September 2009 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

Seoul draft agendas
by Philip Sheppard 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Colleagues, we are proposing the following draft agendas for the Seoul meetings. Any comments, additions or deletions are welcome on the list or latest our call next week. Philip ---------------------------------------- CSG breakfast with Board Topic 1 - new TLDs, outcome of IRT recommendations and proposed anti-malicious conduct provisions Topic 2 - JPA and ICANN oversight CSG 1. Outcome IRT recommendations and proposed anti-malicious conduct provisions - invite Kurt ? 2. R&R separation and other competitive issues - do we have a joint view? 3. Admin: How do we work towards policy and other coordination within the CSG? BC 1. New Charter and functioning of exec comm: do we have enough volunteers? 2. How to address the fact that larger BC members are not contributing to an archived e-mail list 3. Policy: progress on anti-abuse mechanisms 4. Follow -up on CSG/Board topics 5. New secretariat and possible ICANN services

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WHOIS Misuse Studies Research
by BC Secretariat 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28sep09-en.htm ICANN is Seeking Independent Researchers to Respond to Request for Proposal on WHOIS Misuse Studies 28 September 2009 The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is responsible for developing and recommending to the ICANN Board substantive policies relating to gTLDs. The GNSO Council is now exploring several extensive studies of WHOIS and has asked ICANN to estimate the cost and feasibility of conducting several studies proposed by members of the ICANN community and ICANN's Government Advisory Committee. The first area of study focuses on "misuse" of public WHOIS information, and, pursuant to the above request, ICANN is seeking to engage independent research organizations to undertake one or more proposed WHOIS Misuse studies. The Misuse Studies RFP Cover Letter illustrates the scope of work and the criteria for selection. This document should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Reference for WHOIS Misuse Studies RFP. Read together, these two documents provide the materials necessary to respond to this Request for Proposals ("RFP") for WHOIS Misuse Studies. More information about WHOIS may be found at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/index.html By 27 November, 2009, interested applicants should submit proposals by email to rfpwhois(a)icann.org to the attention of Liz Gasster, Senior Policy Counselor, ICANN Policy Department. A confirmation email will be sent for each proposal received. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat http://gnso.icann.org

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BC Secretariat
by Zahid Jamil 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Dear Members, After almost nine years of service to the BC, Gary Hills, has tendered his resignation as BC secretariat. We have agreed with him a termination date of 31 12 2009. On behalf of all members we would like to thank Gary for his excellent service to the Constituency. The Officers will be looking for a replacement and ask members also if they have any suggestions. To avoid conflicts of interest and to ensure accountability to the BC executive committee this position is not open to a BC member. Gary will be drafting a job description to help in the process of recruitment. That description will factor in optional services available from ICANN. Zahid Jamil Mike Rodenbaugh Philip Sheppard BC Officers Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 <http://www.jamilandjamil.com/> www.jamilandjamil.com Notice / Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and its contents are being communicated only for the intended recipients . If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this message by mistake and delete it from your system. The contents above may contain/are the intellectual property of Jamil & Jamil, Barristers-at-Law, and constitute privileged information protected by attorney client privilege. The reproduction, publication, use, amendment, modification of any kind whatsoever of any part or parts (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means whether or not transiently or incidentally or some other use of this communication) without prior written permission and consent of Jamil & Jamil is prohibited.

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Election to the GNSO Council
by BC Secretariat 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Dear Members Election of a BC representative to the GNSO Council. The nomination period for this election closed at midnight yesterday. I have received one nomination: Zahid Jamil, Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center Nominated by Ayesha Hassan, International Chamber of Commerce As there is no contest, I can announce that Zahid Jamil will represent the BC on the GNSO Council until the ICANN General Meeting 2011. Gary Hills BC Secretariat

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Nomination period reminder
by BC Secretariat 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Dear Members Nominations for a Business Constituency representative to the GNSO Council A reminder that the nomination period for this election closes at midnight in your time zone on Sunday 27 September 2009. Nominations received after this time cannot be accepted. Best wishes Gary

