Hi,

Apologies about the late delivery, but below is the agenda of the NCSG Policy Committee meeting on Sunday.

Thanks.

Amr

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NCSG-PC Meeting Agenda:

Sunday, February 8th 2015 from 16:30 - 18:30 local Singapore time (UTC +8)
Room: Moor.
Remote Participation Details: To be confirmed.

I. Preparation for GNSO Council public meeting (30 minutes):

There are no motions set to be voted on during the upcoming council meeting, but we can go over some of the discussion items found here: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-gnso-council/agenda-gnso-council-11feb15-en

II. Open public comment periods (20 minutes):

1.GNSO policy and implementation working group initial report:

Mainly as a result of discussions stemming from implementation related issues of the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program, there has been an increased focus on which topics call for policy and which call for implementation work, including which processes should be used, at what time and how issues which are the subject of diverging opinions during the implementation process should be acted upon. Following several discussions, including the publication of a staff discussion paper and a community session during the ICANN meeting in Beijing in April 2013, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council decided in July 2013 to form a Working Group (WG) which was tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations on a number of questions that specifically relate to policy and implementation in a GNSO context.

The public comment period closes on March 3rd. Details can be found here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/policy-implementation-2015-01-19-en

2. Draft Report - Rights Protection Mechanisms Review:

This paper is intended to provide an outline for an initial review of the effectiveness of the rights protection mechanisms established as safeguards in the New gTLD Program. Particularly, this paper will review the data and input collected in many of the key areas relating to protection of trademark rights in the domain name system, including the Trademark Clearinghouse, Uniform Rapid Suspension system, and Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures.

The public comment period closes on April 3rd. Details can be found here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rpm-review-2015-02-02-en

III. Update on ongoing working groups (40 minutes):

1. Privacy/Proxy Services Accreditation PDP Working Group
2. Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group
3. Policy and Implementation Working Group (This topic will be discussed separately with other issues with open public comment periods)
4. IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP
5. Board-GNSO EWG Process WG

IV. Preparation for NCSG meeting with the ICANN board (20 minutes):

1. ICANN’s involvement in Web content regulation
2. Public interest and human rights + Public Interest Commitments Specification (PICs) of the registry agreement
3. Privacy issues at ICANN

V. AOB (10 minutes)

Possible topic may be the report and public comments submitted regarding the GAC subgroup on the protection of geographic names in the new gTLDs process (https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Community+Input+-+The+protection+of+Geographic+Names+in+the+New+gTLDs+process)