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FW: Someone responded to: ICANN and Ethics
by Phil Corwin Oct. 6, 2011

Oct. 6, 2011

FYI, Bruce Tonkin has posted minutes of the 9/15 BGC meeting (below) -- Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey -----Original Message----- From: info(a)circleid.com [mailto:info@circleid.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:47 PM To: Phil Corwin Subject: Someone responded to: ICANN and Ethics You have just received a comment for: ICANN and Ethics http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_and_ethics/#8253 By Bruce Tonkin The minutes from the Board Governance Committee meeting of 15 September are now public. See: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-bgc-15sep11-en.htm The relevant resolution relating to Ethics and Conflicts of interest is: "Ethics and Conflicts of Interest – The Committee held a long and detailed discussion about the nature of conflicts of interest, including the requirements relating to disclosure of existing, future or potential future conflicts of interest, as well as abstention from voting in particular circumstances. The Committee also discussed in detail how ethics guidelines compliment a Conflicts of Interest Policy, and the need for ICANN to establish a formal Ethics regime. The BGC approved a motion leading to the following actions: Actions: * The CEO and the General Counsel are to review and propose revisions to the Conflicts of Interest Policy to clarify issues, including disclosure and abstention requirements, surrounding future interests or potential future interests. * The CEO and the General Counsel are to engage an external firm with expertise in advising on ethical issues, to advise and help develop an ICANN Ethics Regime or set of Guidelines for the Board, the staff and the community. * A work party of Cherine Chalaby, Bill Graham and Ray Plzak as current members of the BGC to review and guide staff efforts to revise the Conflicts of Interest Policy and development of the Ethics Regime or set of Guidelines. * Staff to provide BGC with progress report, and BGC to further discuss process and timeline in Dakar." Note also that the BGC has asked the staff to schedule a 90 minute public session in Dakar to provide the community with a briefing on the current conflicts policy and possible changes, and to seek community input. I will provide further details once the details are public. Regards, Bruce Tonkin ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3900 - Release Date: 09/16/11 Internal Virus Database is out of date.

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New BC Private mailing list
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 5, 2011

Oct. 5, 2011

Dear BC Members, As part of ICANN's toolkit services, the BC has been granted a new bc "private" mailing list which will be managed directly by me as BC Secretariat. The advantages of changing mailing list are numerous, but they include saving costs by hosting the mailing list directly via ICANN and having the opportunity to host an archiving system for this mailing list as well. The NEW mailing list email address is the following: bc-private(a)icann.org Information regarding the new list can be found below. You will shortly receive all of this information in an automatically generated email as soon as I add your email address to the list. Each member will receive a welcome email with an automatically generated password. This password will allow you to log in to your personal space and manage your subscription (change password, options, etc) and more importantly will allow you to access the email archive. The archive is password protected for privacy reasons, since this mailing list is the one used for transmitting private information such as dial in details, etc. We will continue to host the old mailing list until the end of the month, but it would be great if members started using the new list in the next couple of days. I will add all members email addresses today, October 5th 2011, and you should therefore expect to receive your confirmation email today, with all information regarding the list (found below) and your personal password. A reminder of your chosen password (or automatically generated password if you choose to leave it that way) will be automatically sent to you each month as a reminder. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns regarding the new mailing list. Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc(a)hotmail.com Example of welcome email once you are subscribed to the new mailing list: Welcome to the Bc-private(a)icann.org mailing list! To post to this list, send your email to: bc-private(a)icann.org General information about the mailing list is at: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bc-private If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at: "personalized link for your email address" You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: Bc-private-request(a)icann.org with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: "personalized password will be found here" Normally, Mailman will remind you of your icann.org mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on your options page that will email your current password to you.

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ALERTS From the Secretariat: UPDATED GNSO Council meeting agenda 6 October 2011
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 4, 2011

Oct. 4, 2011

REMINDER FROM THE SECRETARIAT in Addition to the Alert: The Council call on Thursday October 6th can be listened to in real time using the following link which can also be found in the announcement below: GNSO Council meeting audiocasthttp://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc(a)hotmail.com Please find the updated agenda for the GNSO Council meeting on 6 October 2011 at 15:00 UTC posted on the Wiki at:https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+06+Octobe… And on the GNSO website at:http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-06oct11-en.htm Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 6 October 2011. This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-22sep11-en.pdfFor convenience:* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.Meeting Time 15:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time:15:00 UTC - see below for local times (08:00 Los Angeles, 11:00 Washington DC, 16:00 London, 17:00 Brussels, Friday 7 October 00:00 Tokyo; 02:00 Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes) 1.1 Roll Call 1.2 Statement of interest updates 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: • 22 September minutes –approved on October 2011. Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes) Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's Pending Projects list since the previous meeting. Refer to Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf 2.1 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)• GNSO activities: 10 (9 – Open Council Meeting DT added). • Other activities: 9 (9 - no change) • Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (7 – no change). • Outstanding recommendations: 2 (2– no change). Item 3: Whois Survey Drafting Team (10 minutes) A motion is being submitted to approve the formation of a Whois Survey Drafting Team.Motion deferred from 22 September Council meeting Refer to motion: 1. https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… 3.1 Reading of the motion (Wendy Seltzer) 3. 2 Discussion 3. 3 Vote Item 4: Registration abuse (RAP) (15 minutes) At its July 21 meeting, the Council was presented with a motion to address the remaining recommendations of the RAP WG. This motion was discussed at the meeting and should now be considered by Council. It should be noted that the motion made before the Council today has been slightly reworked as compared to the motion shown at the July 21 meeting (see https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+21+July+2011) Motion deferred from 22 September Council meeting. Refer to motion 2 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… 4.1 Reading of the motion (Zahid Jamil) 4.2 Discussion 4.3 Vote Item 5: Law Enforcement assistance on addressing criminal activity (10 minutes) A motion is being made to recommend action by the ICANN Board with regards to addressing Internet-based criminal activity. Motion deferred from 22 September Council meetingRefer to motion: 3 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… 5.1 Reading of the motion (Tim Ruiz) 5.2 Discussion 5.3 Vote Item 6: Amendments to RAA (10 minutes)In its ongoing work on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), and more specifically to identify potential amendments to the RAA, the Council is considering a motion to approve an amended process to develop a new form of RAA termed "process B". Refer to motion 4 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… Reading of the motion (Kristina Rosette) 6.2 Discussion 6.3 Vote Item 7: Policy Development Process Work Team (PDP-WT) (10 minutes)As part of the GNSO improvements, the PPSC's PDP WT has produced a final report on how the GNSO's policy develop process should be handled. Refer to PDP-WT Final Report This report has been put out for public comment and is now being presented to the Council for approval. Refer to motion 5 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… Reading of the motion (Jeff Neuman) 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Vote Item 8: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes) As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htmIncorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public interest.The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdfOn September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing the following advice on this topic with regard to a possible UDRP and the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent names. During the Council's Sept 22 meeting, the following points were highlighted: • A request to Staff to confer with ICANN General Counsel on the status of the advice that the GNSO receives from the GAC? • This is a proposed topics to discuss with the GAC at the joint GAC- Council meeting in Dakar. • Identify questions or requests for clarification and communicate these to the GAC well in advance of the joint meeting so as to have a meaningful and constructive discussion. 8.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam) 8.2 Discussion 8.3 Next steps Item 9: Cross Community Working Group Drafting Team - Final Charter (CCWG-DT) Cross Community Working Group Charter http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ccwg/charter-ccwg-30sep11-en.pdf 9.1 Council approval for consideration of the motion submitted to the Council on 29 September 2011http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12100.html Refer to motion 6 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+06+October+… 9.2 Reading of the motion ( Margie Milam) 9.3 Discussion9.4 Vote Item 10: Review of proposed agenda for Dakar meeting (20 minutes) 10.1 Discussion item on the GNSO's proposed agenda for the Dakar meeting week, including key points and meetings with other stakeholders and groups. 10.1 1 Review of draft agenda (Jeff Neuman) 10.1.2 Discussion 10.1.3 Next steps 10.2 Interaction with ccNSO Action item from the Singapore ICANN meeting, deferred from the July 21 meeting: the ccNSO and the GNSO agreed to try and work together more closely on some projects of common interest. Two were discussed: the work the ccNSO is currently doing on ICANN's strategic plan and budget, and the work the GNSO is currently doing on CWGs. This is a discussion item to ascertain how to push these two initiatives forward.10.2.1 Discussion 10.2.1 Next steps10.3 Open Council Meeting Drafting Team At its Singapore meeting, the Council decided to review the way its Open Meetings are organized. This is a discussion item to review the work of the team so far and identify any changes that might be made in time for the GNSO Council's next Open Meeting, in Dakar on October 26.10.3.1 Update (XXX) 10.3.2 Discussion 10.3.3 Next steps Item 11: Best practices discussion paper (10 minutes) Following a Council request, Staff has prepared a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices for registrars and registries. The best practices are to help address the abusive registrations of domain names. Staff suggests that the Council open a public comment period. A workshop could also be held on this topic during the Dakar ICANN meeting week.11.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam) 11.2 Discussion 11.3 Next steps Item 12. Any Other Business (5 minutes) Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions: 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; 2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of one House; 3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO Supermajority”); 4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation; 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and 6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that “a two-thirds vote of the council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision.Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4) 4.4.1 Applicability Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures. a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP); b. Approve a PDP recommendation; c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws; d. Fill a Council position open for election. 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting‟s adjournment. In exceptional circumstances,announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present. 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available. 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March & October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 15:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-6+1DST 10:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 11:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 13:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 16:00 Tunis, Tunisia (CET)UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 17:00 Moscow, Russian Federation UTC+3+1DST 19:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 20:00 Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00 Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 00:00 next day Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 02:00 next day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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ALERTS from the Secretariat: Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 43 in San Jose, Costa Rica
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 3, 2011

