<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Reminder: NCSG Policy call starts in 1/2 hour from now.<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dear All,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" 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 class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" 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 class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Thank you!</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Robin</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">_______________________________</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b>NCSG Open Policy Meeting</b></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Date: 13 November 2012</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Time: 16:00 - 18:00 UTC</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Dial-in Numbers: <a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Adobe Connect: <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Draft Discussion Agenda</span></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">A. Non-G-Council Mtg Issues:</span></font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">1. IPC/BC proposals for mandatory new "protections" for new domain names</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">2. Cybercafe Constituency Proposal</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">3. Possible Non-Contracted Parties House Intercessional Meeting in January 2013</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">B. Review of Agenda: Motions & Discussion Items for GNSO Council Meeting 11/15</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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: 0px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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"><font color="#0f58d2" style="color: #0f58d2"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo">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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Refer to motion 2:<br></span></font> <font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo">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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo">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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">email update</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Staff has delivered a briefing paper </span></font><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287</span></font></u></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-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 class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. </span></font></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b>C. AOB</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div></span></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br> <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></body></html>