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Business Constituency response to WHOIS Review Team questions
by Steve DelBianco Feb. 8, 2012

Feb. 8, 2012

Attached is the response of the Business Constituency (BC) to questions from The WHOIS Policy Review Team. This document was reviewed and approved by BC members in accordance with our charter. Sarah Deutsch served as Rapporteur for this response. -- Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination ICANN Business Constituency http://Www.bizconst.org <http://Www.bizconst.org/>

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Policy Calendar for 17-Feb-2011 BC Member call
by Steve DelBianco Sept. 15, 2011

Sept. 15, 2011

To: Business Constituency Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination Below is the latest BC policy calendar, for use during 17-Feb member call. (attachments are provided for Channel 4 below) Channel 1. BC participation in ICANN Public Comment processes: ICANN Public Comment page is at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/ Selected Public Comments open at this time: (in order of comment closing dates) 1: Accountability & Transparency Review Team FINAL recommendations (14-Feb) http://forum.icann.org/lists/atrt-final-recommendations/index.html#00010 2: Proposed process for recognizing new Constituencies (4-Mar) 3: Interim report on internationalized registration data (14-Mar) Note: BC members are encouraged to submit individual or company comments on any topic. Based on member interest, the BC selects topics on which to submit official positions. Channel 2. Support for discussion and votes of our representatives on GNSO Council Upcoming discussions & votes at 24-Feb GNSO Council meeting (15:00 UTC) Full agenda at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-24feb11-en.htm Item 4: proposed guidelines for working groups. Should they be adopted or posted for further comment? Item 5: Responding to Board resolution asking GNSO for definitions & metrics for AOC terms (consumer choice, consumer trust, and competition). Several BC members have volunteered. No outreach yet from Rosemary Sinclair. Item 6: WHOIS studies. Staff posted an analysis of "Privacy & Proxy Relay & Reveal". Council must decide which of remaining 3 studies (Registrant Identification, Proxy and Privacy "abuse" and this Relay and Reveal study) staff should initiate. (see http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-chart-11feb11-en.pdf) Item 7: update on Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group. Draft charter at http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf Item 8: discussion of cross-community working groups Item 9: Staff feedback regarding Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) motion passed at 3-Feb meeting (http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201102 ) RESOLVED #1, the GNSO Council instructs ICANN Policy Staff to forward the two issues identified by the RAP IDT as having low resource requirements, WHOIS Access recommendation #2 and Fake Renewal Notices recommendation #1, to ICANN Compliance Staff for resolution. ICANN? Compliance Staff is requested to provide the GNSO Council with its feedback on the two recommendations and proposed implementation in a timely manner. RESOLVED #2, the GNSO Council requests an Issues Report on the current state of the UDRP. RESOLVED #3, the GNSO Council requests a discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report. Council Working Groups: (see GNSO Project Status List as of 27-Jan-2011, at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf Channel 3. Supporting discussion and voting on policy matters before the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) (SarahDeutsch ) Channel 4. BC statements and responses during public meetings (Board meetings, outreach events, public forum, etc.) Upcoming Board/GAC Intercessional meeting in Brussels, 28-Feb to 1-Mar GAC 'scorecard' expected before 22-Feb. Selected previous BC positions on GAC-Board topics (attached) Affirmation review team for Whois (Susan Kawaguchi, Bill Smith) Affirmation reviewteam for SSR (Security, Stability, & Reslience) (Jeff Brueggeman)

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FYI: NetChoice comments on IANA contract
by Steve DelBianco July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011

Another round of comments on the IANA functions contract were due Friday. You can read NetChoice comments here<http://www.netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/NetChoice-IANA-FNOI.pdf>. As we did in previous comments<http://www.netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/NetChoice-on-IANA-Contract.pdf>, NetChoice suggests that ICANN's role in IANA be contingent on their adherence to the Affirmation of Commitments. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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please review: brief BC comment on IRTP-B recommendations
by Steve DelBianco July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011

