Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Stéphane

thanks a lot for the kind words.  here in the Midwestern part of the US we're 
pretty undemonstrative, so you'll just have to imagine me hanging my head, 
shuffling my feet and muttering "aw shucks."  :-)

just one quick clarification on the August deadline.  Chuck has asked us to 
deliver an "updated Interim report" for the August 26th Council meeting, not a 
Final report.  i noticed this when we were trading date/deadline email and 
phoned him up to confirm that.  after which i heaved a huge sigh of relief.  
we've buried some pretty tough issues in those 3 Principles Annexes and i was 
really scratching my head over how we were ever going to get those resolved in 
3 weeks, during Holiday season.

turns out, we don't have to.  basically, the only thing we **have** to do 
between now and then is update the Interim report we've submitted with a 
summary of the public comments.  everything else we decide to drive into that 
report is a bonus.  if we can resolve some of those issues, great.  if we 
can't, we'll leave them as is and work on them at a more relaxed pace, maybe 
after we've gotten a hint from the results of the September Board retreat.  

that said, i'd like us to spend the call on Monday trying to figure out a 
reasonable list of things that we think we *can* sharpen up for the draft we 
submit to the Council.  it seems to me the biggest opportunities are:

- identify the major points of disagreement in the 3 Principles annexes, and 
then focus on a few that we think we can might be able to resolve in the 3 
weeks we've got 

- continue to mash and merge and combine and blend Proposals to see if we can 
arrive at a smaller number, and perhaps one that has enough support that we 
could move from "no consensus" to "rough consensus with a strong minority"

that said, if everybody throws rocks at me and shouts "lighten up, Mikey" i'll 
heed your wishes.  Mikey the Super-Pressure Ogre has left the stage.  :-)

thanks again Stéphane,

mikey


On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:36 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> Mikey,
> 
> You deserve an amazingly large round of applause in my view. You've steered 
> the group through tense moments and an incredibly tough schedule with a 
> constant sense of humour and of purpose. In my part of the world, people 
> would probably say you're just a genuine good bloke. I agree.
> 
> Well done to Roberto and all the Staff support people as well.
> 
> And well done to the group as a whole. I wonder if ICANN realizes how lucky 
> it is to be able to call on nearly 70 volunteers to give so much of their 
> time, expertise, intelligence and effort into trying to find solutions on 
> topics like this one. I certainly hope the Board does. And I know that the 
> GNSO Council certainly does.
> 
> Now we can look forward to the group completing its final report in August! 
> (In my book, you can't just send a message full of praise like this one 
> without adding at least one little pressure point in there ;) ).
>  
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 24 juil. 2010 à 03:06, Mike O'Connor a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: July 23, 2010 7:55:56 PM CDT
>>> To: mike@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical 
>>> Integration Between Registrars and Registries
>>> 
>>> 
>>> News Alert
>>> 
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23jul10-en.htm
>>> 
>>> Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars 
>>> and Registries
>>> 23 July 2010
>>> The GNSO Vertical Integration Working Group is seeking comments on its 
>>> Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries. 
>>> This Initial Report [PDF, 731 KB] is posted for public comment as a 
>>> required step in the GNSO’s Policy Development Process on Vertical 
>>> Integration between Registrars and Registries. The Initial Report describes 
>>> various proposed solutions for restrictions on vertical integration between 
>>> registrars and registries for adoption in the New gTLD Program.
>>> 
>>> Please note: The Working Group is working under an extremely aggressive 
>>> schedule in order to meet the requirements that have been placed on it by 
>>> the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board. The Working Group is planning to 
>>> continue its analysis throughout the public comment period. Reviewers are 
>>> encouraged to submit comments early to provide the group as much time as 
>>> possible to consider them.
>>> 
>>> The public comment period ends on 12 August 2010.
>>> 
>>> Background:
>>> 
>>> The GNSO Council has commenced a policy development process (PDP) on the 
>>> topic of vertical integration between registrars and registries. The GNSO 
>>> Council formed a working group to evaluate whether any policy 
>>> recommendations should be developed on the topic of vertical integration 
>>> between registrars and registries affecting both new gTLDs and existing 
>>> gTLDs.
>>> 
>>> ICANN is currently in the process of finalizing the implementation details 
>>> for the launch of new gTLDs. ICANN has posted four draft applicant 
>>> guidebooks and a series of topic papers for public comment describing the 
>>> manner in which ICANN proposes to implement this program. These documents 
>>> include proposals on the topic of vertical integration and whether 
>>> cross-ownership restrictions or other rules related to vertical integration 
>>> should be adopted to apply to the New gTLD Program.
>>> 
>>> The Initial Report describes several proposals regarding vertical 
>>> integration that have been developed and analyzed by the VI Working Group. 
>>> No proposal has achieved consensus support within the VI Working Group. 
>>> These proposals are included for the purpose of seeking public comment and 
>>> will be subject to further analysis and debate as the VI Working Group 
>>> continues to strive to develop a consensus position to recommend to the 
>>> GNSO Council on an expedited basis.
>>> 
>>> The Initial Report published for public comment is a “snapshot” of a living 
>>> document that will be revised several times during the public comment 
>>> period. Reviewers are encouraged to check on the working-group wiki for the 
>>> latest version of this Initial Report.
>>> 
>>> This public comment forum is an opportunity to comment on any of the 
>>> proposed vertical integration models that are described the Initial Report. 
>>> The Initial Report will be posted for a public comment period that closes 
>>> on 12 August 2010. Comments can be sent to vi-pdp-initial-report@xxxxxxxxx 
>>> and reviewed athttp://forum.icann.org/lists/vi-pdp-initial-report/.
>>> 
>>> Additional Information:
>>> 
>>> To review the Issues Report on Vertical Integration Between Registries and 
>>> Registrars, please refer to 
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf 
>>> [PDF, 254 KB].
>>> 
>>> The ICANN Board resolution on Vertical Integration is posted at 
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#5.
>>> 
>>> To review the charter describing the policy work undertaken by the Vertical 
>>> Integration Working Group, please refer to: 
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10mar10-en.pdf
>>>  [PDF, 41 KB].
>>> 
>>> For information on the details of the implementation planning activities 
>>> for new gTLDs, please refer to the documents posted 
>>> athttp://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
>>> 
>>> To review updates to the Initial Report that may be developed by the VI 
>>> Working Group during the public comment period, please refer to the archive 
>>> of Initial Report snapshots posted at 
>>> https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi?initial_report_snapshots.
>>> 
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