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Member call
by BC Secretariat 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Dear Members There will be a BC member call on Monday 5 October at the following times: California, 8am Alberta, 9am NYC/DC/Ottawa, 11am London, 4pm Brussels/Paris/Geneva, 5pm Karachi, 8pm Draft Agenda 1. BC charter discussion - detail and structure to follow 2. Pre-Seoul discussions 3. Input on proposed agendas for Seoul (drafts will be forwarded in advance) The call will be via the usual BC conference provider with same dial-in and codes but I will send details again closer to the time. Best wishes Gary

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where are we at on a new charter?
by Mike O'Connor 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

hi all, i've incorporated a few comments on the charter-draft into this new version. so where are we at on approving a new charter? don't we need to keep pushing forward on this? mikey - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)

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New GNSO Website
by Chris Chaplow 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Dear all, As you may know I am the BC member of the Communications and Coordination Work Team. (CCT). Improving the GNSO web site is one of the primary missions of the Communications Coordination Team. We produced a business requirements document some months ago that was forwarded to the consistency. At a more practical level the CCT has made significant strides on the website work. This included interviewing power users about needs and preferences, and obtaining input from the Revere group who are under contract to ICANN producing a professional usability study. The ICANN chosen platform is an open source program call DRUPAL which by chance I have experience with this program. I went to MdR for a few days for a "design scrum" working with Scott Pinzon, ICANN Communications Director, and Ken Bour, and also meeting with Kieren and Marc Salvatierra. (Webmaster) We now have "wireframes" of what the new website structure may look like (see one attached). Scott Pinzon, ICANN Communications Director, and Ken Bour, also an ICANN staff consultant, would be willing to do a one hour Adobe Connect presentation if any BC members would like to preview the current work status, and so that you can express your opinions as to the design, layout and usefulness. Please respond back to me to let me know if you have an interest in this. If there is enough interest, we can pick a time. This invitation has been sent to other constituencies as well. There will also be some form presentations at Seoul. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris(a)andalucia.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain. Please think of the Environment before you print this email

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Travel Support to ICANN meetings -- post if you want some of it
by George Kirikos 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi folks, To followup on my prior post: http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg00430.html I noticed this post by Kevin Wilson to the Council mailing list: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg07445.html which stated that "My understanding is that the GNSO delegates to each constituency the decision for assigning these slots." I believe the *members* of the BC Constituency need to decide how those funds are allocated. For example, Marilyn Cade has been a great contributor to the BC, and might warrant full or half-support or one-third (depending on what fractions they permit). Sarah Deutsch and Steve DelBianco have done us proud at hearings in DC. Phil Corwin has also done a lot of positive work. Mike O'Connor participates on many committees and workgroups. The folks from CADNA have done excellent work. Similarly, others in the BC are doing the same. Perhaps some organizations are in greater financial need than others, and would benefit from the support. The members might rightly decide that it is better for one or more of the officers to participate remotely, or receive only fractional financial support, and that others are more deserving of that ICANN funding. CADNA has recently called for an audit of ICANN: http://www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-releases/cadna-calls-for-full-scale-… That examination should also extend to the BC itself, as many of the questions raised are equally valid when pointed at how the BC operates. Gary recently asked who plans to attend Seoul: http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg00397.html Perhaps we should expand that question further asking who desires the funding from ICANN that is available, and allow the members to vote or otherwise arrive at a consensus as to how that allocation should be done. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/

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PEDNAR (post expiration domain name recovery) PDP needs a constituency statement from us
by Mike O'Connor 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

hi gang, i'm not paying a lot of attention to matters related to ICANN at the moment, but i'm on the PEDNAR working group and constituency statements are due soon. i'm forwarding the one from the Registrar Constituency for you information. i can't draft one for us to review -- i'm completely buried under another project for the next month. does somebody want to take the lead on getting this organized? mikey > - - - - - - - - - phone 651-647-6109 fax 866-280-2356 web www.haven2.com handle OConnorStP (ID for public places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc.)

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