We had a concise meeting today, with not much of substance on the GNSO Council agenda. As participants joined the call over time, we did not start a recording. On motions, we recommended YES votes on all three: 1. Motion to terminate the Policy Process Steering Committee 2. WHOIS Motion - defer consideration of "registrant identification study", approve the amended Privacy and Proxy “Abuse” study, and proceed with Privacy and Proxy “Relay and Reveal” pre-study survey. 3. MOTION RE: PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GLOBAL OUTREACH RECOMMENDATIONS <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+2011> other items of discussion * Singapore Meeting. ** How are we progressing toward meeting with the GAC to share thoughts and consensus points on issues of the public interest? Many of us were interested in joining this discussion. ** Meeting workshops: NCSG would like to be more involved with suggesting topics and panelists for the Singapore Meeting's general issue workshops, particularly the perpetual "Abuse of the DNS" workshop. Robin suggested issues of government seizure of domains at the registry. * UDRP review. Wendy described ongoing planning for a webinar with UDRP providers and a few selected commentators. Wendy and Mary have recommended academic participants. NCSG should be prepared to add commentary when this public event takes place, May 10. Konstantinos expressed interest in joining when the process is opened beyond GNSO Council. * New GTLD guidebook comments. Konstantinos will recirculate his on trademark/rights protection; others should please share ideas. * Ron Wickersham gave an update on PEDNR (Post-Expiration Domain Name Renewal). The group's draft report has an 8-day renewal grace period, which the Registrars are unwilling to discuss further, even though many informally give longer to registrants who neglect to renew. We should get these comments into the report and support the concerns when the report comes before Council. 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/