<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Further to the motion NCUC submitted to council, which was approved, calling for an issues report...<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Denise Michel <<a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org">denise.michel@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">October 9, 2009 6:20:39 AM GMT+02:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>, liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>>, At-Large Worldwide <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[At-Large] Invitation to attend Registry/Registrar Separation Models conference call on 19 October, 2009 at 14:00 UTC.</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">At-Large Worldwide <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div>*Title: **Interactive Session on Registry/Registrar Separation Models*<br><br>*When: *Monday, 19 October, 2009*<br>*<br><br>* Time: *14:00 to 17:00 UTC<br><br><br>Dear ICANN Community Member:<br><br>You are cordially invited to participate in a public, interactive,<br>conference call discussion on registry/registrar separation models. This<br>session has been scheduled to provide ample opportunity for community input<br>on registry-registrar separation requirements in new gTLDs, and to respond<br>to several<br>requests for more public sessions on this topic. If you are unable to<br>attend this session, there will be another opportunity to discuss this topic<br>at the "Registry/Registrar Separation<br>Discussion<<a href="http://sel.icann.org/node/7083">http://sel.icann.org/node/7083</a>>"<br>forum on Monday, 26 October, 15:00 - 16:30, at the ICANN Seoul meeting.<br>Recordings and presentations from both of these events will be publicly<br>posted. Alternatively, you may choose to send your comments on this issue<br>to the *version 3* Draft Applicant Guidebook public<br>forum<<a href="http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#agbv3">http://icann.org/en/public-comment/#agbv3</a>>,<br>which is open through 22 November 2009.<br><br>*Session Details:*<br><br>As space is limited, this is an invitation-only event. If you would like to<br>attend, please RSVP via email to <<a href="mailto:rrseparationwebinar@icann.org">rrseparationwebinar@icann.org</a>> prior to<br>COB on *October 14, 2009* to secure your place. An email reminder will be<br>sent to registered individuals before the event with all log-in and dial-in<br>details. *Please DO NOT reply to this email or RSVP to ICANN Staff<br>members.<br>*<br><br>*IMPORTANT – call for additional presenters*!<br><br>If you or a community representative wish to present at this session, please<br>email *Carole Cornell* <<a href="mailto:carole.cornell@icann.org">carole.cornell@icann.org</a>> and Kurt Pritz <<br><a href="mailto:kurt.pritz@icann.org">kurt.pritz@icann.org</a>>no later than 13 October 2009. Please include in this<br>email a paragraph describing your proposed presentation, your (short)<br>biography and, if possible, a photo. Each prospective presenter will be<br>notified by 14 October whether their presentation can be accommodated, and<br>presenters also will receive details on speaking time and other<br>requirements. All presentations must be submitted to<br><a href="mailto:carole.cornell@icann.org">carole.cornell@icann.org</a> by 16 October 2009.<br><br>Since the conference call time is limited, presentation slots will be given<br>to the Registrar and Registry Constituencies, and remaining slots will be<br>offered first to representatives for the At-Large Advisory Committee, the<br>Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group, and the Commercial Stakeholder<br>Group.After presenters are set, a detailed agenda and information on<br>speakers will<br>be distributed.<br><br>The session is scheduled for three hours and will be conducted in English<br>only. During the conference call, slides will be presented via Adobe<br>Connect, a dial-in conference bridge will be provided for audio, and<br>questions may be submitted using the Q&A function of Adobe Connect. All<br>questions and answers received, as well as the audio recording of the<br>session and materials used during the presentation, will be posted on<br>ICANN’s website.<br><br>*Session Description*:<br><br>The initial agenda is included below. This session will focus on models for<br>proposed structural/organizational separation requirements. Multiple models<br>will be presented and discussed, and opportunities for Q&A will be<br>provided.<br>*Interactive Session on Registry-Registrar Separation.*<br><br>*Initial Agenda<br><br>Moderator: Joe Sims<br><br>Presenters: Steve Salop and others to be determined. ICANN is soliciting<br>presentations that will be made according to the agenda and rules below. If<br>there are more offers of presentations than there is time permitted than<br>representatives from the registrar constituency, registry constituency and<br>the community at-large will be given a preference.<br><br>Agenda and conduct of the session will follow these lines:<br><br>Dr. Steve Salop will make an introduction: briefly describing the subject<br>matter and describing the results of recent consultations with certain<br>registries and registrars.<br><br>Joe Sims will describe the rules for participating in the session.<br><br>A presenter will describe a model for proposed structural/organization<br>separation requirement. Each presentation should include slides and last<br>about 20 minutes. The model should: (1) define and address organizational<br>separation requirements (co-ownership or affiliation); (2) structural<br>separation requirements; (3) if the model proposes that co-ownership be<br>permitted, describe what limits or restrictions should be placed on the<br>affiliated parties; (4) also describe the benefits or harms avoided to<br>registrants through the proposed model.<br><br>After each presentation, the presenter will answer questions. The moderator<br>or Steve Salop may ask clarifying questions. Session attendees can ask<br>questions through the interactive format by typing in questions. All<br>questions are actually posed by the moderator who will read the questions<br>typed in by the participants and, depending on volume, select from them.<br>Selection will be based on asking at least a representative sample of all<br>questions.<br>This will be followed by another presentation. It is anticipated that there<br>will be 4-5 presentations.<br>*<br><br>*Initial Speaker Information:<br><br>Joe Sims – Moderator is a Senior Antitrust Partner, Jones Day.<br><br>Steve Salop – Professor of Law and Economics, Georgetown University Law<br>Center; former Associate Director for Special Projects and Industry<br>Analysis, Bureau of Economics, US Federal Trade Commission; former Economist<br>at Civil Aeronautics Board/Federal Reserve Board; prolific author and<br>speaker.*<br><br>*<br>*<br><br>We are looking forward to your participation.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Denise Michel, Vice President, Policy<br>Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, Services<br>_______________________________________________<br>At-Large mailing list<br><a href="mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann.org<br><br>At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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