DRAFT Discussion Agenda for NCUC Meeting Tuesday 23 June

[Robin Gross]

Dear all,

Below is a draft discussion agenda for the NCUC constituency  
discussion on Tuesday.

Best,
Robin
DRAFT Discussion Agenda for NCUC Meeting

23 June 2009 Tuesday 9:00 am - 17:30 (local – Sydney)

Location: Level 2 – Function 4 – Hilton Hotel – Sydney, Australia

Morning Discussion

I.  Substantive Policy Discussions

  1.  GNSO Restructuring Discussion

  2.  Introduction of New gTLD Policy Concerns

a)    General Concerns about Proposed New gTLD Policy

i)               Implementation Plan Differs From GNSO Recommendations

ii)             Staff Unresponsiveness to NCUC & Lack of Follow-Thru  
on Providing Documents to Substantiate Invented Legal Stds.

iii)            Exorbitant and Unnecessary Costs to Apply for New gTLD

b)    Concerns About Intellectual Property Rights Team Report  
Recommendations to Expand Trademark Rights

c)    Concerns About Morality & Public Order Mandates

d)    Other Concerns: GAC’s Request to Own Geographical Names /  
Community Rights / Favoritism for Established Players /  
Internationalized Domain Names

e)    How to respond / strategize

  3.  Registrant Rights Charter

4.  ICANN “Improving Institutional Confidence”

5.  ICANN Joint Project Agreement

6.  Update on other GNSO teams (whois, Registration Abuse, Fast Flux,  
Post-Expiration Domain Names, travel policy, RAA)

Afternoon Discussion:

II.  NCUC Administrative / Constituency Business

1.  Visit from Board Structural Improvements Committee

2.    NCUC Representation on GNSO Committees / Working Groups

  3.  Recruiting New NCUC Members & Participants – we need strong  
advocates for noncommercial users.

4.  Upcoming elections for Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Positions:

All Executive Committee Seats and 4 of 6 GNSO Council Seats

5.  Next NCUC Monthly Meeting: To Be Doodled 13-19 JULY 2009

6.  Any Other Business

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