December 2013 - Bc-gnso - lists.icann.org

GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Webinar Invitation
by Benedetta Rossi Dec. 4, 2013

Dec. 4, 2013

Dear BC Members, Please find below an invitation to the GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Webinar taking place on Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 and Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 2013. If you would like to take part in one of these two webinars, please follow the RSVP instructions in the message below. Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Webinar Invitation Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 12 noon UTC; Wednesday, 11 December 18.00 UTC In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat gnso-secs(a)icann.org You are invited to participate in an Introductory Webinar for the GNSO Working Group (WG) on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Policy Development Process (PDP). This Webinar is run to provide potential Working Group volunteers with relevant information prior to the launch of this WG. The presentation will cover some background on the GNSO Policy Development Process, the general expectancy with read to WG workload and deliverables. In addition, it will provide background information on the issue of Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information and give an overview of the WG's Charter. In the final section, will also explain the content and purpose of the related, staff-initiated feasibility study, the result of which are expected to feed into the WG's deliberations. Please note that the two sessions, on Tuesday 10 December 12.00 UTC and Wednesday 11 December at 18.00 UTC, are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time zones. Each session, scheduled to run for sixty (60) minutes, will be conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each session. During the course of the webinar, questions may also be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is always available to answer any questions that you email to policy-staff(a)icann.org. In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secs(a)icann.org) to receive the call details. Please indicate which call you would like to join on Tuesday 10 December 2013, 12.00-13.00UTC - local times: http://tinyurl.com/m2suev5, or Wednesday 11 December 2013, 18.00-19.00UTC - local times http://tinyurl.com/kyk5lej. We will send you an email reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details. Please, DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff.

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Policy calendar for 8-Aug-2013 BC member call
by Steve DelBianco Dec. 4, 2013

Dec. 4, 2013

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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MSI Panel: A Call to Action
by Benedetta Rossi Dec. 3, 2013

Dec. 3, 2013

Dear BC Members, Please find below an announcement for a call for action for volunteers for the MSI Panel (ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation). Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org <https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1a990feb5c/images/logo_icann_ideascale_3_.png > Designing a 21st Century ICANN Hello! The <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/multistakeholde r-innovation> ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation (the MSI Panel) and <http://thegovlab.org/> The Governance Lab @ NYU (The GovLab) recently launched an online engagement effort aimed at helping to design a 21st century Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - the public interest organization responsible for coordinating the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). We are writing to request your participation in this important initiative and to help us spread the word! The MSI Panel has been charged with: . Proposing new models for international engagement, consensus-driven policymaking and institutional structures to support such enhanced functions; and . Designing processes, tools and platforms that enable the global ICANN community to engage in these new forms of participatory decision-making. The Panel is a small group of seven with no monopoly on the best ideas for what ICANN should or should not do to coordinate the DNS in the public interest. All suggestions to make ICANN more effective and more democratic - whether constitutional, structural, legal, procedural or technological - will be welcome. While we cannot decide for ICANN, the aim of the MSI Panel is to use its authority to push for real change. Thus, we want ideas that are concrete and specific for innovative processes, structures, platforms, and techniques to design a 21st century ICANN. To gather and organize your input - we're launching this campaign in three stages: Stage 1: Idea Generation - Starting November 19th and running for six weeks via an ideation platform, Ideascale. You can access our <http://bit.ly/1dS9sLp> MSI Panel community page here. On the page, you can submit any and all concrete ideas you have. You can rate and rank others' for importance and practicality. November 19 - December 31. Stage 2: Proposal Development - Submissions will be grouped into general proposals and opened to discussion using a blog with line-by-line annotation features. This phase will be designed to take ideas closer to implementation. January 14 - January 21. Stage 3: Collaborative Drafting - Using a wiki, we will invite collaborative drafting on specific proposals that the Panel will submit to the ICANN CEO, Board and community. January 28 - February 11. To help us spread the word, we ask you to do any of the following: . Submit ideas and encourage members of your network/community to contribute to the Ideascale community site by providing them with the link: <http://thegovlab.ideascale.com/> http://thegovlab.ideascale.com/. . Broadcast our "Call To Action," for this initiative, which is online <http://bit.ly/HWNxrW> here, as widely as possible within your networks. Feel free to link to this post or repost on your website edited to fit your needs. . Share this information within your community and network via mailing lists and listservs. . Use social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter to spread the word about the campaign. Don't forget to use the hashtag #WeCANN. . To inspire participation and learn how to contribute, watch and share a <http://bit.ly/185t28Q> video The GovLab has made for the launch of this distributed brainstorm. . Host your own brainstorming forum and share ideas generated with the MSI Panel on our Ideascale community page. For more information, visit The GovLab at <http://www.thegovlab.org/> www.thegovlab.org. Thanks and best, The MSI Panel & The GovLab

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