Summary: NCSG Policy Teleconference

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Wendy: Thanks for chairing the call and for doing this report.

It is a great addition to the process.

On the points below, I find the Registrar's continued attitude of non cooperation quite disturbing, whether it is PEDNR or the RAA.  We definitely should get comments in on this.  

I hope to circulate some comments on the guidebook in the next weeks as well.

In fact we need to get the comments in on many things - hopefully I will have time to resurrect the comments list on the new web site <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home> during the beginning of May when I will stop traveling for a bit.  Then we have to start getting comments written.  I like the method where someone or some constituency writes up comments and then we see if we can get larger consensus on what is written.


Also I needed to report that the informational mailing list I have been trying to get set up with ICANN where every voter, whether individual or the company representative gets an email will be set up during May, one way or another.  Either I will succeed at getting it done at ICANN, or I will build it in the same space I have for other mailing list on my research project server.  This is the first step toward the many votes that face the NCSG over the next months:

- NCSG charter once the Board has approved it
- New chair for NCSG once the charter is approved
- and sometime between the June meeting and the October meeting the (re) election of 4 GNSO council members.

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On 26 Apr 2011, at 22:30, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

> We had a concise meeting today, with not much of substance on the GNSO
> Council agenda. As participants joined the call over time, we did not
> start a recording.
> 
> On motions, we recommended YES votes on all three:
> 1. Motion to terminate the Policy Process Steering Committee
> 2. WHOIS Motion  - defer consideration of "registrant identification
> study", approve the amended Privacy and Proxy “Abuse” study, and proceed
> with Privacy and Proxy “Relay and Reveal” pre-study survey.
> 3. MOTION RE: PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GLOBAL OUTREACH RECOMMENDATIONS
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+2011>
> 
> other items of discussion
> 
> * Singapore Meeting.
> ** How are we progressing toward meeting with the GAC to share thoughts
> and consensus points on issues of the public interest? Many of us were
> interested in joining this discussion.
> 
> ** Meeting workshops: NCSG would like to be more involved with
> suggesting topics and panelists for the Singapore Meeting's general
> issue workshops, particularly the perpetual "Abuse of the DNS" workshop.
> Robin suggested issues of government seizure of domains at the registry.
> 
> * UDRP review. Wendy described ongoing planning for a webinar with UDRP
> providers and a few selected commentators. Wendy and Mary have
> recommended academic participants.  NCSG should be prepared to add
> commentary when this public event takes place, May 10.  Konstantinos
> expressed interest in joining when the process is opened beyond GNSO
> Council.
> 
> * New GTLD guidebook comments. Konstantinos will recirculate his on
> trademark/rights protection; others should please share ideas.
> 
> * Ron Wickersham gave an update on PEDNR (Post-Expiration Domain Name
> Renewal). The group's draft report has an 8-day renewal grace period,
> which the Registrars are unwilling to discuss further, even though many
> informally give longer to registrants who neglect to renew.  We should
> get these comments into the report and support the concerns when the
> report comes before Council.
> 
> Thanks!
> --Wendy
> 
> -- 
> Wendy Seltzer -- wendy at seltzer.org +1 914-374-0613
> Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
> Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
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