March 2012 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

Policy calendar for 5-Mar-2012 BC member call
by Steve DelBianco 09 Sep '12

09 Sep '12

Here is the latest BC policy calendar, for use during our 5-Mar-2012 BC member call. Channel 1. BC participation in ICANN Public Comment process: ICANN Public Comment page is here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment> 1. FY 13 budget framework (reply comments close 26-Mar) Chris Chaplow is managing BC comments. Filed initial comments here<http://forum.icann.org/lists/op-budget-fy2013/msg00003.html>. 2. Defensive Applications for new gTLDs (reply<http://forum.icann.org/lists/newgtlds-defensive-applications/> comments close 20-Mar) BC filed comments here<http://forum.icann.org/lists/newgtlds-defensive-applications/msg00022.html>. 3. Bylaw changes on GNSO policy development process ( reply comments close 23-Mar) 4. Draft roadmap to implement SAC 51 protocol for WHOIS (initial comments close 18-Mar) 5. IDN Variant Issues Project plan (initial comments close 18-Mar) 6. WHOIS Policy Review Team (AoC) Draft Report (comments close 18-Mar) Elisa Cooper is managing BC comments. 7. Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs (initial comments close 23-Mar) 8. IRTP-B PDP on WHOIS status messages (initial comments close 25-Mar) 9. Interim report on ccTLD re-delegation requests (initial comments close 30-Mar) 10. Draft Advice on definitions & targets for Consumer Trust, Choice, and Competition in new gTLD program (initial comments close 3-Apr) (link to advice<http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/cctc-draft-advice-letter-22feb12-en.pdf> ) 11. Status report on protecting Red Cross & Olympics at top-level and 2nd-level (link<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02mar12-en.htm>) (initial comment opens 2-Mar) Note: BC members are encouraged to submit individual / company comments. The BC selects topics on which to submit official positions based on member interest. --- Channel 2. Support for discussion and votes of our representatives on GNSO Council John Berard and Zahid Jamil, BC Councilors GNSO Project Status available here<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf> Agenda for Council meeting in Costa Rica has not yet been published. (link<http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-14mar12-en.htm>) John and Zahid can update us on possible motions, including something on UDRP providers. --- Channel 3. Supporting discussion and voting on policy matters before the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) Elisa Cooper, CSG Liaison, and Marilyn Cade (alternate) Messages for meeting with ICANN Board on 13-Mar --- Channel 4. BC statements and responses during public meetings (outreach events, public forum, etc.) Affirmation review team for Whois (Susan Kawaguchi, Lynn Goodendorf, Bill Smith) Affirmation review team for SSR (Security, Stability, & Resilience) (Jeff Brueggeman) Remaining implementation work for gTLD expansion plan, incl BC requests for specific improvements (here<http://forum.icann.org/lists/newgtlds-defensive-applications/msg00022.html>)

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for expedited review: draft BC comment on registry proposal for Continuity Operations Instrument (COI)
by Steve DelBianco 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

Per discussion in Dakar and on our 10-Nov member call, here is a draft of BC comments on the a proposed alternative to the for Continuity Operations Instrument in the new gTLD Program. Jon Nevett prepared this draft. This comment period and docs are described here<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/rysg-proposal-cof-17oct11-en.htm>. These comments are due 2-Dec, giving us 10 days for review and approval. This is less than the 14-day period required in our charter, so I am requesting an expedited review period. If any member has substantive objections to the expedited review, we can go to 14 days and submit our comments after the ICANN due date. All BC members are invited to suggest edits. Please use track changes and circulate to BC list. Thanks again to Jon for taking the lead on this. Steve DelBianco vice chair for policy coordination, BC

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Web War 3.0
by Phil Corwin 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulation-war-sopa-pipa… There is a war under way for control of the Internet, and every day brings word of new clashes on a shifting and widening battlefront. Governments, corporations, criminals, anarchists-they all have their own war aims. 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 Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

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New Playa Vista Office to replce MdR
by Chris Chaplow 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

I notice Rod Just tweeted a photo of the new ICANN office in Playa Vista. <http://www.dermandar.com/p/efEwQX> http://www.dermandar.com/p/efEwQX Decided to share with BC as I was not sure if this was new news of a definite move from MdR but do remember it in the Board Finance Minutes last September. <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-bfc-15sep11-en.htm> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/minutes-bfc-15sep11-en.htm MDR Office Lease. MDR lease expires 30 June 2012. Evaluated options for staying or moving. Received proposals to stay in existing space and to move to Playa Vista nearby in the City of Los Angeles. Received, reviewed and finalizing leases. Staff recommends BFC authorize staff to enter either lease based on best value. PV is slightly more expensive, but offers more and newer space. BFC inquired about management's preferred option. PV is a new building with no infrastructure issues, new and more space, all on one floor. PV is a direct lease, not a sublease, so is more flexible. Discussed the possibility of purchasing instead of leasing space, and the issue of internationalization of ICANN. BFC recommends that the Board approve a resolution authorizing the COO to execute lease for space in the MdR area on best value basis. (Three yes, Sébastien Bachollet abstained.) Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.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.

