Hi All,
The STI Team is meeting this evening at 5pm -- that's the group that  
will be negotiating the trademark and new gTLD issues.
While the meeting is mostly for Team members to meet each other and  
talk, it is open to all.
If you are interested, please come!
Robin



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[gnso-sti] Meeting Details for STI Review Team on Thursday Evening

To: Council GNSO <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "gnso-sti@xxxxxxxxx" <gnso- 
sti@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gnso-sti] Meeting Details for STI Review Team on Thursday  
Evening
From: Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:19:17 -0700


Dear All,

We have reserved the Astor Room on the 36th Floor for a face to face  
meeting of
the STI Review Team on Thursday, October 29th from 5-6:30 pm.     As a
reminder, each of the Stakeholder Groups should identify their  
representatives
to the Review Team in accordance with the proposed motion that will  
be voted
upon at the GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday.   For your  
information, the
proposed motion is below.

Best regards,

Margie Milam

Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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WHEREAS, the ICANN Board has requested that the GNSO evaluate certain  
ICANN
staff implementation proposals for the protection of trademarks in  
new gTLDs
based in part on the recommendations from the IRT, public comments, and
additional analysis undertaken by ICANN Staff, as described in the  
letter dated
12 October 2009 <<Letter from Rod Beckstrom & Peter Dengate Thrush to  
GNSO
Council<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/beckstrom-to-gnso- 
council-12oct09-en.pdf>>>.

WHEREAS, the ICANN Board letter requests the GNSO's view by December  
14, 2009
on whether certain rights protection mechanisms for second level strings
recommended by ICANN Staff based on public input are consistent with  
the GNSO's
proposed policy on the introduction of new gTLDs, and are the  
appropriate and
effective options for achieving the GNSO's stated principles and  
objectives;

WHEREAS, the GNSO has reviewed the ICANN Board letter and desires to  
approve
the procedures for conducting such evaluation;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the GNSO adopts the following  
process to
conduct the evaluation requested by the Board:

1.                   A GNSO Review Team will be comprised of  
representatives
designated as follows:  the Registrar and Registry Stakeholder Groups  
with two
(2) representatives each,  the Commercial Stakeholder Groups and the
Non-Commercial Stakeholder Groups with four (4) representatives each,  
and
At-Large with two (2) representatives and one representative from the
Nominating Committee Appointees(1);

2.                   Each of the Stakeholder Groups will solicit from  
their
members their initial position statements on the questions and issues  
raised by
the ICANN Board letter and the ICANN Staff proposed models for the
implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid  
Suspension
model, and will deliver their initial position statements on November  
4, and
with final position statements to be delivered by November 6, 2009;

3.                   Such position statements will be summarized by  
ICANN Staff
and distributed to the GNSO Review Team to evaluate whether a  
consensus can be
reached on the ICANN Staff implementation models or other proposals  
for the
protection of trademarks in the New gTLD Program; and

The GNSO Review Team will conduct its analysis, identify those areas  
where
consensus has already been reached, an seek to develop consensus on  
those
issues for which consensus could not be determined. The GNSO Review  
Team will
provide a final report to the GNSO on or before the GNSO council's  
meeting in
late November, 2009.

IP JUSTICE
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