NCSG Policy Principles

[Joy Liddicoat]

Dear all - reflecting on my first few months as a GNSO councillor and the
various NCUC and NCSG conversations it occurred, imho, that there seems to
be a reasonably frequent resort to *fundamental* principles-type discussions
from various voices in the policy discussions (domain name take downs, UDRP
review, law enforcement, IPR to name a few) .. Meanwhile I was taking a
fresh look at RFC 1591 and participating in a policy principles discussion
on TLD policy in New Zealand that was kind of interesting and got me to
thinking:

as a new NCSG member, what do I know about the policy principles that guide
the NCSG (not the principles in our various Charters, but policy principles
that inform our SG policy inputs as a whole into ICANN related activities)?
What are the perspectives on these and what do members think? Are there some
core policy principles that we are agreed about? If so, how these could be
drawn on to help guide our policy inputs in ICANN related matters
(particularly as Councillors responsible for considering issues in light of
diverse NCSG views)?



I am may be mad for thinking about this (and I feel very gratified to be in
a SG that will clearly tell me if this is so!) but I would like to initiate
a dialogue about this in NCSG - even if it takes some time to work through.
I am willing to take responsibility for facilitating this discussion and to,
get the ball rolling, wonder if a list of policy principles for NCSG might,
for example, look like this:



.         NCSG prioritises the non-commercial, public interest aspects of
domain name policy.

.         Guardianship: gTLD policy should be focused on responsibilities
and service to the community.

.         Multi-stakeholder: gTLD policy should be determined by open
multi-stakeholder processes.

.         Human rights: gTLD policy should meet human rights standards,
including transparency and the rule of law.

.         Equity: parties to domain registrations (including non-commercial
registrants) should be on a level playing field; domain registrations should
be first come first served.

.         Competition and choice: gTLD policy should ensure competition and
choice for non-commercial registrants and non-commercial internet users.

.         In case of conflict, the principle of guardianship prevails.



If necessary, we can split discussion of each of these policy principles
into separate discussions on the list, but perhaps we can start here ..





Joy





Joy Liddicoat

Project Coordinator

Internet Rights are Human Rights

www.apc.org

Tel: +64 21 263 2753

Skype id: joy.liddicoat

Yahoo id: strategic at xtra.co.nz



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