Oct. 3, 2011

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-30sep11-en.htm Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN International Public Meeting 43 in San Jose, Costa RicaProgram Ensures Global Representation at ICANN's Public Meetings30 September 2011MARINA DEL REY, California: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is now accepting online applications for the 15th round of the Fellowship program. Successful candidates will participate in the ICANN meeting to be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 11-16 March 2012.The Fellowship program is open to applicants who are current residents of developing and least developed nations and interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting organizations, constituencies and stakeholder groups. Priority is given to individuals new to the ICANN environment from government and the ccTLD community, as well as those from academic, civil, business and non-profit entities, which are NOT involved in or associated with other ICANN supported travel programs. The program provides the support and opportunity for these participants to gain knowledge on how to have their voices heard in the Internet community and ICANN. More information regarding terms and conditions, as well as eligibility is available online at http://www.icann.org/en/fellowships/ or email at fellowships(a)icann.org regarding any questions about this process or program.The Fellowship program arranges the airfare, hotel and a stipend for those individuals selected to participate in this ICANN meeting. Recipients are expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes, both at the meeting and in the future. As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to attend.Applications for the meeting in Costa Rica will be accepted from 00:00 UTC on 1 October 2011 until 00:00 UTC on 14 November 2011. Successful candidates will be posted on the ICANN Fellowship webpage by 22 December 2011.What Is ICANN?To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn't have one global Internet.ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.ICANN doesn't control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn't deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet's naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc(a)hotmail.com

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ALERTS from the Secretariat: Public Comment: Geographic Regions Review - Final Draft Report
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 3, 2011

