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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>A reminder that Monday
is the last day to volunteer to be on the GNSO working group on vertical
integration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Here is the staff-created
Wiki page which provides a central source for information about this activity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi">https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The WG has me and
Avri on it, but the size of this thing is swelling in the wake of the board
resolution that cut the ground out from under the feet of virtually all the
economic interest groups. (See my blog post for an explanation: <a
href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/19/4484595.html#comments">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/3/19/4484595.html#comments</a>
)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Mostly we have
registry and registrar interests, there along with the BC people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>It might be nice if additional
NCSG-ers, with knowledge of how the domain name business works, were also to
volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>If you want to do
so, you need to fill out a “Statement of Interest” form and express
your interest to <a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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