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Durban meetings: Transcripts for CSG and BC Closed meetings
by Benedetta Rossi July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

Dear BC Members, As mentioned in my previous email, I will release transcripts from sessions in Durban as they become available. As I normally do I will then work on reports from the sessions and release them to members. All materials (transcripts, reports, presentations and recordings) will then be posted on the BC wiki and website as for all other meetings. Please find attached the following transcripts for your convenience: Sunday, July 14th: 1. Closed CSG Session with Board member Bill Graham 2. Closed CSG Afternoon Session Monday, July 15th: 1. Closed BC Meeting Wednesday, July 17th: 1. BC Closed meeting Again please note I will review all transcripts in depth whilst working on reports prior to posting them on the website (correct names, spelling, etc) but for the moment I thought members would need these recordings asap to consult immediately. Please let me know if you have any questions, Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org

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Durban transcripts
by Benedetta Rossi July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

Dear BC Members, I just wanted to let you know that I have been following the meetings and events in Durban very closely, and will release transcripts for the Durban meeting sessions as soon as they become available so members may access them asap. If you have any questions please do let me know, Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org

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GAC Communiqué Issued at ICANN 47 | ICANN
by Phil Corwin July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18jul13-en.htm 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 Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: ICA Statement at Durban Public Forum
by Phil Corwin July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

FYI. 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 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Date: July 18, 2013, 4:45:02 PM GMT+02:00 To: Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com<mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com>> Subject: ICA Statement at Durban Public Forum http://internetcommerce.org/Durban_Public_Forum ICA on the Record at the Durban Public Forum --Time to “Walk the Walk” on Registrant Rights and Due Process The following consist of a prepared statement delivered by ICA Counsel Philip Corwin at the ICANN Public Forum in Durban today, plus the raw transcript of the subsequent interchange --- Good afternoon. Philip Corwin, Counsel to the Internet Commerce Association. Several weeks ago CEO Chehade stated that domain registrants were ICANN’s primary customer. We welcomed that recognition. Yet while he talked that talk, we have just seen ICANN retreat from walking that walk. I’ll cite two examples. At the Beijing Public Forum we asked if ICANN intended to implement the unanimous STI-RT recommendation that URS providers be placed under standard contract. One month later ICANN answered our question in writing and said “yes”, a contract was under development. But when we asked at yesterday’s URS session about the contract’s status, ICANN staff stated that no contract was contemplated. This breach of a written commitment is unacceptable. Second, in regard to the new RAA contract, we filed comments supporting the NCSG’s position that the Statement of Registrant Rights and Responsibilities should be strengthened. ICANN’s response was to leave the substance unchanged -- but downgrade “rights” to “benefits” in the title. Words do matter. Rights are enshrined in Constitutions and Universal Declarations – Benefits are doled out by social welfare programs. We bring these retreats on registrant due process and substantive rights to the Board’s attention with the aim of working with you and staff to match reality to rhetoric in the days ahead. Thank you very much for your attention. >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MANAGEMENT REPLY? GO AHEAD. >> WE HAVE MOUs, MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR URS PROVIDERS. I'M LOOKING TO THE LEGAL TEAM TO CONFIRM THAT. SO WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH THE URS PROVIDERS. IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS SO PERHAPS MR. WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT. I WASN'T PART OF THOSE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CLARIFY ANY MISSTATEMENTS. >>PHIL CORWIN: WELL, MAY I RESPOND THAT MY QUESTION IN BEIJING ON THE RECORD WAS QUITE CLEAR IN STATING THAT I DID NOT VIEW ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT, THE MOU TO CONSTITUTE AN ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT AND ASKED IF SOMETHING BIGGER WITH ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS WAS FORTHCOMING. AND THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT ICANN ANSWERED IN WRITING A MONTH LATER. SO MY QUESTION WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT I WAS NOT REFERRING TO THE MOU. AND THE RESPONSE I HAD ASSUMED, TOOK THE FULL SUBSTANCE OF THE QUESTION INTO ACCOUNT. >>STEVE CROCKER: AMY? >>AMY STATHOS: SO PHIL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AN MOU IS A CONTRACT. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY RECOGNIZE THAT AS THE FULL CONTRACT THAT YOU WERE CONTEMPLATING OR THAT HAD BEEN CONTEMPLATING BUT THAT IS A CONTRACT AND IT CALLS AND REQUIRES THE URS PROVIDERS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN THE GUIDEBOOK. SO IN FACT IT DOES ACTUALLY REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES AS WELL AS THE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE PROCESSING OF THE URS PROCEDURE. >>PHIL CORWIN: FINAL QUICK RESPONSE. I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE OTHERS. BUT WHEN YOU ANSWER A QUESTION THAT A CONTRACT IS BEING DEVELOPED, WHEN THE MOU EXISTED BEFORE MY QUESTION WAS RAISED IN BEIJING, I DON'T SEE HOW SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT PRE-EXISTED THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE.] >>STEVE CROCKER: 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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FW: ICANN "Misspoke" about URS Contracts
by Phil Corwin July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

