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<div>Dear All:</div><div><br></div><div>Remember this Tuesday, 15 January at 16:00 UTC is NCSG's next monthly open policy meeting and all NCSG members are encouraged to join the call. </div><div><br></div><div>This is the monthly meeting between the NCSG Policy Committee including our GNSO Councilors & constituency reps to engage directly with the entire NCSG membership on GNSO policy issues, and particularly the issues to be voted on and discussed by the GNSO Council at its next meeting on 17 January.</div><div><br></div><div>The draft discussion agenda and meeting details are below. I hope you all will join in the call!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><b>NCSG Open Policy Meeting - 15 January 2013</b></div><div>Time: 16:00 - 18:00 UTC</div><div> Other time zones: </div><div> <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NCSG+meeting&iso=20130115T16">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NCSG+meeting&iso=20130115T16</a><br><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Telephone Bridge Dial-In Numbers:</span></b></div><div> <a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Passcode:</span> NCSG</b></div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Adobe Connect:</span></b></div><div> <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Draft Discussion Agenda</span></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b>I. Preparation for GNSO Council Meeting of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council+Meeting+2013-01-17">17 January 2013</a></span></b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>A. MOTIONS for a Vote by GNSO Council this week</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>1. </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D & Approval of Charter</b></span></font></p><div> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+-+17+January+2013">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+-+17+January+2013</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><b>B. DISCUSSION Items (no vote)</b></div><div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>1. Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Strawman Proposal and Blocking Proposal (aka "Defensive Registrations")</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">ICANN’s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/chehade-to-robinson-04dec12-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6">Strawman Proposal</font></a> recently developed through the TMCH related implementation discussions, which has been posted for public comment. <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm</u></font></a>. ICANN’s CEO additionally requested Council input on the joint proposal from the Business Constituency/Intellectual Property Constituency (BC/IPC) for a “limited preventative registration mechanism” which is also currently available for public comment. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">NCSG submitted a comment on the proposals (link when available).</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch-strawman-30nov12-en.htm">Public Comment Period Open until 15 Jan. & 5 Feb. for Reply Comments</a></span></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">Related to this discussion is the Staff briefing paper (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6">http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/32287</font></a>) to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations at the second level, in response to a previous request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2). The New GTLD Committee requested the GNSO to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations at the second level should be undertaken. </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">The Council is to continue to discuss: (i) a response to the ICANN CEOs request, and (ii) to consider whether to undertake any additional work related to the BC/IPC proposal and/or the Staff briefing paper, on the topic of second level defensive registrations.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>2. GNSO Response to the GAC Letter</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">The GAC has sent a <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/dryden-to-robinson-28nov12-en.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6">letter</font></a> to the GNSO Council with regard to the initiation of a PDP on the IGO/INGO issue, and specifically requesting a rationale for undertaking a PDP i.e. an explanation as to why GNSO believes this issue should be evaluated through a PDP rather than simply executed as an implementation process. The Council has sent an initial response and now needs to move ahead with developing a full response.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>3. Policy vs. Implementation</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">The recent letter from the GAC as well as activities relating to work on the Trademark Clearinghouse, highlights a broader issue regarding the boundary between policy development and implementation work as well as the effective integration of policy development and integration work from the outset.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">Recent discussions on the Council mailing list indicate that there is an interest to undertake further work on this issue. At the same time, ICANN Staff has published <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg14061.html">a paper</a> that is intended to facilitate further community discussions on this topic.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"><b>4. ATRT2 Developments</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 15.0px Arial">The call for applicants to serve on the next Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) has been extended until 14 January 2013. (See: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03dec12-en.htm"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03dec12-en.htm</font></a> ). An update on the process and next steps to provide GNSO Council endorsements of applicants will be provided to Council.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4" style="font-size: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><b>II. Non-Council Meeting Discussion Issues</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b>A. Meeting of the Non-Contracted House Party (NCPH) 29-30 January in LA (remote participation)</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b>B. Consumer Trust / Metrics</b></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"><b>C. Consider Applying for an ICANN Fellowship for Durban or Buenos Aires Mtgs:</b></span></font></p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships">http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships</a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><b>III. AOB?</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><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></div></body></html>