Indeed, a very good initiative. The implications in gnso policy-areas of the principles we put forward should provide for very interesting discussions. And to Maria's point, I would believe that the "open, peer-to-peer" nature of the Internet should be amongst the basic fundamental principles that drive our community's involvement in gnso policy. Nicolas On 12/3/2011 8:07 AM, Maria Farrell wrote: > Hi Joy, > > I think this is a terrific idea. > > ·Human rights: gTLD policy should meet human rights standards, > including transparency and the rule of law. > > I would like to see this also mention privacy and freedom of > expression. Perhaps, a reference to the specific human rights > instruments we are invoking would be a way to achieve this? > > I would also like to see something expressing our philosophical > support for the open, peer to peer nature of the Internet. Though > maybe this isn't strictly within the purview of GNSO policy - I'm open > to correction on that, though I think it's a good way to anchor our > overall view. > > All the best, Maria > > On 1 December 2011 21:46, Joy Liddicoat <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Dear all - reflecting on my first few months as a GNSO councillor > and the various NCUC and NCSG conversations it occurred, imho, > that there seems to be a reasonably frequent resort to > **fundamental** principles-type discussions from various voices in > the policy discussions (domain name take downs, UDRP review, law > enforcement, IPR to name a few) …. Meanwhile I was taking a fresh > look at RFC 1591 and participating in a policy principles > discussion on TLD policy in New Zealand that was kind of > interesting and got me to thinking: > > as a new NCSG member, what do I know about the policy principles > that guide the NCSG (not the principles in our various Charters, > but policy principles that inform our SG policy inputs as a whole > into ICANN related activities)? What are the perspectives on these > and what do members think? Are there some core policy principles > that we are agreed about? If so, how these could be drawn on to > help guide our policy inputs in ICANN related matters > (particularly as Councillors responsible for considering issues in > light of diverse NCSG views)? > > I am may be mad for thinking about this (and I feel very gratified > to be in a SG that will clearly tell me if this is so!) but I > would like to initiate a dialogue about this in NCSG – even if it > takes some time to work through. I am willing to take > responsibility for facilitating this discussion and to, get the > ball rolling, wonder if a list of policy principles for NCSG > might, for example, look like this: > > ·NCSG prioritises the non-commercial, public interest aspects of > domain name policy. > > ·Guardianship: gTLD policy should be focused on responsibilities > and service to the community. > > ·Multi-stakeholder: gTLD policy should be determined by open > multi-stakeholder processes. > > ·Human rights: gTLD policy should meet human rights standards, > including transparency and the rule of law. > > ·Equity: parties to domain registrations (including non-commercial > registrants) should be on a level playing field; domain > registrations should be first come first served. > > ·Competition and choice: gTLD policy should ensure competition and > choice for non-commercial registrants and non-commercial internet > users. > > ·In case of conflict, the principle of guardianship prevails. > > If necessary, we can split discussion of each of these policy > principles into separate discussions on the list, but perhaps we > can start here …. > > Joy > > Joy Liddicoat > > Project Coordinator > > Internet Rights are Human Rights > > www.apc.org <http://www.apc.org> > > Tel: +64 21 263 2753 <tel:%2B64%2021%20263%202753> > > Skype id: joy.liddicoat > > Yahoo id: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > >