Hi all,

Below is the agenda for today's meeting of the NCSG's Policy Committee. Everyone in the NCSG is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Location: Brentwood room

Time: 1630 - 1800

AGENDA

1   Prepare for SO/AC High Interest Topic Session 

Tomorrow, Monday 13 Oct, Room: Los Angeles, 10:30 - 12:00

Topics:  (1) The Role of Advisory Committees in ICANN Policy Development

           (2) Identifying and Prioritizing Matters of Interest for the Second

Round      of New gTLDs.  

 Discuss and prepare for GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday - GNSO Agenda copied below

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Item 4: MOTION - On the adoption of the IRTP Part D Final Report and Recommendations (15 mins)

 

The final report of the policy work on the inter-registrar transfer process has been published. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) provides the policy framework for domain name transfers between registrars. The IRTP also provides standardized requirements for inter-registrar transfer disputes - through the Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy (TDRP). The policy is an existing community consensus policy that was implemented in late 2004 and has been revised numerous times since then.

 

The IRTP Part D Policy Development Process (PDP) is the fourth and final PDP of this series of revisions. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council resolved at its meeting on 17 October 2012 to launch an Issue Report on IRTP Part D, “which should include all the remaining issues identified by the original transfers Working Groups as well as the additional issue identified by the IRTP Part C WG.”

 

Here the Council will vote on whether or not to adopt the IRTP Part D Final Report and Recommendations.

 

4.1 – Review the motion: Motion 1

4.2 – Discussion

4.3 – Vote

 

Item 5: MOTION – To adopt the Charter for a Cross Community Working Group  to discuss Internet governance (CWG-IG) issues affecting ICANN and to make recommendations to the chartering organisation on these issues (15 mins)

 

The Internet Governance Cross Community Working Group CWG has been established by the participating SO’s and AC’s to coordinate, facilitate, and increase the participation of the ICANN community in discussions and processes pertaining to Internet Governance.

All issues, processes and discussions regarding the Transition of NTIA’s Stewardship of the IANA Functions, and/or current and future accountability and accountability mechanisms related to the aforementioned Transition, are deemed to be out of scope of the objective of the WG.

The CWG has a charter which has previously been adopted by ICANN’s ALAC, ccNSO and SSAC. In this item the GNSO Council will vote on whether or not to adopt the charter of the CWG.

5.1 – Review the motion: Motion 2
5.2 – Discussion
5.3 – Vote

Item 6: UPDATE – A GNSO liaison to the GAC (10 mins)

The council voted to appoint Mason Cole as the GNSO Liaison to the GAC with immediate effect such that he can be well informed and up to speed in order to participate effectively as soon as possible and, in particular, at ICANN 51.

Here the Council will have an opportunity to hear from Mason Cole with any initial input and feedback derived from the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles.

6.1 – Update (Mason Cole)
6.2 – Discussion

Item 7: UPDATE – A letter to the ICANN NGPC regarding the proposed modification of GNSO consensus recommendations relating to IGO acronyms and Red Cross identifiers (10 mins)

On 10 November 2013 the PDP Working Group (IGO-INGO PDP WG) delivered its Final Report to the GNSO Council that included twenty-five consensus recommendations. On 20 November 2013 the GNSO Council unanimously adopted all twenty-five consensus recommendations of the IGO-INGO PDP WG and forwarded them to the ICANN Board in January 2014 with a recommendation for their adoption.

On 30 April 2014 the Board resolved to adopt those of the GNSO's recommendations that are not inconsistent with GAC advice, and to facilitate dialogue between the affected parties in order to reconcile the remaining differences, as further detailed in Annex A and Annex B of the Board's resolution. The GNSO's recommendations and GAC advice are largely consistent except in relation to the duration and mechanism of protection for IGO acronyms and the full names and acronyms of 189 Red Cross national societies and the international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, for which the GNSO had recommended a 90-day period of protection by way of a claim notification service utilising the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH).

On 16 June 2014 the NGPC sent a letter to the GNSO Council requesting that the GNSO consider modifying its recommendations relating to the duration and mechanism of protection for IGO acronyms and national society names of the Red Cross. This modification to be in accordance with and as envisaged by Section 16 of the GNSO's PDP Manual.

On 24 July 2014, the Chair of the NGPC followed up with a note to the Chair of the GNSO Council and offered to provide a written or oral briefing to provide greater clarity on the GAC’s advice and expectations with respect to protections of IGO-INGO Identifiers. As a result of the briefing it was agreed to send a follow-up letter to the NGPC which has now been done (see http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/robinson-to-chalaby-disspain-07oct14-en.pdf) .

Here the Council will have the opportunity to receive an update and discuss any next steps.

7.1 – Update (Thomas Rickert / Mary Wong)
7.2 – Next steps

Item 8: – UPDATE - Name Collision

On the 30 July 2014, the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board directed staff to "provide information to, and work with the GNSO to consider whether policy work on developing a long-term plan to manage gTLD name collision issues should be undertaken." ICANN Staff submitted this paper to the GNSO Council on 7 October 2014 (see https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-gnso-policy-07oct14-en.pdf).

 

This is an opportunity for the Council to discuss which steps, if any, it would like to take in relation to this topic.

 

8.1 Discussion

8.2 Next steps

Item 9: UPDATE  – A cross community working group to develop a transition proposal for IANA stewardship on naming related functions (10 mins)

A drafting team (DT) was formed with participants from the ccNSO, GNSO, SSAC and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal on Naming Related Functions.

Following adoption of the charter at the previous meeting, this is an opportunity for the Council to receive a brief update on the next steps.

9.1 – Update (Jonathan Robinson)
9.2 – Next steps

Item 10: Thanks to outgoing councillors and ALAC Liaison (5 mins)

 

• Jennifer Wolfe (NCA)
• Ching Chiao (RySG)
• John Berard (CSG / BC)
• Magaly Pazello (NCSG)
• Klaus Stoll (NCSG)
• Alan Greenberg (ALAC Liaison)
• Maria Farrell (NCSG)
• Petter Rindforth (IPC)

Item 11: Any Other Business (5 mins)

Item 12: Open microphone

Logistical details that Maryam sent out already are repeated below:

Please find below details of the NCSG Policy Committee Meeting on Sunday 12th October, 16:30 local time.

Who should attend: Mandatory for NCSG Policy Committee Members. All members are welcome to participate as observers.

Adobe Connect Link: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/_a819976787/ncsg/

Dial in numbers: Below

Pass code: NCSG PC

Country Toll Numbers Freephone/ Toll Free Number

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