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Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Below is a draft discussion agenda for the NCUC constituency discussion on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin<br><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b>DRAFT Discussion Agenda for NCUC Meeting </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b>23 June 2009 Tuesday 9:00 am - 17:30 (local – Sydney)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b>Location: Level 2 – Function 4 – Hilton Hotel – Sydney, Australia</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b><u>Morning Discussion</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b>I. Substantive Policy Discussions</b></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> 1. GNSO Restructuring Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> 2. Introduction of New gTLD Policy Concerns<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">General Concerns about Proposed New gTLD Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">i)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Implementation Plan Differs From GNSO Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">ii)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Staff Unresponsiveness to NCUC & Lack of Follow-Thru on Providing Documents to Substantiate Invented Legal Stds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops:list 1.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">iii)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Exorbitant and Unnecessary Costs to Apply for New gTLD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Concerns About Intellectual Property Rights Team Report Recommendations to Expand Trademark Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">c)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Concerns About Morality & Public Order Mandates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">d)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Other Concerns: GAC’s Request to Own Geographical Names / Community Rights / Favoritism for Established Players / Internationalized Domain Names<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .75in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">e)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">How to respond / strategize<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> 3. Registrant Rights Charter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ICANN “Improving Institutional Confidence”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ICANN Joint Project Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Update on other GNSO teams (whois, Registration Abuse, Fast Flux, Post-Expiration Domain Names, travel policy, RAA) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><b><u>Afternoon Discussion:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica-Bold"><b>II. NCUC Administrative / Constituency Business<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Visit from Board Structural Improvements Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list 21.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">NCUC Representation on GNSO Committees / Working Groups<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Recruiting New NCUC Members & Participants – we need <i><u>strong advocates</u></i></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> for noncommercial users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:3.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Upcoming elections for Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Positions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:3.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">All Executive Committee Seats and 4 of 6 GNSO Council Seats<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Next NCUC Monthly Meeting: To Be Doodled 13-19 JULY 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">6. Any Other Business<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> =======================================<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment--> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>