some of the items I think NCUC/SG should watch in the next few weeks and months. * Registrar Accreditation Agreement: We asked for an observer in RAA negotiations; the Registries and Registrars said they'd never agree to that, and the motion failed. Is there any useful compromise we can propose? * UDRP review. We have been asked to help scope an issues report on review of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure. I think we'd like that review to assess the balance and protections for legitimate registrants, e.g. against reverse domain name hijacking, as well as its use against cybersquatting. We'll be looking for resources and experts to inform the review, and I'd like to see the review completed in advance of new URS procedures. * WHOIS Studies. Shall we have a conversation with the registries who have expressed some concerns about specific studies, (and registrars, who have opposed them all), to propose amendments before the combined motion on all the studies comes back next Council meeting? * Budget. Council has often found ourselves asking for more policy support than the policy staff have time to provide. Shall we put a public comment into the budget process requesting that that GNSO Council's policy staffing be given higher priority? Thanks, --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] +1 914-374-0613 Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html https://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ |