Dear All, <div><br></div><div>Apologies, I will not be able to attend this call. Today the hindu community celebrates the festival of lights Divali.</div><div><br></div><div>With kind wishes to you and your family, </div><div>
<br></div><div>Cintra <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Dear All,</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">Reminder that 13 November (16:00 UTC) is the next NCSG Open Policy Meeting. A draft discussion agenda and links to participate remotely are below.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">All NCSG members are encouraged to attend this discussion with their NCSG Policy Committee Representatives including the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">Thank you!</font></div><div><font face="Arial">Robin</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">_______________________________</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><b>NCSG Open Policy Meeting</b></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">Date: 13 November 2012</span></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Time: 16:00 - 18:00 UTC</font></div><div><font face="Arial">Dial-in Numbers: <a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm" target="_blank">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Adobe Connect: <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/" target="_blank">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><b><span style="text-decoration:underline">Draft Discussion Agenda</span></b></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">A. Non-G-Council Mtg Issues:</span></font></b></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">1. IPC/BC proposals for mandatory new "protections" for new domain names</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">2. Cybercafe Constituency Proposal</span></font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">3. Possible Non-Contracted Parties House Intercessional Meeting in January 2013</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">B. Review of Agenda: Motions & Discussion Items for GNSO Council Meeting 11/15</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><br></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">1. MOTION - RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Contracts to Address Registration Abuse</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) recommended that an Issue Report evaluate whether a minimum baseline of registration abuse provisions should be created for ICANN agreements. The Final Issue Report, which was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 September 2012, recommends the initiation of a PDP (see </span></font><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/registration-abuse/uofc-final-issue-report-20sep12-en.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#0f58d2" style="color:#0f58d2"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/registration-abuse/uofc-final-issue-report-20sep12-en.pdf</span></font></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">).</span></font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">The Council must now consider a motion to initiate a PDP.<br><br> Refer to motion 1:</span></font> </font></div>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font color="#0032e6" style="font:16.0px Arial;color:#0032e6"><u><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo</a></span></font></b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><u><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">2. MOTION – Second Level Protections for certain IOC / RCRC names in the first round of New GTLDs</span></font></b></u></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:18.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">The IOC/RC Drafting Team has forwarded its recommendations that the GNSO Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the IOC/RC Drafting Team’s recommendations providing for temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names at the second level, prior to the delegation of the first round of new gTLDs.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:18.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">The GNSO Council is now asked to consider approval of this.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Refer to motion 2:<br></span></font> <font color="#0032e6" style="color:#0032e6"><u><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo</a></span></font></b></u></font></font></p>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">3. MOTION: Approval of INGO/INGO Protection PDP WG Charter</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Pursuant to its 17 October 2012 motion, the GNSO Council initiated a PDP and created a Working Group on an expedited basis to evaluate the protection of names and acronyms of certain international organizations including, International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) and Non- Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (RCRC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Working Group has developed a charter for this PDP and the Council must now consider a motion to approve the charter.</span></font></font></div>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"> </span></font></font></p><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Refer to motion 3:</span></font></font></div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font color="#0032e6" style="font:16.0px Arial;color:#0032e6"><u><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo</a></span></font></b></u></font></p>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">4. UPDATE - Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)</span></font></b></font></div>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:18.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">On September 18, 2012, Kurt Pritz wrote to the GNSO Council Chair to inform the Council of ongoing discussions on the implementation of the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:18.0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">This was discussed in Toronto and has now been followed up by an </span></font><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13787.html" target="_blank"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">email update</span></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"> to the Council (November 06, 2012). The Council agreed on a course of action in Toronto and the purpose of this discussion is to ensure the Council is up-to-date and to consider whether or not any other or different course of action is required.</span></font></font></p>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">5. Defensive Registrations Discussion</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Staff has delivered a briefing paper </span></font><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287" target="_blank"><font color="#0032e6" style="color:#0032e6"><u><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287</span></font></u></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"> to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations at the second level in response from a request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2). The New GTLD Committee requests the GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations at the second level should be undertaken. The Council to discuss whether to undertake any additional work on this topic, especially in light of the continued discussions in Toronto on this topic.</span></font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font style="font:16.0px Arial"><b><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">6. Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Selection Process and Timeline Discussion</span></font></b></font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font style="font:16.0px Arial"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">There is a pending call for applications to serve on the ATRT 2 as independent expert or as volunteer team member in representation of an ICANN SO/AC, as reflected in the announcement - </span></font><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#0032e6" style="color:#0032e6"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm</span></font></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px"> - and Call for Applicants - </span></font><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/call-for-volunteers-05oct12-en.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#0032e6" style="color:#0032e6"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/call-for-volunteers-05oct12-en.htm</span></font></font></a><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">. </span></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">Robin Gross, Executive Director</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12px">1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</span></font></div>
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