<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you all will join in the monthly NCSG Open Policy Discussion tomorrow. These calls are a great chance for the GNSO Councilors and other NCSG leaders to engage directly with the entire NCSG membership on the various policy issues and motions pending before the GNSO Council and that will be discussed at the Public Forum in Dakar. </div><div><br></div><div>All are invited to join in the discussion (Agenda & dial-in details below).</div><div>Tuesday 18 October 19:00 UTC (2 hrs)</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div>Robin</div><div>---------</div><div><br></div><div>Dial-In Details: <a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>AGENDA: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Agenda111018">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Agenda111018</a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Agenda bash </h3><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-Updateontheelections"></a>Update on the elections</h3><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-GNSOIssues"></a>GNSO Issues</h3><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Motion to approve an amended version of the process specified as Process B in the Final Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement ("Final Report") to develop a new form of RAA with respect to the High and Medium Priority topics described in the Final Report. - Deferred from the Council meeting on 6 October 2011</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Motion to Adopt the Policy Development Process Work Team Updated Final Report - deferred from the Council meeting on 6 October 2011. </li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">other issues to be covered in Dakar (g-council members???)</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-StakeholderGroupandConstituencyissues"></a><b>Stakeholder Group and Constituency issues</b></h3><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">NCUC Update</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">NPOC Update</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">CC (Candidate) Update</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">NCSG Committees</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Membership Issues</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Relationship between the constituencies, e.g. complaints brought to the board by NPOC</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-WorkingGroupUpdates"></a>Working Group + Updates</h3><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Updates from NCSG representatives on Review teams<ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">WHOIS Policy Review Team</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team</li></ul></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Update from NomCom (?)</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Updates from Policy Working Groups (?)</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-DiscussionoftopicsForBoardMeeting%26nbsp%3B"></a>Discussion of topics For Board Meeting </h3><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Suggested so far on the Policy Committee List</p><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Constituency Relations within the NCSG (Amber)</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The community's role in CEO search (Wendy)</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">JAS and plans for the use of TLD-string auction proceeds (Wendy)</li><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The need for some coherent thinking/process about relations with developing country governments and stakeholders (Bill)</li></ul><h3 style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 15pt; margin-top: 28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a name="Agenda111018-OtherplanningforDakar"></a>Other planning for Dakar</h3><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Discuss the possibility of making sg/constituency statements in the Dakar public forum? (RG)</li></ul></span><div><br></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Other: Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 26 October 2011:</div><div> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+26+October+2011">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+26+October+2011</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><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="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><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">
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