Friends, All good wishes for 2004! Before Christmas I send messages to this list requesting comments on the topic of new registry services, which has in the mean time be renamed to "approval processes for gtld services". So far no comments were posted. As you can see in the message below, a constituency statement is due soon. So, please, comment. All details about the topic are in the message below. Thank you! Your Names Council member, Marc Schneiders ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:14:47 +0100 From: GNSO SECRETARIAT <[log in to unmask]> To: Marc Schneiders <[log in to unmask]> Subject: REMINDER CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS due on 12 JANUARY 2004 Dear Marc, As the person indicated responsible for the Non Commercial Users constituency statement, this is a REMINDER CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS are due on 12 JANUARY 2004 Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry ("Approval process for gtld service changes") http://gnso.icann.org/issues/registry-services/tor-revised.shtml http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-02dec03.shtml The GNSO Council at the December 2 teleconference took the decision to undertake the policy development process as a committee as a whole and follow the policy development process with the requirements of public notice in compliance with the ICANN bylaws and procedure when no task force is formed. The Public Comment Period closed on December 28 2003. Comments received: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/tor-reg/msg00002.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/tor-reg/msg00003.html Please submit your statements to the ICANN Staff Manager, Barbara Roseman: [log in to unmask] as soon as possible. Thank you very much.