Items from the GNSO Council discussions

[Konstantinos Komaitis]

Thanks Wendy - this is really helpful. I think that all of these issues
are important for NCUC and I would strongly encourage people to
participate. I, for once, would like to express my willingness on
participating in the impeding UDRP review process. Kim von Arx is part of
the WHOIS team, so I would like to ask him if he could give us an update
and I think that a chat with the Registry group would be really helpful.
Let's try to see whether there can also be a compromise with the RAA (Mary
leading this will be the best source to take the lead on this) and the
budget issue. May I also take this opportunity to encourage people to
engage in any of these issues. Some people came up to me in SF expressing
their interest in being more active. This is a great opportunity.

Thanks

KK



On 17/03/2011 22:05, "Wendy Seltzer" <wendy at SELTZER.COM> wrote:

>As we wrap up our GNSO Council agenda for the week, I want to highlight
>some of the items I think NCUC/SG should watch in the next few weeks and
>months.
>
>* Registrar Accreditation Agreement: We asked for an observer in RAA
>negotiations; the Registries and Registrars said they'd never agree to
>that, and the motion failed. Is there any useful compromise we can
>propose?
>
>* UDRP review. We have been asked to help scope an issues report on
>review of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure.  I think we'd like
>that review to assess the balance and protections for legitimate
>registrants, e.g. against reverse domain name hijacking, as well as its
>use against cybersquatting.  We'll be looking for resources and experts
>to inform the review, and I'd like to see the review completed in
>advance of new URS procedures.
>
>* WHOIS Studies. Shall we have a conversation with the registries who
>have expressed some concerns about specific studies, (and registrars,
>who have opposed them all), to propose amendments before the combined
>motion on all the studies comes back next Council meeting?
>
>* Budget. Council has often found ourselves asking for more policy
>support than the policy staff have time to provide. Shall we put a
>public comment into the budget process requesting that that GNSO
>Council's policy staffing be given higher priority?
>
>Thanks,
>--Wendy
>
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