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Policy calendar for 8-Aug-2013 BC member call
by Steve DelBianco 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

There's a lot happening so I prepared a Policy Calendar for tomorrow's BC call. Channel 1. BC participation in ICANN Public Comment process: ICANN Public Comment page is <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment> here<https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment>. Selected comment opportunities below: 1. Draft report of expert working group (EWG) on next generation directory services (new WHOIS) (comments close 12-Aug). Current working draft is attached. I started with Stephane, J Scott and Bill Smith's version fmor 5-Aug and added the two paragraphs by Marie Pattullo on 6-Aug. Let's discuss on the call. Issues on the table include: Are Bill and others okay with Marie's language to express concerns about SSR? Are we comfortable with Stephane's gentle suggestion that this could apply to ccTLDs, too? Should "Commercial entities" be prevented from using privacy/proxy services? 2. Renewal of .org registry agreement (reply comments close 12-Aug) 3. Draft report on universal acceptance of IDN TLDs (reply comments close 16-Aug) 4. Postponement of GNS review (reply comments close 29-Aug) 5. .mobi and .pro request to remove cross-ownership restrictions (initial comments by 16-Aug) 6. Locking of domain name subject to UDRP proceeding (PDP), board recommendation (initial comments by 23-Aug) 7. Proposal to mitigate name collision risks from new gTLD delegations (initial comments by 27-Aug) 8. Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) requirements (initial comments by 27-Aug) 9. Charter amendment process for GNSO Structures (initial comments by 28-Aug) Note: BC members are encouraged to submit individual / company comments. The BC selects topics on which to submit official positions based on member interest. Geographic Indicator Debate On 1-Aug a discussion thread was begun by J Scott Evans regarding the "Geographic Indicator Debate at Durban", including broader issue of GAC's role. There is no firm deadline for this issue and ICANN has not posted GAC Advice for public comment. We have offers to draft from J Scott Evans, Stephane, and Sarah Deutsch so far. Would the volunteer drafters be willing to circulate a letter for member consideration? --- Channel 2. Support for discussion and votes of our representatives on GNSO Council John Berard and Zahid Jamil, BC Councilors Report on Council telecon meeting held 1-Aug-2013. (agenda<http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/agenda-council-01aug13-en.htm>) Next Council telecon meeting is 5-Sep-2013, 15:00 UTC --- Channel 3. Supporting discussion/voting on matters before the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG) Marilyn Cade, CSG Liaison --- Channel 4. BC statements and responses during public meetings (outreach events, public forum, etc.)

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Budgets under scrutiny as the trademark tipping point comes to gTLDs - Blog - World Trademark Review
by Phil Corwin 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

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Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group
by Benedetta Rossi 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Dear BC Members, Please find below a call for volunteers for the GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group. Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org Call for Volunteers GNSO Policy Translation and Transliteration PDP Working Group In Brief The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking volunteers to serve on the PDP Working Group (WG) on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information. This WG is expected to make recommendations to the GNSO Council on whether it is desirable to translate or transliterate contact information. In this context, translation is the process of conveying the meaning of text from on language into another; transliteration is the process of representing the characters of one alphabetical or syllabic system of writing by the characters of another, conversion alphabet. Introductory Webinar To provide potential volunteers with an idea of the PDP Process including Working Group procedures and also some background information on the WG's substantive issues, an Introductory Webinar will be held at the following times: Tuesday 10 December 2013, 12.00-13.00UTC - local times: <http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5> http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5 Wednesday 11 December 2013, 18.00-19.00UTC - local times <http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej> http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej To join the webinar please RVSP to gnso-secs(a)icann.org First meeting If you are interested in joining the Working Group, please contact gnso-secs(a)icann.org. The first meeting of the Working Group is currently foreseen to take place in the week of 16 December - a doodle poll will be send out the week prior to determine a convenient meeting time. Background . Following the Recommendations of the Final Report <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf> of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group, a Final Issue Report <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13 -en.pdf> on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information was submitted to the GNSO Council on 21 March 2013 . GNSO Council's initiated <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+13+June+201 3> a Policy Development Process (PDP) on the translation and transliteration of contact information on 13 June 2013; Drafting Team was formed and Charter <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en. pdf> submitted to GNSO Council and approved <http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#nov> on 20 November 2013. . As part of its deliberations on this issue, Charter stipulates several questions for the PDP WG to consider, including (but not limited to): - Whether it is desirable to translate contact information to a single common language or transliterate contact information to a single common script. - Who should decide who should bear the burden translating contact information to a single common language or transliterating contact information to a single common script. * For more detailed, consult the WG's Charter <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en. pdf> and the GNSO Policy Development Process <http://gnso.icann.org/en/node/31379/> . Note GNSO Council also requested ICANN to commission a study on the commercial feasibility of translation or transliteration systems for internationalized contact data, which is expected to be completed in time to help inform the PDP Working Group in its deliberations. Relevant Documents . Charter Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group (WG) Charter - http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/transliteration-contact-charter-06nov13-en.p df . Final Issue Report on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/gtlds/transliteration-contact-final-21mar13 -en.pdf). . Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/ird/final-report-ird-wg-07may12-en.pdf) . GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines ( <http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf> http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf)

