Fwd: [At-Large] Invitation to attend Registry/Registrar Separation Models conference call on 19 October, 2009 at 14:00 UTC.

[William Drake]

Further to the motion NCUC submitted to council, which was approved,  
calling for an issues report...

Begin forwarded message:

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