NCSG Policy Principles

[Nicolas Adam]

Indeed, a very good initiative. The implications in gnso policy-areas of 
the principles we put forward should provide for very interesting 
discussions.

And to Maria's point, I would believe that the "open, peer-to-peer" 
nature of the Internet should be amongst the basic fundamental 
principles that drive our community's involvement in gnso policy.

Nicolas

On 12/3/2011 8:07 AM, Maria Farrell wrote:
> Hi Joy,
>
> I think this is a terrific idea.
>
> ·Human rights: gTLD policy should meet human rights standards, 
> including transparency and the rule of law.
>
> I would like to see this also mention privacy and freedom of 
> expression. Perhaps, a reference to the specific human rights 
> instruments we are invoking would be a way to achieve this?
>
> I would also like to see something expressing our philosophical 
> support for the open, peer to peer nature of the Internet. Though 
> maybe this isn't strictly within the purview of GNSO policy - I'm open 
> to correction on that, though I think it's a good way to anchor our 
> overall view.
>
> All the best, Maria
>
> On 1 December 2011 21:46, Joy Liddicoat <joy at apc.org 
> <mailto:joy at apc.org>> wrote:
>
>     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 <http://www.apc.org>
>
>     Tel: +64 21 263 2753 <tel:%2B64%2021%20263%202753>
>
>     Skype id: joy.liddicoat
>
>     Yahoo id: strategic at xtra.co.nz <mailto:strategic at xtra.co.nz>
>
>
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