As we noted on our 14-Jul member call, ICANN's Board will soon consider the GNSO PDP recommendations for IRTP-B (inter-Registrar Transfer Policy - Part B). There is now an open public comment period for any advice to the Board before they consider the PDP recommendations. See docs and description here<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-b-recommendations-08jul11-en.htm>. Last week, I suggested that our BC members who were most active on the IRTP working group could offer a comment for the BC to submit to the Board. Mikey O'Connor, Berry Cobb, and Chris Chaplow came up with this brief comment: The BC endorses the recommendations made by the IRTP-B Working Group and encourages Board members to vote in favor of the motion as drafted. If Board members have issues which prevent them from supporting the motion, the BC urges the Board refer the issue back to the GNSO Council which can ask the IRTP-B working group to review the Board's feedback and perhaps modify recommendations where appropriate. These comments are due 8-Aug, giving us 9 days for review, edits, and approval. This is less than than our customary 14 day review period, but I believe 9 days is adequate to review a two-sentence comment that is based on a previous BC position. All BC members are invited to suggest edits on the BC list. Steve DelBianco vice chair for policy coordination

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Business Constituency comment on Second Milestone Report
by Steve DelBianco July 29, 2011

July 29, 2011

Attached are comments of the Business Constituency (BC) on the second Milestone Report, for Expanding Developing Economies' Participation in the New gTLD Program This document was reviewed and approved by BC members in accordance with our charter. Ron Andruff served as Rapporteur for this document. -- Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination ICANN Business Constituency http://Www.bizconst.org

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For review: BC Comments on 2nd JAS Milestone Report
by Steve DelBianco July 29, 2011

July 29, 2011

Per discussion on our 14-Jul member call, here is a draft of BC comments Comments on the Second Milestone Report on Applicant Support in the New gTLD Program. Ron Andruff prepared this draft, which reflects standing BC position on encouraging new gTLD applicants to offer their domains in multiple languages and scripts. This comment period and docs are described at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/second-milestone-report-10jun11-en.h… These comments are due 29-Jul, giving us 14 days for review, edits, and approval. All BC members are invited to suggest edits. Please use track changes and circulate to BC list. Thanks again to Ron for taking the lead on this. Steve DelBianco vice chair for policy coordination --

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BC Members Call, July 14 2011 MP3 & Transcript
by Benedetta Rossi July 26, 2011

July 26, 2011

Dear BC Members, Please find attached the transcript from the last BC Members Call which took place on Thursday July 14th 2011. The MP3 for this call can be found here: https://icann.box.net/shared/static/7xo9uz3qpbjoz2xl6123.mp3 Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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top-level-domain-holdings-appoints-superstar-executive-chairman
by martinsutton＠hsbc.com July 18, 2011

July 18, 2011

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Business Constituency (BC) comments on Preliminary Issue Report on the UDRP
by Steve DelBianco July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Attached are comments of the Business Constituency (BC) regarding the Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP. This document was reviewed and approved by BC members in accordance with our charter. Elisa Cooper served as Rapporteur for these comments. -- Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination ICANN Business Constituency http://Www.bizconst.org <http://Www.bizconst.org/>

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Dakar Hotel
by Benedetta Rossi July 14, 2011

July 14, 2011

Dear BC Members, During today's members call Marilyn mentioned the hotel that was booked by various members of the excomm for the upcoming meeting in Dakar. The hotel is the Hotel des Almadies, which is the third hotel on the ICANN website for the Dakar meeting. This hotel is very close to the venue and has special rates in place for ICANN participants, which include unlimited WI-FI and breakfast. The rates are the following: standard single room: 124 US dollars per nightdeluxe single room: 157 US dollars per night The website for the hotel is the following: http://www.hoteldesalmadies.com/ I have contacted the hotel and was informed that the booking section of their website is not working. To book a room you need to contact the hotel via email by filling in the form attached to this email with your name, address, phone number, choice of room, dates and credit card number, and email it to the address at the top of the form. Payment is done upon arrival, but a credit card number is required to secure the booking. Please let me know if you have any further questions, Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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