<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>Please join in Thursday's (19 July) NCSG Open Policy Call at 15:00 UTC. Draft discussion agenda and dial-in instructions below.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Draft Discussion Agenda</u></b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">1. Registrar Agreement Amendments / Law Enforcement Agency Pressure </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "> Letter inviting review by Privacy Commissioners & Data Retention Officers</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">2. New GTLD issues</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Special privileges for IOC / RC / IGO's </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">URS Summit</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">3. Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice & Competition </span></div><div>Letter to ICANN on Consumer Metrics on Trust</div><div><br></div><div>4. Prep for GNSO Council mtg of 20 July (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+20-07-2012">agenda</a> below)</div><div><br></div>5. AOB<div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size: 15px;"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> ----------------------------</o:p></b> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">Dear All,</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">The <b> NCSG Open Policy</b> teleconference is scheduled on <b>Thursday 19 July 2012 at 15:00 UTC</b> .</span><br><br><span 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href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">Let me know if you have any questions.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span>Thank you.</div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><br><br></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US">Gisella</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><br><span class="apple-style-span">____________________________________________________________________________</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">Participant passcode:</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"> NCSG</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the call. </span><br></span><span class="apple-style-span">____________________________________________________________________________</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">Dial in numbers: </span><br><span class="apple-style-span">Country Toll Numbers Freephone/Toll Free Number</span><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">ARGENTINA 0800-777-0519</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4842 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0944 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1944 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7713 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA PERTH: 61-8-9467-5223 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: 61-2-8205-8129 1-800-657-260</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">AUSTRIA 43-1-92-81-113 0800-005-259</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">BELGIUM 32-2-400-9861 0800-3-8795</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">BRAZIL 0800-7610651</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">CHILE 1230-020-2863</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">CHINA CHINA A: 86-400-810-4789 10800-712-1670</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">CHINA CHINA B: 86-400-810-4789 10800-120-1670</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">COLOMBIA 01800-9-156474</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-64 800-700-177</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">DENMARK 45-7014-0284 8088-8324</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">ESTONIA 800-011-1093</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">FINLAND Land Line: 106-33-203 0-800-9-14610</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">FINLAND Mobile: 09-106-33-203 0-800-9-14610</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">FRANCE LYON: 33-4-26-69-12-85 080-511-1496</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">FRANCE MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-85 080-511-1496</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">FRANCE PARIS: 33-1-70-70-60-72 080-511-1496</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">GERMANY 49-69-2222-20362 0800-664-4247</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">GREECE 30-80-1-100-0687 00800-12-7312</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">HONG KONG 852-3001-3863 800-962-856</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">HUNGARY 06-800-12755</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">INDIA 000-800-852-1268</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">INDONESIA 001-803-011-3982</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">IRELAND 353-1-246-7646 1800-992-368</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">ISRAEL 1-80-9216162</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">ITALY 39-02-3600-6007 800-986-383</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4799 0066-33-132439</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">JAPAN TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5191 0066-33-132439</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">LATVIA 8000-3185</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1364 </span><br><span class="apple-style-span">MALAYSIA 1-800-81-3065</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">MEXICO 001-866-376-9696</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">NETHERLANDS 31-20-718-8588 0800-023-4378</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4771 0800-447-722</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">NORWAY 47-21-590-062 800-15157</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">PANAMA 011-001-800-5072065</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">PERU 0800-53713</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">PHILIPPINES 63-2-858-3716 </span><br><span class="apple-style-span">POLAND 00-800-1212572</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">PORTUGAL 8008-14052</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">RUSSIA 8-10-8002-0144011</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SINGAPORE 65-6883-9230 800-120-4663</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-25 </span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-80414</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1083 00798-14800-7352</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SPAIN 34-91-414-25-33 800-300-053</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SWEDEN 46-8-566-19-348 0200-884-622</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-6398 0800-120-032</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7379 00801-137-797</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">THAILAND 001-800-1206-66056</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9025 0808-238-6029</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3225 0808-238-6029</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2125 0808-238-6029</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7108-6370 0808-238-6029</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1425 0808-238-6029</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">URUGUAY 000-413-598-3421</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">USA 1-517-345-9004 866-692-5726</span><br><span class="apple-style-span">VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3702 </span><br><br><span class="apple-style-span"> </span><br><span class="apple-style-span">Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></blockquote><br></div><div><div><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+20-07-2012">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+20-07-2012</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong>Agenda for the GNSO Council Meeting 20 July 2012</strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated.<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-en.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-en.pdf</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">For convenience:</p><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 3em; list-style-position: outside; padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><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; ">An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.</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; ">An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.