NCSG Open Policy Meeting 16 November (16:00 - 18:00 UTC)

Mon Nov 14 04:50:07 CET 2011

Dear All,

Please join in NCSG's November Open Policy Meeting this Wed. (16 Nov. 16:00-18:00).  See details below including draft discussion agenda and dial-in details for participation at this teleconference.

All NCSG members are encouraged to participate as it is an important opportunity for the entire NCSG membership to interact directly with the NCSG GNSO Councilors and learn about issues pending before the GNSO Council and how they can get involved in policy development.

This month's NCSG Open Policy Meeting is a little "special" because we are devoting the first hour to a big picture discussion on the important substantive policy issues facing noncommercial users at ICANN in the coming months, so your participation and input on this issue would be especially appreciated.  If you can't phone in for the meeting, please post your thoughts to this list.  Wendy Seltzer has already gotten the ball rolling on this conversation and we've begun to collect the issues on the NCSG wiki:
  https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Issues

Also note our NCSG mtg is the day before the 17 Nov GNSO Council meeting, so some discussion will be focused on the issues and motions pending at the 17 Nov. GNSO Council meeting.

I hope you all will join in the discussion on Wednesday - All NCSG members are welcome to participate and get involved!  Thank you.

Best,
Robin

NCSG Open Policy Meeting
16 November 2011 -- 16:00 - 18:00 UTC

Discussion Agenda

1.  Most Important Substantive Policy Issues for Noncommercial Users in Coming Months
	16:00 - 17:00

2.  GNSO Counsel Working Groups & Pending Projects 
 	17:00 - 17:30
    a.  17 Nov. 2011 GNSO Council Meeting - key votes
		b.  Other GNSO pending projects & working groups

4.  Nominating Committee Discussion 
      17:30 - 17:45

5.  NCSG Financial & Membership Committees in Need of Volunteers
     17:45 - 18:00

6.  AOB

Teleconference Dial-In Details & Meeting Passcodes:
  http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm
  Passcode:  NCSG

Anyone requiring a dial-out to this meeting should please let me know asap.  Thank you!

NCSG Meetings page:
  https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Meetings

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Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 17 November 2011:

This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council.http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdf

For convenience:

* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda.
* An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.

Meeting Time 20:00 UTC

Coordinated Universal Time: 20:00 UTC

( 12:00 Los Angeles; 15:00 Washington DC;  20:00 London; 21:00 Paris;

18 November 2011
05:00 Tokyo; 09:00 Auckland

Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.

GNSO Council meeting audiocast

http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u

Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)

1.1 Roll Call

1.2 Statement of interest updates
1.3 Review/amend agenda

1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:

26 October minutes --approved on 2011.
26 October new Council minutes – approved on
Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes)

Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's Pending Projects list since the previous meeting.
Refer to Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf

2.1 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)

• GNSO activities: 9 (Outreach Task Force DT and Fake Renewal Notices DT added).
• Other activities:  11(RAP, request to ICANN Compliance complete – Uniformity of Contract IR and Meta Issue, Uniformity of Reporting added)
• Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (no change).
• Outstanding recommendations: 2 (no change).

Item 3: Outreach Task Force Charter (15 minutes)

As part of the GNSO improvements, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC)'s Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team worked on a set of recommendations on a global outreach program

A motion is being made to approve the resulting Outreach Task Force's charter.

This motion is deferred from the Dakar GNSO Council meeting.

Refer to motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011

3.1 Reading of the Motion (Stéphane Van Gelder)
3.2 Discussion
3.3 Vote

Item 4: UDRP (25 minutes)

Following the drafting of an Issue Report on a possible review of the UDRP, a motion is before the Council to initiate a PDP on this topic and that a drafting team be formed to write a charter for the working group.

Refer to motion 2
[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011|display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011]

4.1 Reading of the motion (Mary Wong)
4.2 Discussion
4.3 Vote

If the Council does not approve the above motion, a second motion on this issue has been made and will be examined by the Council.

Refer to motion 3
[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011|display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+17+November+2011]

4.4 Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman)
4.5 Discussion
4.6 Vote

Item 5: Open Council Meeting Drafting Team (10 minutes)

Following the Singapore meeting, a GNSO Drafting Team (DT) was formed to work on possible enhancements to the format of the GNSO Council's Open Meetings.

An update was provided to the Council on the DT's work during our Dakar Open Council Meeting. As some DT members have since left the Council, this discussion item is an opportunity for the Council to decide how to take this work forward.

5.1 Update from DT (John Berard ?)
5.2 Discussion
5.3 Next steps

Item 6: Dakar Board resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments RAA (15 minutes)

At its meeting in Dakar, the Board approved a resolution on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments (RAA

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7
The resolution requests staff to prepare an issue report as a prelude to a PDP. This item is an update from staff on this work.
6.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam)
6.2 Discussion

Item 7: Best Practices to address abusive domain registrations (15 minutes)

On 3 February 2011, the GNSO Council resolved to request a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report.

The discussion paper was submitted to the Council on 28 September

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/discussion-paper-rap-best-practices-28sep11-en.pdf

During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, there were questions on whether a WG should be created as a result of the discussion paper and if so a DT would need to create the charter. Another question asked was should the paper be put out for public comment instead?

7.1 Update from Staff (?)
7.2 Discussion
7.3 Next steps

Item 8: Cross-TLD registration scam and domain kiting (20 minutes)

Following the Council's request, SSAC has responded that it does not see any additional work it can do on this at this timehttp://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/gnso-council-chair-to-faltstrom-10oct11-en.pdf

During the Dakar meeting wrap-up, it was suggested that Council reps go back to their respective groups and think about possible next steps and what to do with data once it is available? It was also asked whether Staff look at how the ccTLDs address this issue?

This discussion item aims at seeing if this issue should be closed or if work should continue.

8.1 Update from Staff (?)
8.2 Discussion
8.3 Next steps

Item 9. Any Other Business (5 minutes)

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