NCSG Policy Mtg Agenda for Nov 13, 2012 (16:00 UTC)

[Robin Gross]

Dear All,

Reminder that 13 November (16:00 UTC) is the next NCSG Open Policy  
Meeting.  A draft discussion agenda and links to participate remotely  
are below.

All NCSG members are encouraged to attend this discussion with their  
NCSG Policy Committee Representatives including the NCSG GNSO Council  
Representatives.

Thank you!
Robin

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NCSG Open Policy Meeting
Date:  13 November 2012
Time:  16:00 - 18:00 UTC
Dial-in Numbers:  http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm
Adobe Connect:  https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/

Draft Discussion Agenda

A. Non-G-Council Mtg Issues:

1.  IPC/BC proposals for mandatory new "protections" for new domain  
names

2.  Cybercafe Constituency Proposal

3.  Possible Non-Contracted Parties House Intercessional Meeting in  
January 2013

B.  Review of Agenda: Motions & Discussion Items for GNSO Council  
Meeting 11/15

1.  MOTION - RAP recommendation on Uniformity of Contracts to Address  
Registration Abuse
The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) recommended  
that an Issue Report evaluate whether a minimum baseline of  
registration abuse provisions should be created for ICANN agreements.  
The Final Issue Report, which was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21  
September 2012, recommends the initiation of a PDP (see http:// 
gnso.icann.org/en/issues/registration-abuse/uofc-final-issue- 
report-20sep12-en.pdf).
The Council must now consider a motion to initiate a PDP.

Refer to motion 1:
http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo

2.  MOTION – Second Level Protections for certain IOC / RCRC names in  
the first round of New GTLDs

The IOC/RC Drafting Team has forwarded its recommendations that the  
GNSO Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the IOC/RC Drafting  
Team’s recommendations providing for temporary reservation of the  
exact match IOC/RC names at the second level, prior to the delegation  
of the first round of new gTLDs.

The GNSO Council is now asked to consider approval of this.

Refer to motion 2:
http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo

3.  MOTION: Approval of INGO/INGO Protection PDP WG Charter
Pursuant to its 17 October 2012 motion, the GNSO Council initiated a  
PDP and created a Working Group on an expedited basis to evaluate the  
protection of names and acronyms of certain international  
organizations including, International Governmental Organizations  
(IGOs) and Non- Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross/Red  
Crescent Movement (RCRC) and the International Olympic Committee  
(IOC). The Working Group has developed a charter for this PDP and the  
Council must now consider a motion to approve the charter.

Refer to motion 3:
http://tinyurl.com/chw8ooo

4.  UPDATE - Uniform Rapid Suspension  (URS)
On September 18, 2012, Kurt Pritz wrote to the GNSO Council Chair to  
inform the Council of ongoing discussions on the implementation of  
the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) system.

This was discussed in Toronto and has now been followed up by an  
email update to the Council (November 06, 2012).  The Council agreed  
on a course of action in Toronto and the purpose of this discussion  
is to ensure the Council is up-to-date and to consider whether or not  
any other or different course of action is required.

5.  Defensive Registrations Discussion
Staff has delivered a briefing paper http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/ 
32287 to the GNSO Council on the topic of defensive registrations at  
the second level in response from a request from the New GLTD  
Committee (2012.04.10.NG2).  The New GTLD Committee requests the GNSO  
to consider whether additional work on defensive registrations at the  
second level should be undertaken.  The Council to discuss whether to  
undertake any additional work on this topic, especially in light of  
the continued discussions in Toronto on this topic.

6.  Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) Selection  
Process and Timeline Discussion
There is a pending call for applications to serve on the ATRT 2 as  
independent expert or as volunteer team member in representation of  
an ICANN SO/AC, as reflected in the  announcement - http:// 
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05oct12-en.htm - and  
Call for Applicants - http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/ 
call-for-volunteers-05oct12-en.htm.

C.  AOB









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