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ALERTS From the Secretariat: New gTLD Registration Closed Today 29 March TAS Registration Deadline
by Benedetta Rossi 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Dear BC members, Please find below an announcement posted yesterday on the ICANN web site: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-29mar12-en.htm 29 March 2012 29 March TAS Registration Deadline The window has closed for anyone planning to apply for a new gTLD to register and submit a TLD application request. As of 25 March there were 839 registered users in the TLD Application System. This number will be updated. Why can't registrations be submitted after 29 March, when applications are being accepted until 12 April? Registration in TAS is the step in the process that occurs before you apply for a TLD. As stated in the Applicant Guidebook and subsequent announcements, the 29 March deadline was put in place to ensure applicants have sufficient time before the deadline of 23:59 UTC on 12 April 2012 to submit an application, which includes the following steps (as of 29 March steps 1-2 had to be completed for all qualified applicants): Steps 1.Applicant completes TAS user account information (user profile and applicant profile) 2.Applicant completes a TLD application request 3.ICANN conducts the Legal Compliance check (see Applicant Guidebook section 1.2.1 -- Eligibility) 4.Applicant submits USD 5000 registration fee 5.ICANN confirms receipt of the USD 5000 registration fee 6.Applicant completes and submits the full application and remaining evaluation fee amount of USD 180000 7.ICANN confirms receipt of the USD 180000 registration fee Once ICANN completes Step 3 we strongly encourage applicants to promptly complete Step 4 for all open application requests. Since no one can predict how long it may take for ICANN to receive wire transfers from your bank, you might experience delays in obtaining access to the areas within TAS necessary to complete your TLD application(s). Bank delays and the up to 5 business days it might take ICANN to reconcile your fee will impact how much time remains for you to complete and submit your final application, submit your final USD 180000 evaluation fee, and for ICANN to confirm receipt of that fee. Both the completed application and final fee must be received by ICANN no later than 23:59 UTC on 12 April 2012. Changes to Your Accounts or Applications 29 March was also the last day during the registration and application submission period to request any changes to your applicant profile. If you have a change to your profile (for instance, a new point of contact, or an updated address) it will not be processed until the end of the Administrative Completeness Check. The Administrative Completeness Check begins when the application window closes and lasts for approximately 8 weeks. At the end of Administrative Completeness Check (the beginning of the Initial Evaluation period) change requests will once again be processed. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org

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BC ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT - .com Registry Agreement Renewal - Public comment period open to 26 April 2012
by Marilyn Cade 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

In the Secretariat's absence, I am forwarding the recent public posting of the .com Registry Agreement Renewal for members awareness. If you have any requests to the Secretariat, she returns tomorrow. Marilyn Cade, BC Chair ============================================================================ http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27mar12-en.htm .com Registry Agreement Renewal Executive SummaryICANN is posting today for public comment Verisign's proposed agreement for renewal of the 2006 .com Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign. This proposal is a result of discussions between ICANN and VeriSign, and will be considered by the ICANN Board after public comment. The current agreement will expire on 30 November 2012. Public comment may be submitted through April 26, 2012 and viewed at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/com-renewal-27mar12-en.htmThis summary describes important aspects of the registry agreement renewal process, the content of the proposed agreement renewal, and certain background to the proposed agreement. This summary is accompanied by the "red line" version of the agreement and several documents that describe and summarize the proposal. Upcoming agreements due to be renewed in 2012 such as .biz, .info, .name and .org will follow a similar process.

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RE: Preference Amendments IGNORE AND DELETE
by Phil Corwin 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

BC Members -- Please ignore and delete the e-mail I just sent you all by auto-mistake. Thank you. 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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Preference Amendments
by Phil Corwin 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Hi Jonathan. Just checking in to see where you're at with drafts of those preference amendments. Let me know. Thanks, Philip 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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FW: Reuters Story on ICANN
by Phil Corwin 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

