Re: [gnso-idng] motion for IDNG WG formation

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

That's what I was referring to when I said that we'd already discussed this
at Council level in my previous email.

The difference is, as I see it, that this time we would set a date. That
hasn't been done before and I would see this as an important signal sent by
the GNSO that this shouldn't stay a moving target forever.

Stéphane


Le 07/06/09 18:56, « Alan Greenberg » <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 
> Perhaps I am missing something, but we already
> seem to have passed a similar motion January 8th.
> 
> The GNSO Council changes Implementation Guideline E to the following:
>    * Best efforts will be made to ensure that the
> second Draft Applicant Guidebook is posted for
> public comment at least 14 days before the first
> international meeting of 2009, to be held in Mexico from March 1 to March 6.
>    * ICANN will initiate the Communications
> Period at the same time that the second Draft
> Applicant Guidebook is posted for public comment.
>    * The opening of the initial application round
> will occur no earlier than four (4) months after
> the start of the Communications Period and no
> earlier than 30 days after the posting of the final Applicant Guidebook (RFP).
> 
> Although history has overtaken us and there will
> now be 3rd draft, isn't the intent the same?
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 07/06/2009 12:39 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>> Thanks Chuck,
>> 
>> I think that's an excellent suggestion. Unless I'm mistaken, it's something
>> that we have discussed before at council level and I was already in favour
>> of it then. I would like to see, or be happy to propose, a motion along
>> those lines.
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> Le 07/06/09 15:41, « Gomes, Chuck » <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>> <text omitted>
>>> 
>>> A long time ago we talked about the idea of initiating the Communications
>>> Period before the final DAG was approved.  As you know, the GNSO new gTLD
>>> recommendations call for a minimum 4-month
>> Communications Period after the RFP
>>> is approved by the Board.  The GNSO Council could officially modify that
>>> recommendation to something like the following: "The formal Communications
>>> Period as recommended by the GNSO Council should be initiated NLT 1 October
>>> 2009 and should end no earlier than 31 January 2009 or 30 days after final
>>> Board approval of the DAG, whichever is later."  We should recognize that
>>> those who do not want new gTLDs would likely not support this but I think
>>> there are chances that we could get a fairly
>> strong majority of the Council to
>>> support something like this.
> 
>