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!
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Remote Participation Details:
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
ii) Policy "cheat sheets" - 1-page summary of policy issues
II. Preparation for GNSO Council Meeting of 14 February 2013
Council Agenda & Motions:
1. Strawman Model, Trademark Clearinghouse & Blocking (aka
"defensive registrations")
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://
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://
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
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. 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.
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."
implementation-31jan13-en.htm
Comment Close: 21 Feb. 2013
Reply Comment Close: 14 March 2013
ICANN staff paper - draft framework for discussion:
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
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
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GNSO Council meeting audio cast:
Agenda of 14 February GNSO Council Mtg:
Attendance Record of NCSG Policy & Executive Committee Members at
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