Oct. 3, 2011

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-30sep11-en.htm Geographic Regions Review – Draft Final ReportComment Period Deadlines (*)Important Information LinksPublic Comment BoxOpen Date:30 September 2011To Submit Your Comments (Forum)Close Date:19 December 2011Time (UTC):23:59View Comments SubmittedSection I: Description, Explanation, and PurposeGeographic diversity is a fundamental component of the ICANN organization. The ICANN Bylaws (Article VI Section 5) currently define five geographic regions as Africa, North America, Latin America/Caribbean, Asia/Australia/Pacific and Europe.The ICANN Geographic Regions were originally created to ensure regional diversity in the composition of the ICANN Board and were subsequently expanded in various ways to apply to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO).For the past two years a community-wide working group chartered by the ICANN Board has been working to (1) confirm the history, underlying principles and goals of the current geographic regions framework, (2) analyze how those goals and principles have been applied by the Board, Staff and community and (3) consulted with the community on how those principles and goals can be best maintained in the future.This Draft Final Report reflects the penultimate step of that research and consultation effort. The draft document outlines specific recommendations from the Working Group to the ICANN Board regarding how the present Geographic Regions Framework can be modified to ensure that the organizational principles of geographic and cultural diversity are honored and maintained. Those recommendations are based on thorough research, extensive community consultation and reflect the points of view of a wide range of the ICANN community.Mindful of the potential implications even small changes to the framework could have on the wider community, the WG decided to make this draft document available to the community for review and comment before the WG formally publishes its Final Report. The WG will closely review all submitted comments to determine if further modifications to the draft document are necessary.Section II: BackgroundThe ccNSO Council approved a resolution in 2007 recommending that the ICANN Board appoint a community-wide working group to further study and review the issues related to the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, to consult with all stakeholders and submit proposals to the Board to resolve the issues relating to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions.The rest of the community supported the concept of the working group and the Board authorized its formation at its December 2008 Meeting (see - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-07nov08.htm#_Toc87682556).The Board approved the charter of the working group at its public meeting in June 2009 (see -http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun09.htm#1.2). Copies of the Charter, in all six UN languages, are set forth here: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/charter-26jun09-en.htm.The Working Group produced two previous reports. An Initial Report in which the Working Group (1) identified the various applications and functions to which “ICANN Geographic Regions” are currently applied by existing ICANN structures; (2) documented other regionally identified processes and structures used within ICANN but not defined in the Bylaws; and (3) detailed the “issues” that it thought should be covered during its subsequent investigations.The Working Group also produced an Interim Report that focused on general principles, specific considerations and some of the critical issues that it intended to address in its Final Report document. It (1) offered a review of the underlying history, objectives and general principles of ICANN’s Geographic Regions Framework; (2) raised a number of fundamental strategic questions for further community consideration; and (c) expanded on a number of specific issues identified in the Initial Report that were likely to be addressed in the Final Report.Section III: Document and Resource LinksDocuments posted for comment:Copies of the Draft Final Report in all six UN languages can be found at the following links:العربية [PDF, 325 KB]中文 [PDF, 358 KB]English [PDF, 252 KB]Français [PDF, 324 KB]Русский [PDF, 388 KB]Español [PDF, 390 KB]Appendix A (EN) [PDF, 112 KB]Appendix B (EN) [PDF, 81 KB]Additional Resources:Further information on the work of the Geographic Regions Review Working Group is available at:https://community.icann.org/display/georegionwg/Home+Page+of+Geographic+… IV: Additional InformationThe entire structure of this Working Group effort has been organized to achieve broad community input. All the individual ICANN SOs and ACs were given the opportunity to comment on the community-wide working group concept and each community was invited to send participants to be involved with the working group (all but the RSSAC have contributed members). The entire community had the opportunity to comment on the proposed charter of the Working Group before it was approved by the Board (see March 2009 Geographic Region Review WG Charter Public Comment Period).Every written report generated by the Working Group has been published in all six UN languages and each has been subjected to extended community review and comment opportunities. Working Group members individually reported on the group’s progress to their respective communities. The Working Group also sponsored a community survey (in the six UN languages and Portuguese) seeking another form of community input on the geographic regions framework. Additionally, a public session was conducted at the ICANN Public Meeting in Brussels (June 2010) and public workshops were conducted at the Cartagena (December 2010), San Francisco (March 2011) and Singapore (June 2011) Public Meetings to gather further community perspectives on this matter.Staff Contact:Robert HoggarthEmail:robert.hoggarth@icann.org Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc(a)hotmail.com

