[NCSG-Discuss] Revised discussion agenda & participation details for 12Feb-Tues NCSG Policy Meeting - Please Join the Discussion

Mon Feb 11 00:21:14 CET 2013

Reminder: I hope you all will join in Tuesday's NCSG Open Policy  
Meeting, which is an open discussion between the NCSG Policy  
Committee, including the NCSG GNSO Councilors and the entire NCSG  
membership.  The meeting is held 12 Feb., which is 2 days before the  
next GNSO Council meeting to help prepare for NCSG's participation in  
that meeting.  Dial-in and remote participation details are below.   
Also below is a revised discussion agenda.  If anyone needs a dial- 
out, please let me know at least 24-hours before the meeting to  
ensure we have enough time to make the dial-out happen.

Please join in the discussion.  Thank you!

Best,
Robin

NCSG Policy Open Meeting
12 February 2013
21:00 - 23:00 UTC

Other Time Zones:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NCSG+Open 
+Policy+Meeting+February+2013&iso=20130212T21&p1=1440&ah=2

Remote Participation Details:
Telephone:  http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCSG_Passcodes.htm
Adobe Connect:  https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/

Discussion Agenda:

I.  Discussion of Intercessional Meeting in LA
a) Update from participants
b) Next Steps / Follow Ups:
   i) Possible letter to ICANN requesting input in org's engagement  
plans
   ii) Policy "cheat sheets" - 1-page summary of policy issues  
requested by CEO

II.  Preparation for GNSO Council Meeting of 14 February 2013
Council Agenda & Motions:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Council 
+Meeting+2013-02-14

1.  Strawman Model, Trademark Clearinghouse & Blocking (aka  
"defensive registrations")
NCSG Statement : http://forum.icann.org/lists/tmch-strawman/ 
msg00029.html

a) Discussion item for GNSO Council:
"ICANN’s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the Strawman  
Proposal  developed through the TMCH related implementation  
discussions, which has been posted for public comment. http:// 
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-30nov12-en.htm.   
ICANN’s CEO additionally requested Council input on the joint  
proposal from the Business Constituency/Intellectual Property  
Constituency (BC/IPC) for a “limited preventative registration  
mechanism” which is also currently available for public comment.  A  
subsequent note (19 December 2012) from ICANN’s CEO clarified the  
desired deadline for input to be no later than 22 February 2013.

Related to this discussion is the Staff 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 to a  
previous request from the New GLTD Committee (2012.04.10.NG2).  The  
New GTLD Committee requested the GNSO to consider whether additional  
work on defensive registrations at the second level should be  
undertaken.

The Council is to continue to discuss: (i) a response to the ICANN  
CEOs request, and (ii) to consider whether to undertake any  
additional work related to the BC/IPC proposal and/or the Staff  
briefing paper, on the topic of second level defensive registrations."

b)  Public Comments:
     http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch- 
strawman-30nov12-en.htm
    5 or 22 Feb?

2.  Special Privileges for RedCross, Olympic Cmtes, IGO's?

a)  IGO-INGO Working Group - purpose - status
NCSG Input Statement to Working Group

b)  Discussion item for GNSO Council Mtg:
"At its 26 November 2012 meeting, the Board requested  that the GNSO  
continue its work on policy recommendations on top and second-level  
protections for certain IGO and INGO names on an expedited basis.

In addition, the Board requested that the GNSO Council advise the  
Board by no later than 28 February 2013 if it is aware of any concern  
such as with the global public interest or the security or stability  
of the DNS, that the Board should take into account in making its  
decision about whether to include second level protections for  
certain IGO names and acronyms by inclusion on a Reserved Names List  
in section 2.2.1.2.3 of the Applicant Guidebook, applicable in all  
new gTLD registries approved in the first round of the New gTLD  
Program. The specific IGO names to be protected shall be those names  
or acronyms that: 1) qualify under the current existing criteria to  
register a domain name in the .int gTLD; and 2) have a  
registered .int domain OR a determination of eligibility under  
the .int criteria; and 3) apply to ICANN to be listed on the reserved  
names list for the second level prior to the delegation of any new  
gTLDs by no later than 28 February 2013."

3.  So-called "Closed Generic" TLDs

a)  Discussion item for GNSO Council Mtg:
The New gTLD Program Committee recently directed the ICANN CEO to  
request the GNSO to provide guidance on the issue of "closed generic"  
TLDs, , concurrent with the opening of the public comment forum and  
if the GNSO wishes, to provide such guidance. Guidance on this issue  
is requested to be provided by the close of the public comment forum.  
(7 March)

b)  Open Comment Period
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/closed-generic-05feb13- 
en.htm
Comment Close: 7 March 2013

4.   Policy vs Implementation

a) Discussion item for GNSO Council Mtg:
"The recent letter from the GAC as well as activities relating to  
work on the Trademark Clearinghouse, highlights a broader issue  
regarding the boundary between policy development and implementation  
work as well as the effective integration of policy development and  
integration work from the outset.

Recent discussions on the Council mailing list indicate that there is  
an interest to undertake further work on this issue. At the same  
time, ICANN Staff has published a paper  that is intended to  
facilitate further community discussions on this topic."

b) Open Comment Period:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/policy- 
implementation-31jan13-en.htm
Comment Close: 21 Feb. 2013
Reply Comment Close: 14 March 2013
ICANN staff paper - draft framework for discussion:
http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/policy-implementation- 
framework-08jan13-en.pdf

5.  WHOIS Privacy and Proxy Relay and Reveal Study

a) Discussion item for GNSO Council Mtg:
"At the ICANN Meeting in Toronto, Lyman Chapin presented the results  
of the survey that evaluated the feasibility of conducting a future  
in-depth study into communication Relay and identity Reveal requests  
sent for gTLD domain names registered using Proxy and Privacy  
services. The Council should consider whether to go ahead with the  
study."
NCSG response?

6.  All proxies requested found for Thursday's G-Council Mtg?
a)  Maria Farrell will serve as Magaly Pazello's proxy. (done)
b)  Who will serve as Wolfgang's proxy?
c)  All other GNSO Councilors will participate?

III.  Prep for Beijing ICANN Meeting #46
Start to Consider: What policy issues do we want to discuss with: (a)  
ICANN Board, (b) At-Large, and 2-3 topics to propose for (c) Public  
Forum?

IV. AOB?

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RELATED:

GNSO Council meeting audio cast:
   http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u

Agenda of 14 February GNSO Council Mtg:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+-+14 
+February+2013

Attendance Record of NCSG Policy & Executive Committee Members at  
NCSG Policy Meetings:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc? 
key=0AmHFgvYjF_e4dGdNcVVfdHI2SWJ4dDZjU2xYaGV0WUE

  Open ICANN Public Comments Periods
   http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment

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