<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi<div><br></div><div>p. 6 "This Final Report, including its recommendations and proposed principles for the next- generation RDS, reflects a consensus.”</div><div><br></div><div>p. 164 "With the delivery of this Final Report and its 180 consensus-supported principles, the Board’s vision has indeed materialized.”</div><div><br></div><div>p. 165 "Among the EWG members were seasoned entrepreneurs and global leaders (Ajayi, Ala- Pietilä, Neylon, Rasmussen, and Shah). Their collective expertise in balancing risks and their results-oriented problem solving style paved the way to reaching an early consensus among the EWG.”</div><div><br></div><div>This characterization doesn’t seem to quite fit with Stephanie’s excellent and (astonishingly) suppressed Dissenting Report…</div><div><br></div><div>How shall we proceed in London?</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<br><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><br><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Denise Michel [<a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">mailto:denise.michel@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>samedi 7 juin 2014 19:36<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) Final Report<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Dear All:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has issued their </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Final Report</span></a>. Given your group's interest in this topic, I wanted to bring this to your attention, along with the public sessions the EWG has scheduled at the ICANN London meeting:</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">An introduction to the Final Report: <a href="http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ewg-final-overview" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">EWG Overview of Final Report</span></a>, Monday, 23 June, 1515 – 1615</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two cross-community discussion sessions: </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ewg-final-discussion" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">EWG Final Report Discussion Session</span></a>, Monday, 23 June, 1700 - 1900</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ewg-final-discussion" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">EWG Final Report Discussion Session</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, Wednesday, 25 June, 0800 </span><span style="font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">–</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> 1000</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul></ul><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The Final Report fulfills the ICANN Board's directive to help redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD registration data, and provides a foundation to help the ICANN community (through the GNSO) create a new global policy for gTLD directory services. This report represents the culmination of an intense 15 month period of work during which this <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-directory-services-2013-02-14-en" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">diverse group of volunteers</span></a> created an alternative to today's WHOIS to better serve the global Internet community -- a next-generation Registration Directory Service (RDS).</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The EWG looks forward to discussing this with the ICANN community. Thank you for sharing this notice broadly.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Regards,</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Denise </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Denise Michel</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">VP Strategic Initiatives</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">ICANN</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">denise.michel@icann.org</a></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
***********************************************<br>William J. Drake<br>International Fellow & Lecturer<br> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, <br> ICANN, <a href="http://www.ncuc.org">www.ncuc.org</a><br><a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> (direct), <a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a> (lists),<br> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org">www.williamdrake.org</a><br>***********************************************
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