September 2011 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

BC Call/Meeting Summaries
by Benedetta Rossi Sept. 12, 2011

Sept. 12, 2011

Dear BC Members, Just a quick reminder that all BC Members Calls are transcribed, and that from the transcript I draft call reports which are posted on the BC web site along with the transcripts: http://www.bizconst.org/Telephone_conferences.htm The BC Meetings are also summarized and materials can be found here: http://www.bizconst.org/icann_meetings.htm Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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BC Pre Council Members Call, Friday 16th of September, 10am EST (2pm UTC)
by Benedetta Rossi Sept. 12, 2011

Sept. 12, 2011

Dear BC Members, Please hold the date for the upcoming Pre Council Members Call, taking place on Friday September 16th at 10am EST (2pm UTC). Please let me know if you require a dial out. Dial in details and agenda will follow. Thank you, Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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defining "Consumer Trust" in new gTLD reviews
by Steve DelBianco Sept. 6, 2011

Sept. 6, 2011

BC members — on last week's member call I discussed our role in a working group to define Consumer Trust, Choice, and Competition for the required review of the new gTLD program 1 year later. Below is a note I sent to the working group today, regarding whether a review of "Consumer Trust" should examine whether new gTLD registries have followed relevant national laws -- as proposed by the BC in Philip Sheppard's draft document and at the workshop in Singapore. From: Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco(a)netchoice.org<mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org>> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:54:40 +0000 To: "gnso-consumercci-dt(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-consumercci-dt@icann.org>" <gnso-consumercci-dt(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-consumercci-dt@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [gnso-consumercci-dt] Draft Definitions Just a follow-up on discussions from last week's call, regarding reference to "national laws" in the definition of Consumer Trust. I had proposed this definition, based on the BC's original draft: Consumer Trust is the degree of confidence among registrants and users that a TLD registry operator is fulfilling its proposed purpose and is complying with ICANN policies and all relevant national laws. Michael and others suggested removing "all" before "relevant". That makes sense, and perhaps we should say "applicable" instead of "relevant", given some of the citations I found in ICANN documents for "national laws": 1. Articles of Incorporation: “The Corporation shall operate for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and applicable international conventions and local law" 2. Applicant Guidebook: “National Law” is cited as potential basis for Government objections, GAC Early Warning, and/or GAC advice 3. Affirmation of Commitments: “9.3.1 ICANN additionally commits to enforcing its existing policy relating to WHOIS, subject to applicable laws” 4. Bylaws: regarding ccTLDs: “provided that such policies do not conflict with the law applicable to the ccTLD manager” I realize that some in our WG do not want to cite national laws at all. I did the above research to support my belief that we should cite national laws as a nod to governments and the GAC. This was before we saw the European Commission working papers, which also cite the importance of national laws (attached). However flawed the EC papers may be, they indicate the political lens through which the new gTLD program will be judged by governments. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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FW: [council] Final Issue Report - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C
by Zahid Jamil Sept. 1, 2011

Sept. 1, 2011

FYI 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 35680760 / 35685276 / 35655025 Fax: +92 21 35655026 <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 DNDRC, 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 DNDRC is prohibited. From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry Sent: 30 August 2011 12:53 To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Final Issue Report - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C Dear All, For your convenience, the Final Issue Report – Inter-Transfer Policy part C http://gnso.icann.org/issues/issue-report-irtp-c-29aug11-en.pdf is posted on pages: http://gnso.icann.org/issues http://gnso.icann.org/policies http://gnso.icann.org/index.html Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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