please join in 30 minutes from now: NCSG Policy Mtg Agenda for Nov 13, 2012 (16:00 UTC)

[Robin Gross]

Reminder:  NCSG Policy call starts in 1/2 hour from now.
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>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________
>>
>> 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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