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ALERTS from the Secretariat: Call for Volunteers: Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C
by Benedetta Rossi Oct. 3, 2011

Oct. 3, 2011

Call for Volunteers: Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C In BriefThe Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers to serve on a Working Group that will address issues related to the transfer of domain names between registrars. After investigating and considering specific issues (detailed below), the Working Group is expected to recommend how to handle these issues, which could include proposals for changes to the existing Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (a consensus policy adopted in 2004). What This Group Will DoThe initial tasks of the group will be to consider the following questions[1] and make recommendations to the GNSO Council:a) "Change of Control" function, including an investigation of how this function is currently achieved, if there are any applicable models in the country-code name space that can be used as a best practice for the gTLD space, and any associated security concerns. It should also include a review of locking procedures, as described in Reasons for Denial #8 and #9, with an ! aim to balance legitimate transfer activity and security.b) Whether provisions on time-limiting Form Of Authorization (FOA)s should be implemented to avoid fraudulent transfers out. For example, if a Gaining Registrar sends and receives an FOA back from a transfer contact, but the name is locked, the registrar may hold the FOA pending adjustment to the domain name status, during which time the registrant or other registration information may have changed.c) Whether the process could be streamlined by a requirement that registries use IANA IDs for registrars rather than proprietary IDs.How This Group Will WorkICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public. The mailing list for the IRTP Part C WG will be archived publicly. Working Group members are expected to submit Statements of Interest (SOI). The group will collaborate using a public workspace. The Working Group ! is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.How to JoinThe Council invites interested parties to provide names of expected participants who can then be added to the WG mailing list. The GNSO Council may also invite stakeholders and experts to join. Participants in the Working Group that addressed IRTP Part B are especially encouraged to apply. Community members who wish to be invited to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat (gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org) This WG is already forming; please apply promptly. BackgroundThe Inter�\Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) is a consensus policy adopted in 2004 to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name holders to transfer domain names between registrars. An overall review of this policy identified areas that require clarification or improvement. At its meeting of 22 September 2011, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council passed a resolution chartering a Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG) to address the topic of Inter-Registrar Transfer Pol! icies (IRTP) Part C. Because the initial review identified a wide range of issues related to transferring domain names, the issues have been categorized into subsets. This Working Group will tackle the issues referred to as ��Part C��. Sent on behalf of the GNSO Chair, St��phane van Gelder Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc(a)hotmail.com [1] See the Final Issue Report on the IRTP Part C for further details on each of these issues.

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Re: [bc-gnso] US and EU could see power diluted in ICANN
by Marilyn Cade Oct. 3, 2011

Oct. 3, 2011

Thanks, Phil. We can add this to our discussions for prep for Dakar. There are several strange aspects in the proposal, while in reality, business did not take up much of a voice in this. However for those who work in the intergovernmental arena, you know that the CSTD regions do not match the ITU groups of countries, and of course in many other settings, countries self define. Probably the helpful issue to business was sticking with five regions. I have to study this more, however. So am making a comment only, not expressing an opinion. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 17:16:42 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] US and EU could see power diluted in ICANN http://domainincite.com/us-and-eu-could-see-power-diluted-in-icann/ Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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US and EU could see power diluted in ICANN
by Phil Corwin Oct. 2, 2011

Oct. 2, 2011

http://domainincite.com/us-and-eu-could-see-power-diluted-in-icann/ Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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