[council] REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF THE VOTE

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@digitel.net>]

fellow council members

according to my understanding this vote is currently scheduled to close at
14:00 hrs paris time on tuesday..
i would request a 24 hour extension of this vote for the following reasons:

monday is a national holiday in the usa (i.e. presidents day) and the vote
is scheduled to close prior to normal start of busines on tuesday for all of
north america.

the extension request will still allow adequate time for the votes to be
tallied & posted prior to the names council ratification meeting on
thursday..

respectfully submitted

ken stubbs




----- Original Message -----
From: "DNSO SECRETARIAT" <DNSO.SECRETARIAT@dnso.org>
To: "council" <council@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:25 AM
Subject: [council] GNSO Council vote b01 2003


> Council Members,
>
> Please remember there is a GNSO Council Resolution  to be voted on before
> February 17, 2003.
> You should each have received a ballot which must be returned to the
voting
> address to register your vote.  If you have any problems, please let me
> know.
>
> Thank you,
> GNSO Secretariat
>
> See text below:
> Proposed by Marilyn Cade, seconded by Philip Sheppard.
>   WHEREAS, the GNSO Council, (hereinafter "the Council"):
>      ' confirms its support to the participation of country code top-level
>      domain (ccTLD) registries within ICANN,
>      ' looks forward to the establishment of the new Country Code Names
>      Supporting Organization as the body to address ccTLD issues,
>      ' commits itself to collaborative work with that Supporting
>      Organization on policy issues of mutual concern including the
stability
>      of the Internet;
>      ' recognizing that the development of various processes, and
resulting
>      bylaws which will establish the Country Code Names Supporting
>      Organization are still under development, commits itself to
>      collaborative work on policy issues of mutual concern in the interim;
>
>      WHEREAS, the Council commits itself to collaborative work with the
>      ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) on policy issues of mutual
>      concern including the stability of the Internet;
>
>      WHEREAS, the Council notes a proposed meeting to be hosted by the
>      International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and its member
countries,
>      which will discuss issues related to ICANN and ccTLDs.
>
>      The Council Resolves:
>
>      1. to welcome the interaction of ICANN with relevant governments and
>      inter-governmental entities (such as the International
>      Telecommunications Union (ITU), the World Intellectual Property
>      Organization (WIPO), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
>      Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU)) through the
>      Governmental Advisory Committee;
>
>      2. to encourage governments and such governmental entities to
consider
>      ICANN as the primary venue to address Internet naming and numbering
>      issues within the mission of ICANN;
>
>      3. to encourage and welcome governments and such governmental
entities
>      to attend and participate in ICANN's venues and meetings and to work
>      actively within ICANN.
>
>
>
>
>