FYI-- http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-internet-icann-ethics-idUKBRE82… Web address controversy deepens after U.S. warning Fri, Mar 23 2012 By Georgina Prodhan<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=uk&n=georgina.prodha…> LONDON (Reuters) - A controversial attempt to expand Internet addresses far beyond the likes of .com, .org or .net has provoked a rare threat from the U.S. government to withdraw a key license from the body that runs the Internet's core functions. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) depends on its U.S. government contract to coordinate the unique addresses that tell computers where to find each other, without which the global Internet could not function. But this month the government warned that the non-profit body's rules against conflicts of interest were not strong enough and only temporarily extended ICANN's contract - which it has held since its formation in 1998 - instead of renewing it as many in the industry had expected. A failure to secure the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) contract would severely damage ICANN's ability to implement its address expansion program, the most radical move in the organization's history. The conflict of interest concerns arise from the fact that some past and present board members stand to benefit financially from the liberalization of Web addresses through ties to organizations that make money from registering new domain names or consulting on the expansion. Currently, organizations are restricted to a couple of dozen so-called top-level domains, such as .com, .org or .net, or country code domains such as .co.uk. ICANN wants to enable brands, cities or firms seeking to build new Internet businesses to apply to own and run their own domains, for example .apple, .nyc or .gay, giving them more control over their Web presence and a greater choice of names. "Not to award ICANN the IANA contract would be to completely knock it off its foundations," said Philip Corwin, who is legal counsel for the Internet Commerce Association, an organization for domain name investors and developers. "ICANN needs that contract to have the authority they need to really make this program work." The contract has been renewed until September. A whole industry has already sprung up to take advantage of ICANN's initiative. One of those is Top Level Domain Holdings, a London-listed firm set up to acquire and operate the new domains, whose chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush, was chairman of ICANN when it approved the change. TLDH has already put in 40 applications and intends to submit more for domains including .miami and .music. BUZZ Many critics are skeptical as to whether ICANN will achieve its stated aim of boosting competition and innovation, pointing to previous experiments with the likes of .aero, .travel and .museum, which have gone largely unused. But convinced or not, hundreds of consumer brands feel forced to apply for their own domains - a costly and complex process that comes with obligations to actively operate the domain - fearing they will lose out to rivals if they do not. A three-month window will close on April 12, likely for years and possibly forever. A recent survey by Internet registry services company Afilias, which is applying for about 150 new domains on behalf of clients and already provides key infrastructure for .org, .info and .mobi, found considerable uncertainty about the process. Of 200 major consumer brands it surveyed in the United States and Britain, 53 percent were either not aware that they could participate in the process at all or did not know that the application window was open and when it would close. Of those who were aware, however, 54 percent of brands were in the process of applying, and only 6 percent said they definitely would not. "There's a buzz about this now," said non-executive Afilias director Jonathan Robinson. Others with less of a stake in the process call such behavior outright defensive. "Of the people that I'm talking to, the vast majority of those that are moving ahead to apply don't have a concrete business initiative in mind for how they will use the registry," said Jeff Ernst of technology analysis firm Forrester. "They're fearful of another organization getting their string, or they're fearful that another competitor will buy its own and get first-mover advantage in doing something strategic." Stuart Durham, European sales director of consultancy Melbourne IT, which is preparing about 100 applications for customers, says interest is rapidly increasing as the end of the window approaches. FINANCIAL INTERESTS Joshua S. Bourne, a managing partner and co-founder of FairWinds Partners, a consultancy that works with brands on their Internet strategy, said some of the world's biggest brands were refusing to apply. "I think we're going to be very surprised on May 1st when some of the world's biggest brands aren't included," he said. "They want to make a statement because they don't agree with the whole ICANN process, but in the end I think they'll regret it." Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's outgoing chief executive, told Reuters this week the expansion was going smoothly. "We're holding the course. There's not a single complaint about anything to do with the administration of the program." But at a major ICANN meeting earlier this month he warned it was time for the organization to tighten up its rules. "ICANN must be able to act for the public good while placing commercial and financial interests in their appropriate context. How can it do this if all top leadership is from the very domain name industry it is supposed to coordinate independently?" "Preserving ICANN's ability to act independently, in the public interest, is paramount to the future of the Internet and this institution," he said. (Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Erica Billingham) (c) Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. Users 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 Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey ________________________________ No virus found in this message. 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ICANN News Alert -- Improving Global Engagement: ICANN Globalization Survey
by Marilyn Cade 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

Dear BC membersIn our Secretariat's absence, I am forwarding the News Alert announcing the ICANN survey regarding ICANN's Globalization Survey. I am asked as a Chair of the BC to encourage you to take the survey. This is an ICANN survey. I did take the survey, so that I can advise you of the time commitment, which is at least 20 min. It was not pre-reviewed with the leadership of the organization. It allows you to 'skip' certain questions. Should you need more information on a particular topic, you might decide to skip questions. or show that in the optional open comment box. If you want to discuss the overall purpose of the survey, feel free to contact me. However, each individual respondent is asked to respond as an individual, so I will not be discussing responses. Merely trying to help to understand the purpose of the survey. Marilyn Cade, BC Chair News Alerthttp://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-21mar12-en.h… Global Engagement: ICANN Globalization Survey21 March 2012ICANN published today a survey to solicit community input on improving its effectiveness as a global organization. ICANN has community participants and leaders from all regions of the world, and is seeking ways to make enhancements to its performance as a global organization.The feedback collected from the survey will help inform ICANN's strategy for improving its global engagement. By identifying the activities that are most important toward fully reflecting the global nature of ICANN's mission, it will also help to establish priorities for next steps.The survey is available in all of the UN languages, and feedback is encouraged from stakeholders in all regions.Take the survey: http://questionpro.com/t/AHB7OZM7LxThe survey is designed to:Help ICANN understand its relative strengths and challenges as a global participant;Evaluate ICANNs major organizational functions/processes and the extent to which they can be leveraged to improve ICANNs effectiveness and reputation globally; andAssist ICANN in prioritizing initiatives that will improve its effectiveness as a global organization.The survey results will be shared with the ICANN community, and additional opportunities will be made available to comment before any actions are formalized and implemented.The survey is open until 22 April 2012.Questions may be sent to participation(a)icann.org. Glen de Saint GéryGNSO Secretariatgnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.orghttp://gnso.icann.org

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