Dear Colleagues, <div><br></div><div>Apologies, unfortunately there is an unavoidable clash in my schedule and I am unable to attend this call. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Cintra</div><div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:20 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>Reminder: All NCSG Members are welcome to join the call tomorrow. Updated discussion agenda below. Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold">NCSG Open Policy Meeting - 15 January 2013</span></div>
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<br></div><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"><u><b>Draft Discussion Agenda</b></u></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"><b>I. Preparation for GNSO Council Meeting of </b><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council+Meeting+2013-01-17" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#002fd7" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#002fd7"><u>17 January 2013</u></font></a></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>A. MOTIONS for a Vote by GNSO Council this week</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>1. </b><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D & Approval of Charter</b></font></font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font:14.0px Helvetica"><b>B. DISCUSSION Items (no vote)</b></font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px">
<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>
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<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" target="_blank"><font color="#0043d1" style="color:#0043d1">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" target="_blank"><font color="#0043d1" style="color:#0043d1"><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>
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<font face="Arial" size="4" style="font:15.0px Arial">NCSG submitted a comment on the proposals (<a href="http://ipjustice.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/NCSG-Strawman-Response.pdf" target="_blank">.pdf</a>).</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font face="Arial" size="4" color="#002fd7" style="font:15.0px Arial;color:#002fd7"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch-strawman-30nov12-en.htm" target="_blank"><u>Public Comment Period Open until 15 Jan. & 5 Feb. for Reply Comments</u><u></u></a></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" target="_blank"><font color="#0043d1" style="color:#0043d1">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" target="_blank"><font color="#0043d1" style="color:#0043d1">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" target="_blank"><font color="#002fd7" style="color:#002fd7"><u>a paper</u></font></a> that is intended to facilitate further community discussions on this topic.</font></div>
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<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" target="_blank"><font color="#0043d1" style="color:#0043d1">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>
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<font size="4"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font:16.0px Arial"><b>5. Whois Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal Study</b></font></b></font></div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font size="4"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font:16.0px Arial"> </font></b></font></p>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="4"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font:16.0px Arial">At the ICANN Meeting in Toronto, Lyman Chapin presented the results of the survey that evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future in-depth study into communication Relay and identity Reveal requests sent for gTLD domain names registered using Proxy and Privacy services. The Council should consider whether to go ahead with the study.</font></b></font></div>
<p></p><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:17.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font:16.0px Arial"><b>II. Non-Council Meeting Discussion Issues</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"><b>A. Meeting of the Non-Contracted House Party (NCPH) 29-30 January in LA (remote participation)</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"><b>B. Consumer Trust / Metrics</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"><b>C. Registrar Agreement Amendment Negotiations</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;line-height:17.0px"><span style="line-height:normal"><b>D. Consider Applying for an ICANN Fellowship for Durban or Buenos Aires Mtgs:</b></span></p><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships" target="_blank"><font color="#002fd7" style="color:#002fd7"><u>http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships</u></font></a></font></div>
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</div><div><br></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: <a href="tel:%2B1-415-553-6261" value="+14155536261" target="_blank">+1-415-553-6261</a> f: <a href="tel:%2B1-415-462-6451" value="+14154626451" target="_blank">+1-415-462-6451</a></div>
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