[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Re: Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Final Report / ALAC Ratification

[Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Karla:
I have looked at the announcement and IMO, all the questions with the
exception of the final paragraph of #5 can be excised without loss since
they merely repeat contents of the report itself.

Otherwise, I'm good with the rest of the content.

Thanks very much for this.

Best,
Carlton

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Karla Valente <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Dear Carlton and Rafik,****
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> Please see attached the announcement for the Final Report public comment
> publication. Let me know if this is approved, if not, what changes you would
> like to see.****
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> It follows the lines of previous announcements.****
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> Please disregard the yellow highlights. This is an indicator for web-admin
> to add links, docs, etc.****
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> I look forward to hearing from you.****
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> Kind regards,****
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> Karla Valente****
>
> Director, gTLD Registry Programs****
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> Mobile:  +1 310 936 4639  ****
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> *From:* Karla Valente
> *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2011 12:48 PM
> *To:* 'Carlton Samuels'; 'Rafik Dammak'
> *Cc:* soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* RE: Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Final Report / ALAC
> Ratification
> *Importance:* High****
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> Dear Carlton and Rafik:****
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> Now that the report has been considered by the GNSO and ALAC and submitted
> to the board, I am preparing the announcement and public comment description
> for us to post the Final Report for public comment. I will send it to you
> tomorrow. Assuming there are not much issues with the content I draft, we
> can post it this week.****
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> Thank you,****
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> Karla Valente****
>
> Director, gTLD Registry Programs****
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> Mobile:  +1 310 936 4639  ****
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> *From:* Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond [mailto:ocl@xxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 07, 2011 3:02 PM
> *To:* Steve Crocker
> *Cc:* Secretary; Stéphane Van Gelder; sebastien@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ICANN
> At-Large Staff; Liz Gasster; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; Karla Valente; Kurt
> Pritz
> *Subject:* Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Final Report / ALAC Ratification*
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> Dear Steve,
>
>
> I am pleased to inform you that the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) has
> ratified the following ALAC Resolution:
>
> -- start of resolution --****
>
> WHEREAS the ALAC has long supported the requirement of reducing barriers to
> Top Level Domain (TLD) creation in developing economies; and ****
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> WHEREAS the ALAC has co-chartered the Joint Applicant Support Working Group
> (JAS WG) and welcomed the participation of many At-Large members in its
> activities; and ****
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> WHEREAS the ALAC has reviewed and endorsed earlier milestone reports of
> this Working Group; and ****
>
> WHEREAS the JAS WG has produced a Final Report for consideration by the
> ICANN community that has been reviewed by At-Large; ****
>
> RESOLVED THAT the ALAC endorses the Final Report of the JAS Working Group
> and urges the ICANN Board to implement its recommendations; and ****
>
> RESOLVED THAT the ALAC thanks the community volunteers and ICANN staff
> whose work contributed - and continues to contribute - to the advancement of
> the JAS WG mandate.****
>
> --- end of resolution --
>
> With 14 out of 15 ALAC members voting, the ALAC vote result was 14 in
> favour, 0 against and 0 objections.
>
> The resolution is therefore carried unanimously by the ALAC.
>
> You may review the process by which the ALAC vote took place on page:
> https://community.icann.org/x/9gKpAQ
>
> Please be so kind to find a copy of the JAS Applicant Support Working Group
> Final Report enclosed for your immediate transmittal to the ICANN Board. I
> trust that this will become a key item on the Board Agenda.
>
> Please find also enclosed, appended below my email, the correspondence I
> have received from Stéphane Van Gelder, GNSO Council Chair, indicating that
> the GNSO Council has approved a motion to forward the final Report of the
> JAS WG to the ICANN Board for review. Details of the motion found below.
>
> Finally, let me remind you that volunteers and staff have worked very hard
> throughout the summer in order to have this report ready for the ICANN Board
> to have enough time to initiate the process by which its recommendations
> will be adopted by the Board during the ICANN DAKAR meeting. The Community
> has responded to the Board's call for action in Nairobi and in Cartagena.
> The Board must now respond equally as quickly to the Community's resolve
> that launching a new gTLD programme without Applicant Support would be
> politically incorrect for ICANN.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
>
>
> -------- Original message -------- ****
>
> *Sujet: *
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> JAS Final Report****
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> *Date : *
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> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:41:48 +0200****
>
> *De : *
>
> Stéphane Van Gelder 
> <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx><stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> ****
>
> *Pour : *
>
> Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx> <ocl@xxxxxxx>****
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> *Copie à : *
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> Council GNSO <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>****
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>
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> Olivier, ****
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> In my capacity as GNSO Council Chair, it is my pleasure to inform you, in
> your capacity as ALAC Chair, that the Council voted to approve the motion
> shown below during its meeting today.****
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> Best,****
>
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> Stéphane Van Gelder****
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> GNSO Council Chair****
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> Whereas:****
>
> The GNSO Council and ALAC established the Joint SO/AC Working Group (JASWG)
> on support for new gTLD applicants in April of 2010; and****
>
> The Joint SO/AC Working Group released its second Milestone Report, posted
> for consideration by the Board, Chartering Organizations and at-large
> Community. This report documented the completion of work as defined in the
> extended charter and,****
>
> The Joint SO/AC Working Group received and discussed the public comments,
> and****
>
> The Joint SO/AC Working Group has completed the enumerated items as defined
> in its extended charter and has published a final report (
> https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/JAS+Issues+and+Recommendations#<https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/JAS+Issues+and+Recommendations>)
> on 14 September 2011 covering those chartered items (
> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#20110113-1) entitled Final Report of
> the Joint SO/AC new GTLD applicant support working group. and****
>
> The Joint SO/AC Working Group is still in the process of completing some
> last tasks including completion of the formal documentation of the comment
> responses for the second milestone community review, and****
>
> The GNSO council has not had a chance to review the Final Report nor
> digest any of its contents,****
>
> However, the GNSO Council does not wish to delay implementation of support
> programs for applicants from developing regions,****
>
> Resolved:****
>
> The GNSO Council thanks the members of the Joint SO/AC Working Group for
> its efforts and its dedication to completing these work items on such a
> tight schedule, and****
>
> The GNSO Council approves forwarding the final Report to the ICANN Board
> for review and approval, but reserves its right to provide comments to the
> ICANN Board on all of the recommendations contained therein; and****
>
> The GNSO Council request ICANN staff begin working on  develop an
>  implementation plan following the JAS WG of therecommendations, subject
> to comments received from the GNSO community , and****
>
> The GNSO Council requests that ICANN staff publish the implementation plan
> for public comment prior to consideration by the ICANN Board, and****
>
> The GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group complete the
> publication of its formal Milestone 2 response document as quickly as
> possible, and****
>
> The GNSO Council requests that the Joint SO/AC Working Group remain on call
> to review the outcome of the ICANN implementation of the JAS
> recommendations.****
>
> Resolved further, that the GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Chair to
> communicate its decision to the ALAC Chair. ****
>