-----Original Message----- From: Mohd Sharil Tarmizi [mailto:sharil@cmc.gov.my] Sent: mercredi 23 avril 2003 14:06 To: Paul Twomey; Louis Touton Cc: WILKINSON Christopher (INFSO); Theresa Swinehart Subject: RE: [Fwd: Notification of Contemplated Action on Proposed Policies: Inter-Registrar Transfers] Dear Paul Twomey cc: Louis Touton. Subject: Notification of Contemplated Action on Proposed Policies: Inter-Registrar Transfers I refer to the message from Louis Touton of 30 March 2003 requesting GAC Advice as to the recommendations of the GNSO Task Force on Inter-Registrar Transfers of Names. Thank you for referring this question to the GAC. This matter has now been considered by GAC and our Advice to the ICANN Board is to support and implement the GNSO Task Force's recommendations, without amendment. These recommendations are a step forward in improving services provided to users, on which all the constituencies concerned agree. GAC Members value especially the monitoring and review processes provided for in the recommendations, so the policy and/or the dispute resolution procedure can be improved or amended in the light of experience. Please also note that the ITU takes no position, either for or against, with regard to the GNSO recommendations on name transfers. Regards, Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi GAC Chair. -----Original Message----- From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 5:52 AM To: Mohd Sharil Tarmizi Cc: Christopher Wilkinson; Theresa Swinehart; Paul Twomey Subject: [Fwd: Notification of Contemplated Action on Proposed Policies: Inter-Registrar Transfers] Dear Sharil, Following up on my 30 March 2003 message (copied below), this message is to note that, in its Rio de Janeiro resolutions notifying the GAC of the GNSO recommendations on inter-registrar transfers, "the Board expresse[d] its intention to act on the GNSO Council's recommendation to adopt the recommendations in the Final Report of the GNSO Transfers Task Force at its next meeting, anticipated to be held by teleconference in late April 2003." That meeting has now been scheduled for Friday, 25 April 2003, and its agenda includes consideration of the GNSO recommendation. If the GAC wishes to make any comments before then, please let me know. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Louis Touton ICANN Secretary -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Notification of Contemplated Action on Proposed Policies: Inter-Registrar Transfers Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:30:11 -0800 From: Louis Touton To: Mohd Sharil Tarmizi CC: Christopher Wilkinson , ICANN Board List Mr. Sharil Tarmizi Chair, Governmental Advisory Committee Dear Sharil, Article XI, Section 2(1)(h) of ICANN's bylaws states: h. The Board shall notify the Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee in a timely manner of any proposal raising public policy issues on which it or any of ICANN's supporting organizations or advisory committees seeks public comment, and shall take duly into account any timely response to that notification prior to taking action. At its meeting on 27 March 2003, the ICANN Board considered the Final Report and Recommendations of the GNSO Council's Transfers Task Force (Policies and Processes for Gaining and Losing Registrars). This report contains 29 numbered paragraphs that the GNSO Council has recommended to the Board for adoption as consensus policies. The recommendations are posted at . The ICANN Board concluded that GNSO Council recommendations stated in the final report may involve public policy issues. Accordingly, the Board voted to notify you, as Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee, that the Board is considering adoption of the policies recommended in the Final Report of the GNSO Transfers Task Force, and to invite any comment the Governmental Advisory Committee may have. The Board intends to act on the GNSO Council's recommendation to adopt the recommendations in the Final Report of the GNSO Transfers Task Force at its next meeting, anticipated to be held by teleconference in late April 2003. Accordingly, it would be helpful before then if you could either provide any concerns the GAC may have, or to indicate that the GAC chooses not to comment in this instance. Thank you, as always, for your assistance. Best regards, Louis Touton ICANN Secretary