Discussion Agenda & Dial-in Details for 15 January NCSG Policy Mtg (16:00 UTC)

[Robin Gross]

Dear All:

Remember this Tuesday, 15 January at 16:00 UTC is NCSG's next monthly  
open policy meeting and all NCSG members are encouraged to join the  
call.

This is the monthly meeting between the NCSG Policy Committee  
including our GNSO Councilors & constituency reps to engage directly  
with the entire NCSG membership on GNSO policy issues, and  
particularly the issues to be voted on and discussed by the GNSO  
Council at its next meeting on 17 January.

The draft discussion agenda and meeting details are below.  I hope  
you all will join in the call!

Thank you,
Robin


NCSG Open Policy Meeting - 15 January 2013
Time: 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
    Other time zones:
      http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=NCSG 
+meeting&iso=20130115T16

Telephone Bridge Dial-In Numbers:
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Passcode: NCSG

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Draft Discussion Agenda

I.  Preparation for GNSO Council Meeting of 17 January 2013

A. MOTIONS for a Vote by GNSO Council this week
1.  Initiation of a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Inter- 
Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D & Approval of Charter
        https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/ 
Motions+-+17+January+2013

B.  DISCUSSION Items (no vote)

1.  Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) Strawman Proposal and Blocking  
Proposal (aka "Defensive Registrations")

ICANN’s CEO has requested GNSO Council input on the Strawman  
Proposal  recently 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.

NCSG submitted a comment on the proposals (link when available).
Public Comment Period Open until 15 Jan. & 5 Feb. for Reply Comments

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.

2.  GNSO Response to the GAC Letter

The GAC has sent a letter  to the GNSO Council with regard to the  
initiation of a PDP on the IGO/INGO issue, and specifically  
requesting a rationale for undertaking a PDP i.e. an explanation as  
to why GNSO believes this issue should be evaluated through a PDP  
rather than simply executed as an implementation process. The Council  
has sent an initial response and now needs to move ahead with  
developing a full response.

3.  Policy vs. Implementation

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.

4.  ATRT2 Developments

The call for applicants to serve on the next Accountability and  
Transparency Review Team (ATRT) has been extended until 14 January  
2013.  (See: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/ 
announcement-03dec12-en.htm ).   An update on the process and next  
steps to provide GNSO Council endorsements of applicants will be  
provided to Council.

II.  Non-Council Meeting Discussion Issues

A.  Meeting of the Non-Contracted House Party (NCPH) 29-30 January in  
LA (remote participation)

B.  Consumer Trust / Metrics

C.  Consider Applying for an ICANN Fellowship for Durban or Buenos  
Aires Mtgs:

        http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships


III. AOB?







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