Don't know if everyone has seen the below, which is leading to some  
interesting exchanges in GNSO.

The board says a recommendation should be submitted no later than 24  
January 2009, so the time frame is pretty compressed with holidays etc.

BD

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> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: December 19, 2008 5:00:54 AM CST
> To: "Council GNSO" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [council] ICANN Board resolution from meeting of 11 Dec 08
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> The only adopted Board resolution from the Board teleconference  
> relevant
> to the GNSO last week was:
>
> From: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-11dec08.htm
>
> Role of Individual Users in GNSO - Briefing and Action
>
> Approved Resolution
>
> Whereas, the Board has received varying recommendations on registrant
> and user involvement in the GNSO, and the issue of how to incorporate
> the legitimate interests of individual Internet users in constructive
> yet non-duplicative ways remains an open issue that affects GNSO
> restructuring.
>
> Resolved, (2008-12-11-02) the Board requests that members of the GNSO
> community work with members of the ALAC/At-Large community and
> representatives of potential new "non-commercial" constituencies to
> jointly develop a recommendation for the composition and  
> organizational
> structure of a Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group that does not  
> duplicate
> the ALAC and its supporting structures, yet ensures that the gTLD
> interests of individual Internet users (along with the broader
> non-commercial community) are effectively represented within the GNSO.
> This recommendation should be submitted no later than 24 January 2009
> for consideration by the Board.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>

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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
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