</li></ul><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><u><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ccz4c9u" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Meeting Times 11:00 UTC</a><br></u><strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ccz4c9u" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://tinyurl.com/ccz4c9u</a></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Coordinated Universal Time 11:00 UTC<br>04:00 Los Angeles; 07:00 Washington; 12:00 London; 13:00 Paris; 20:00 Tokyo.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong>GNSO Council meeting audiocast</strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><a href="http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u</a></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">1.1 Roll Call</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">1.2 Statement of interest updates</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">1.3 Review/amend agenda</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Draft Minutes of the GNSO Council meeting 27 June 2012 will be approved on <br><br>1.5. GNSO Pending Projects List <br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf</a></p><ul style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 3em; list-style-position: outside; padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; list-style-type: disc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><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; ">Review main changes.</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; ">Comments and/or questions.</li></ul><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 2: Consent agenda (5 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">A consent agenda item is being added as a standard agenda item to provide for a simplified process to obtain Council approval on specific tasks.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">No items on the consent agenda.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 3: Final Elections procedure (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">At the Prague meeting, the proposed election procedure was shown to the Council. A <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-council-chair-election-13jul12-en.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">refined version</a> was sent to the list. This item is to discuss and approve this procedure, so that it can be started.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">3.1 Presentation of procedure (Stéphane Van Gelder)<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-council-chair-election-13jul12-en.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gnso-council-chair-election-13jul12-en.pdf</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">3. 2 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">3. 3 Call to approve procedure.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 4: Thick Whois PDP (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">As the .com agreement has now been renewed (see <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2</a>), the Council may not want to wait until November before a Drafting Team is formed to develop a charter for the 'thick' Whois Policy Development Process Working Group (PDP WG).</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">4.1 Update from staff (Marika Konings)</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">4. 2 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">4. 3 Next steps.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 5: Whois Review Team Final Report (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Considering the Board resolution on the Whois Review Team Final Report and the Board's call for input from the GNSO by August 31, 2012, how should the Council respond?</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">5.1 Update from staff (Margie Milam)</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">5. 2 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">5. 3 Next steps.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 6: Next Steps for Defensive Registrations. </u></strong><strong><u>(10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Staff has delivered a briefing paper {link to paper} to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations at the second level in response from a request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2). The New GTLD Committee requests the GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations at the second level should be undertaken. The Council to discuss the next steps for this effort, in light of other related work (IGO Issue Report/Red Cross/IOC).</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">6.1 Update from Staff (Brian Peck) <br>6.2 Discussion<br>6.3 Next Steps <br><br><strong><u>Item 7: Fake Renewal Notices (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">The GNSO Council requested that a small group prepare a request for information concerning Fake Renewal Notices for the Registrar Stakeholder Group to help inform its deliberations on the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAP WG) Recommendation on Fake Renewal Notices (#2). The drafting team submitted its report to the GNSO Council on 6 March 2012. Following a presentation of the report to the GNSO Council at the ICANN Meeting in Costa Rica, the GNSO Council decided to put the report out for public comment. A public comment forum was opened (see<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/fake-renewal-notices-report-21mar12-en.htm" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/fake-renewal-notices-report-21mar12-en.htm</a>) and has now closed. At its last meeting, the GNSO Council requested the Drafting Team (DT) to review the comments received, update the report if deemed appropriate and report back accordingly. The DT has reviewed the comments received and submitted its updated report to the GNSO Council on 21 June 2012 (see <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/frn/fake-renewal-notices-updated-report-20jun12-en.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/frn/fake-renewal-notices-updated-report-20jun12-en.pdf</a>).</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">7.1 Presentation of updated Fake Renewal Notices Report (Mikey O'Connor) <br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/report-frn-update-redline-20jun12-en.pdf" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/report-frn-update-redline-20jun12-en.pdf</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">7.2 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">7.3 Next steps<br><br><strong><u>Item 8: Internationalised Registration Data WG Final Report (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">During its June 27 Open Meeting, the GNSO Council approved a <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20120627-1" class="external-link" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 108, 166); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">motion</a> to deliver the IRD Final Report to the ICANN Board and to "review the recommendations in the Report and shall provide to the Board its advice with regard to those recommendations that may have policy implications".</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">This agenda item is to discuss next steps in light of this commitment, and to determine how the Council wishes to review and report on the IRD recommendations that may have policy implications.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">8.1 Update from Staff (Julie Hedlund).</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">8.1 Discussion.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">8.1 Next steps.</p><div style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 9: GNSO Review (10 minutes)</u></strong><br><br>At the wrap-up in Prague, there was discussion around forming a small group to examine possible actions ahead of the 2013 ICANN bylaws-mandated review. This is a discussion item to determine whether the Council wishes to move ahead in this way.<br><br>9.1 Report from the small group who offered to examine possible actions ahead.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">9.2 Update from staff (Rob Hoggarth)</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">9.3 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">9.4 Next steps.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 10: Management of work (10 minutes)</u></strong></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">Recent discussions on the Council list have raised concerns about the volume of documents published prior to an ICANN meeting and how these can best be managed by the volunteer community that makes up the GNSO Council as it struggles to read a substantial amount of reports and other documents in order to better inform its own decision making processes with regards to policy.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; ">10.1 Discussion</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; "><strong><u>Item 11: Any Other Business (5 minutes)</u></strong></p></div></div><br></div></body></html>