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Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Below is the draft discussion agenda for this month's constituency call. I hope you will all try to join in the call - and please volunteer to take live meeting minutes. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>11 AUGUST 2009 NCUC Monthly Constituency Meeting<o:p></o:p></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Scheduled for: Tuesday 11 August 2009 from 15:00 - 17:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">To be held via Elluminate online meeting software.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Join NCUC’s NING website to get link to participate in online meeting:<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><a href="http://icann-ncuc.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp">http://icann-ncuc.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp</a>?<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Need volunteers to take running notes of meeting discussion please. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><u>Other Time Zones:</u><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">08:00 - 10:00 - California<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">11:00 - 13:00 - New York<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">12:00 - 14:00 - Sao Paulo<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">15:00 - 17:00 - UTC / Greenwich<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">16:00 -18:00 - London<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">17:00 - 19:00 - Geneva / Tunis<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">18:00 - 20:00 - Alexandria / Nairobi<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">19:30 - 21:30 - Tehran<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">22:00 - 24:00 - Phnom Pehn<o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal">23:00 - 01:00 - Singapore / Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">---------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>Draft Discussion Agenda<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Constituency Business<o:p></o:p></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Membership Growth and Continued Membership Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">NCUC's membership has reached </font></span><span style="font-family: TrebuchetMS-Bold; "><a href="http://ncdnhc.org/page/membership-roster"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">137 members</font></span></a></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> from 48 different countries, including 72 noncommercial organizations and 65 individuals. </font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">This represents a 205% increase in membership since 2008.</font></span><o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Join NING Website for NCUC policy development<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><a href="http://icann-ncuc.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp">http://icann-ncuc.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp</a>?</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Join an NCUC Committee or GNSO Working Group<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><a href="http://ncdnhc.org/groups">http://ncdnhc.org/groups</a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Next NCUC Monthly Meeting: 22 September 2009 – “One Web Day”<o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal">5. Planning for next ICANN Meeting in Seoul, Korea 25 – 30 October 2009 <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>a.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Outreach to local noncommercial groups<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>b.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Consider policy presentation / panel<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>c.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Meeting with ICANN Board in person<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>d.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Local press media outreach<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tragedy of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) Petition and How to Respond <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Reject ICANN drafted charter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ask for reconsideration of board decision? <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><u>II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Substantive GNSO Policy Issues<o:p></o:p></u></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>GNSO Structuring<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Proposed amended GNSO Bylaws Related to GNSO Restructuring<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Comment Period ends 24 August<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200908.html#gnso-restructure">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-200908.html#gnso-restructure</a></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>New gtlds policy – Draft Applicant Guidebook<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">a.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>IRT Report response discussion<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“Vertical Integration” Issue & Registrar–Registry Separation <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Registrant Rights Charter Working Group - We need volunteers<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">5. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Modification of UDRP Rules<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">WIPO Proposal & Comment Period Ends 12 August<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#udrp">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#udrp</a><o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Registration Abuse Working Group – We need volunteers<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Institutional Confidence (Or Lack Thereof)<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Proposed Bylaw changes to improve accountability - Comment Period ends 25 Sept.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07121.html">http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07121.html</a></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Geographic Regions Initial Report Comment Period ends 4 Sept.<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#geo-regions-review">http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#geo-regions-review</a></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Update on other GNSO teams (Fast Flux, Post-Expiration Domain Names, whois, IDNs, RAA) <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Any Other Business?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"> =======================================<o:p></o:p></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>