- <BR>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,<BR>Lecturer in Law,<BR>GigaNet Membership Chair,<BR>University of Strathclyde,<BR>The Lord Hope Building,<BR>141 St. James Road,<BR>Glasgow, G4 0LT,<BR>UK<BR>tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<BR>email: <A href="k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</A> <BR></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>