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FILED: BC Comments on Study of Whois Privacy/Proxy Abuse
by Steve DelBianco 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

As confirmed at the BC meeting in Buenos Aires last week, we filed comments on ICANN’s latest study of Whois Privacy/Proxy abuse. See link<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-whois-pp-abuse-study-24sep13/msg00013…> and below. Thanks to Elisa Cooper and Susan Kawaguchi for drafting. -- The Business Constituency (BC) supports the conclusions of the study as being consistent with our long-held belief that a significant portion of bad actors are using privacy and proxy services to facilitate abuse that harms business and consumer interests. The BC encourages the ICANN community to move forward with accreditation of privacy and proxy services in order to help the business community address abuse through increased access to accurate registrant information. The study examined and supported the hypothesis that “a significant percentage of the domain names used to conduct illegal or harmful Internet activities are registered via privacy and proxy services to obscure the perpetrator’s identity.” It provides important information for the ICANN community, as Whois accuracy and completeness is a primary goal at this time. The conclusions clearly demonstrate that an overhaul of the system is not only warranted, but necessary. The BC recognizes that there are legitimate uses for privacy and proxy services, such as shielding the identity of those engaged in non-commercial free speech, or the launch of a new product and/or service in the business community. However, the information contained in the study, which illustrates widespread abuse detrimental to consumers and businesses alike, clearly demonstrates the need to proactively restrict the use of privacy and proxy services to organizations and individuals that are using them for legitimate purposes. The BC also recognizes that stopping privacy and proxy service abuse is not the only way to stop abusive behavior online. When domain names are registered with the intent of conducting illegal or harmful Internet activities, a range of different methods are used to avoid providing viable contact information. The BC looks forward to addressing all of these issues in the community-led development stage of the Aggregated Registration Directory Service. In the meantime, the BC encourages the ICANN to give attention to the issues that can be addressed immediately. We note that although this study covered 5 TLDs, .com names dominated the datasets — only 10% were from the other 4 gTLDs. Given that, one possible approach may be for the .com registry to implement privacy and proxy services guidelines as an interim measure. This could be much faster than having ICANN make rules for all gTLDs. We would still want the proxy/privacy vendors accredited, but there may be an interim solution with the registry itself. The BC looks forward to participating in the GNSO RAA Remaining Issues Policy Development Process on Privacy and Proxy Services, to develop an accreditation system which restricts the shielding of registrant data to legitimate, non-commercial, non-abusive websites. The BC thanks ICANN and the NPL for this comprehensive study. These comments were drafted by Elisa Cooper and Susan Kawaguchi, and were approved in accord with our charter. -- Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination ICANN Business Constituency

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Pub Forum topic breakdown
by Steve DelBianco 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Here’s what Crocker just said: WE COLLECTED 14 TOPICS, SUGGESTIONS. WE'VE GROUPED THEM INTO THREE GROUPS. LET'S SEE. IS THERE A SLIDE THAT HAS -- NO, OKAY. SO THE FIRST GROUP IS ON MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM AND TRUST ISSUES. WHAT ELSE DID WE SAY ABOUT THAT? THERE WILL BE A COLLECTION OF TOPICS THERE. I SHOULD PULL THESE UP IN JUST A SECOND. THE SECOND GROUPING WILL BE AROUND THE gTLD PROGRAM AND THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THERE. AND THEN IN THE THIRD, AS PART OF BUT NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE LAST SESSION A SERIES OF FOUR TOPICS AND WITH APOLOGIES, I OWE YOU WHAT THAT LIST IS. I WILL HAVE IT FOR YOU MOMENTARILY HERE. HEARING, MULTISTAKEHOLDER MODEL, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST, STRENGTHENING AND BROADENING THE BOTTOM OF THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER PROCESS, UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY OF PARTIES ACCEPTED BY ICANN TOWARD INTERNET USERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, ICANN'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE INTERNET, WHAT ICANN SHOULD DO BEYOND DNS, AND HOW TO REPAIR THE TRUST IN THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER MODEL IN LIGHT OF THE SNOWDEN REVELATIONS. OLGA MADRUGA-FORTI WILL MODERATE THIS SESSION. AND WE WILL START WITH THAT. THE NEW gTLD PROGRAM ISSUES WILL ENCOMPASS ICANN CONTRACTS VERSUS LOCAL LAW, STRING CONFUSION AND NEW gTLDs, BULK ACCEPTANCE OF WHOIS INACCURACY AND COMPLAINTS, NEW gTLD PROGRAM, WAS IT A SUCCESS OR FAILURE. NAME COLLISIONS, ICANN ACTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THEN UNDER THE THIRD SESSION, GONZALO NAVARRO WILL MODERATE THE SECOND SESSION -- AND UNDER THE LAST SESSION WHICH BERTRAND DE LA CHAPELLE WILL MODERATE, ICANN GOVERNMENT POLICY CONTROL IN THE ROOT, CONTROL OVER THE ROOT, THE MALVENIS, NOMCOM AND CONDUCTING OF THE PUBLIC FORUM.