FYI--I thought BC members would want to know that ICANN's written commitment to enter into contracts with URS providers is something they now appear to have no intention of carrying out. I believe this creates serious policy and credibility issues. http://internetcommerce.org/URS_Truth_Breach 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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Agenda for today's Public Forum
by Steve DelBianco July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013

Public Forum Topics: ISSUE SUBJECT: new gTLD status Time – 1-hour (1405-1505) Board Facilitator – Cherine Chalaby (Break and Presentation about ICANN48 Buenos Aires Meeting) Any subjects of community Interest (PART-1) Time – 70 minutes (1535-1645) Subjects may include, but will not necessarily be limited to: Next Generation Directory Services ICANN Strategy Panels FY2014 Budget Internet governance Board Facilitator – Steve Crocker Any subjects of community Interest (PART-2) Time – 70 minutes (1645-1800) Subject may include, but will not necessarily be limited to: Next Generation Directory Services ICANN Strategy Panels FY2014 Budget Internet governance Board Facilitator – Chris Disspain

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BC Intervention at SSR session in Durban
by Steve DelBianco July 17, 2013

July 17, 2013

There was an update session on Security, Stability, and Resiliency (SSR) this morning, where InterIsle presented some of the results of their study of name collisions. Session page here<http://durban47.icann.org/node/39759> and here are the presentations: Certificates, Revocation and the new gTLD's Oh My!<http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/presentation-certificates-rev…> Name Collision in the DNS | Interisle Study Update<http://durban47.icann.org/meetings/durban2013/presentation-dns-name-collisi…> Here's the digicert letter advocating that .corp not be delegated: https://www.cabforum.org/ICANN-Letter-Final.pdf For the BC, I made this intervention: This session was a remarkable improvement on the SSR session in Beijing. We’ve moved from Denial and Defensiveness, to Data and Discovery. Now its time for discussion and debate. Asked Jeff Moss what he’ll now tell his CEO to say as he travels the world. Fadi been saying there are no significant SSR issues. Is that still the message after seeing this data? Moss said the company line is that ICANN will not do anything to undermine SSR. If there’s a showstopper… Deadlines can be moved… I said the data indicates it’s more fine-grained than that. Maybe you don’t have to “stop the show”, but rather keep some actors off the stage until they get their issues resolved. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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ICANN Mission Creep is Becoming Mission Leap
by Steve DelBianco July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013

Just put this up at CircleID. http://www.circleid.com -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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Reminder: Drinks with NCSG tonight
by Benedetta Rossi July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013

Dear BC Members, Just a quick announcement to remind BC members that they are invited to the drinks taking place with the NCSG tonight at 6:30 pm at the Hilton Hotel in the Rivets bar. Thank you, -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat bc-secretariat(a)icann.org <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org

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Street Artist impression of ICANN Durban meeting.
by Chris Chaplow July 16, 2013

July 16, 2013

Sent from my iPad

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