<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div>One of the Issues for the meeting on 17 Feb<div><br></div><div>a.</div><div><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;">"Gomes, Chuck" <<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com">cgomes@verisign.com</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;">11 February 2010 01:01:57 GMT+01:00<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;">"David W. Maher" <<a href="mailto:dmaher@pir.org">dmaher@pir.org</a>>, "Mason Cole" <<a href="mailto:masonc@snapnames.com">masonc@snapnames.com</a>>, "Avri Doria" <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>>, "J. Scott Evans" <<a href="mailto:jscottevans@yahoo.com">jscottevans@yahoo.com</a>>, "Marilyn Cade" <<a href="mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com">marilynscade@hotmail.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:secretariat@ispcp.info">secretariat@ispcp.info</a>>, <<a href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>>, "Jaime B Wagner" <<a href="mailto:j@bwagner.com.br">j@bwagner.com.br</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>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:gnso-arr-dt@icann.org">gnso-arr-dt@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font size="3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Times New Roman">Message to SG <span class="700403323-10022010">Chairs
</span><span class="700403323-10022010">and Constituency
Leaders</span></font></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman">A
GNSO Council motion has been made and seconded for action on 18 February to
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">approve a
plan whereby the GNSO may endorse up to six volunteers for the 2010 Affirmation
of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review Team as
follows:</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Each stakeholder
group will</span> select one nominee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span>Up to two additional nominees will be selected by a simple
majority vote of each house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One of
these slots will be reserved for candidates who do not self-identify with any
particular stakeholder group, including NomCom appointees.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"></font></span> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Times New Roman">If this plan is approved, all applications from
volunteers requesting GNSO endorsement would be forwarded to the SGs as soon as
possible after the application period closes on 22 February, and not later than
24 or 25 February (depending on whether a special Council meeting is scheduled
for 25 or 26 February), the SGs would be requested to:</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Endorse one
[primary] candidate [and up to two alternates] from the applications received
and notify the GNSO Secretariat of the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>[At least one alternate must be of
different gender and from a different geographic region from the primary
candidate.]</span></font><a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="outbind://79/#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Provide
direction for their Councilors regarding what candidates they should endorse for
the two open endorsements described in item 2 above</span>.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman">With the understanding that the proposed plan could be
amended on 18 February, anything you can do to prepare for the above tasks and
facilitate success of the endorsement process will be greatly appreciated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As you can tell, the SGs and the Council
will have extremely short turn-around times for the above tasks.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman">If you have any questions, please let me know.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman">Chuck Gomes</font></div>
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<div id="ftn1" style="mso-element: footnote"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="outbind://79/#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> Bracketed text was added by the Council Chair and
not approved by the GNSO DT that developed the proposed endorsement
process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The GNSO community and the
GNSO Council will have just 2 to 3 days to review applications from volunteers
requesting GNSO endorsement, so if the SGs can provide the two alternates as
described in addition to a primary candidate, it could greatly facilitate
Council final action on the endorsements on either 25 or 26
February.</font></div></div></div></span></font></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span class="700403323-10022010"></span></font></font></span>
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<div style="mso-element: footnote"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span class="700403323-10022010">P.S. - In
addressing this message, I realized that I was not sure who the NCSG and CSG
chairs are so I included constituency leaders as best as I could determine so as
to get this message out as soon as possible. If I missed anyone, please
forward this message right
away.</span></font></font></span></div></div></font></div></div>
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