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Buenos Aires GAC communique
by Steve DelBianco 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Here it is. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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CircleID post on internet governance
by Steve DelBianco 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

In my own capacity I did a post on CircleID today, about globalization of ICANN and IANA. The ICANN Quilombo (hope I picked the right word, Gabi! ) http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131120_the_icann_quilombo/ -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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posted: Agenda for Public Forum
by Steve DelBianco 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Agenda Details: * Welcome * Time – 15-minutes (1330-1345) * Presenter: Steve Crocker * Explanation of rules of the Public Forum * Time – 15-minutes (1345-1400) * Presenter: Steve Crocker * COMMUNITY SUBJECT SELECTION * Time: 20-minutes (1400-1420) * Board Facilitator – Dr. Stephen Crocker * ISSUE SUBJECT: gTLD Auctions * Time – 45-minutes (1420-1505) * Board Facilitator – Cherine Chalaby BREAK (15-Minutes)(1505-1520) * Presentation about ICANN49 (Singapore Meeting) * Time - 5-minutes (1520-1525) * Presenter – Jia-Rong Low, Strategies and Initiatives - Director – APCA * SUBJECT SELECTION BREAKDOWNS * Time – 5-minutes (1525-1530) * Board Facilitator – Dr. Stephen Crocker * 1ST ISSUE SUBJECT: (To be announced) * Time – 45-minutes (1530-1615) * Board Facilitator – Olga Madruga-Forti * 2nd ISSUE SUBJECT: (To be announced) * Time – 45-minutes (1615-1700) * Board Facilitator – Gonzalo Navarro * Any subjects of community interest * Time – 1-hour (1700-1800) * Board Facilitator – Bertrand de La Chapelle

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Google Translate
by Benedetta Rossi 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Dear BC Members, Please see below another post on behalf of Zahid Jamil : From: Zahid Jamil [mailto:zahid@dndrc.com] Sent: mardi 19 novembre 2013 20:00 To: Benedetta Rossi Subject: Google Translate Bene, please post to private list. Thanks. See last line: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en <http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.…> &sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brasil.gov.br%2Fgoverno%2F2013%2F11%2Fbrasil-vai-sediar-conferencia-sobre-governanca-na-internet GOVERNMENT Brazil will host conference on Internet governance Management by Portal Brazil - published11/18/2013 15:48, last modified19/11/2013 14:42 Announcement was made by ministers Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, Marco Antônio Raupp and Paul Bernardo Related items <http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=trans…> Marco Civil give solidity to the internet, assesses Ministry The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo; Communications, Paulo Bernardo, and Science, Technology and Innovation, Marco Antonio Raupp, announced on Monday (18), during a press conference that Brazil will host the 23rd and April 24, 2014 an international conference on Internet governance. According to Paul Bernardo, the meeting should take place in São Paulo. The goal, according to Figueiredo, is organizing a meeting to seek understanding about the subject. The minister explained that some assignments of Internet control should be maintained with the third sector. "What we found is that governments should act where it is necessary, as in cases of cyber crime, terrorism, espionage and pedophilia. Our March calendar has principles that can be replicated, but does not deal with international issues that still need to be addressed, "he added. "The goal of the conference is a broad discussion of all stakeholders and sectors directly linked to the internet. Governments, businesses, academia, civil society.We are acting for the international protection of human rights. This is great advice that the government has to protect freedom of expression, human rights and privacy. We are determined to continue on this path, "said Figueiredo. Already the Minister of Science and Technology cited the Brazilian model participatory and democratic governance of the internet's Internet Steering Committee (CGI), created in 1995 and brings together 20 members. "This proposal of São Paulo meeting came a beautiful experience that Brazil has in the field of Internet governance. There are representatives from all major sectors of society. The Decalogue which guides their actions is already recognized worldwide. So Brazil has a leading position in this sector, "he said. The purpose of the meeting was arranged at a hearing of President Dilma Rousseff with the CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), Fadi Chehade, on the 9th of October. At the time, he said he came "to discuss with her how to depart from her vision for the future to achieve practical solutions, because the world's confidence in the global Internet was injured," and that the idea of the conference was to "discuss how together we base our work in governing the internet. 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ICANN Community Preparations for the Multistakeholders Meeting in Brazil - Wednesday, 20 November 7:00-8:30 am - Libertador AB
by Benedetta Rossi 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Dear BC Members, Please find below an email submitted by David Olive inviting community members to join Fadi in a session tomorrow at 7 a.m. in Libertator AB in preparation for the meeting in Brazil. Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org Dear SO-AC Leaders: You are invited to join Fadi in a session on Wednesday, 20 November from 7:00-8:30 am in Libertador AB. The purpose of the meeting is to coalesce the ICANN Community in preparations for the multistakeholders meeting in Brazil. Please share this invitation with your groups. Regards, David -- David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters -Istanbul Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:5 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90.212.381.8727 - Fax: +90.212.381.8731 - Mobile: +1. 202.341.3611

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