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existing BC position on batching
by Steve DelBianco March 16, 2012

March 16, 2012

In our preparation for tomorrow's public forum topic on gTLD Implementation issues, here's the BC's existing position on batching: See below and on Page 3 of the document at http://www.bizconst.org/Positions-Statements/BC+on+Final+App+Guidebook+May+… As to the composition of the first batch, the BC recommends that it include a substantial proportion of community-based applications. It is a long-standing position of the BC that name space expansion should create added-value. Where there is added-value there will be genuine user demand – not just defensive registrations—and expansion will enhance choice and competition in the global public interest. In a global market economy, added-value means differentiation from other gTLDs while providing competition for existing gTLDs.

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FOUR BC MEMBERS SPEAKING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ICANN 43 COSTA RICA PUBLIC FORUM REVISED
by Chris Chaplow March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

ICANN 43 COSTA RICA PUBLIC FORUM CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOUR BC MEMBERS SPEAKING JOHN BERARD ZAHID JAMIL MICHAEL PALAGE MARILYN CADE REVISED TO CORRECT ERROR >> JOHN BERARD: MY NAME IS JOHN BERARD, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY. I AM GNSO COUNCILLOR FOR THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY BUT I'M SPEAKING PERSONALLY. I AM AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE PERSONALLY SAT ON FOUR DIFFERENT NON--PROFITS BOARDS. I SIT ON ONE JUST NOW, IN FACT. AND EACH OF THEM IS DULY CONCERNED AS YOU ARE ABOUT MANAGING POTENTIAL AND THE PERCEPTION OF AND THE REAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT CONFRONT A NON--PROFIT BOARD WHICH HAS TO RELY OFTEN ON THE EXPERTISE OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHERE STAFF MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IT IS IN THE AIR IN THE WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE HEARD TWO THINGS. ONE, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION ON THIS SO AS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORGANIZATION. BUT I FEAR OVERREACTION BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT A BOARD NEEDS IS TO SET POLICIES THAT PREVENT THE SMARTEST AND MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE WHO IN AN HONEST AND FAIR WAY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEST DECISIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S MY POINT. ACTION IS FABULOUS. OVERREACTION WILL BE MORE HARMFUL THAN HELPFUL. THANK YOU. HOW'D I DO? >>STEVE CROCKER: I'M VERY HAPPY. >> JOHN BERARD: GOOD. >>ZAHID JAMIL: I'M ZAHID JAMIL I'M A MEMBER OF THE BC. I'M PEEKING ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE MOMENT. I WANTED TO SAY IN THIS CONTEXT WE CONSIDER THIS AN IMPORTANT JUNCTURE FOR ICANN AND STRENGTHENING ITS ETHICS AND CONFLICT APPROACHES IS KEY. GLOBAL BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST APPROACH THAT RELATE TO ISSUES AND IS APPROPRIATELY APPLIED. WE ENCOURAGE FOCUS ON THE REAL OBJECTIVES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES SUCH AS ENSURING DECISIONS AND VOTES ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY FINANCIAL OR OTHER SUBSTANTIVE INTERESTS. THAT SAID, WE BELIEVE THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS WITH A RANGE OF EXPERIENCE INCLUDING FROM WITHIN THE ICANN COMMUNITY. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT PARTICULAR CARE BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT CONFLICT POLICIES ARE NOT REACTIONARY OR GO TO A NEW EXTREME. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST APPROACH ENSURES THAT THE POLICY IS CLEAR, UNDERS >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. >>MICHAEL PALAGE: MIKE PALAGE. IN 13 YEARS, I'VE KIND OF EARNED A REPUTATION OF BEING A TOUGH-LOVE CRITIC OF ICANN. SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR THEIR HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY, THE CONFLICTS. SO AS I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW gTLD PROCESS BUT I THINK AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME IN THE INSTITUTION, I THINK ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION IS THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION. THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY THOSE IS AFTER READING THE MINUTES FROM THE EARLIER BOARD MEETING WHERE CERTAIN DIRECTORS RECUSED THEMSELVES, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAGE AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND I PULLED UP THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND I SOME PEOPLE WERE -- SOME PEOPLE THAT REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM THE NEW gTLD DELIBERATIONS I DID NOT SEE A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THEIR STATEMENT OF INTEREST. SO THAT LEFT ME A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO I CHECKED IT JUST NOW, AGAIN, AND I WENT TO THE NEW REDESIGNED WEB SITE, THAT'S ABOUT THE UMPTEENth TIME IN 13 YEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE THERE USED TO BE A LINK THAT SAID STATEMENTS OF INTEREST. IT MAY BE IN THE NEW WEB SITE, BUT IT'S NOT EASILY THERE WHERE IT WAS BEFORE. AS I SAID, CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND HOPEFULLY THIS HEIGHTENED STANDARD WILL PUT IT IN A REARVIEW MIRROR AND WILL FIND THE PROPER BALANCE. BUT IF YOU CAN GET THAT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST LINK THAT USED TO BE THERE THAT I CAN'T FIND AND OTHER PEOPLE, I THINK I >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, GETTING -- TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS,IC, IS A GOOD THING. >>ROD BECKSTROM: MICHAEL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND FOLLOW UP. THANKS. >>STEVE CROCKER: TAKE IT AWAY. >>MARILYN CADE: I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY CLOCK. >>STEVE CROCKER: NO. YOU CAN HAVE THAT TIME, TOO. [ LAUGHTER ] >>MARILYN CADE: MY NAME IS MARILYN CADE. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PART OF WHAT I THINK WE ALL ASCRIBE TO. I THINK WE'RE HERE AT ICANN BECAUSE OUR GOAL, AS ICANN VERY BROADLY, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A BOARD, AS STAKEHOLDERS, AS PARTICIPANTS, IS TO HAVE AND HAVE EARNED THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT HEADLINED HERE IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ETHICAL BEHAVIOR. I WANT TO APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ON THE PAGE AND THAT DESCRIBE -- AND STEVE MADE REFERENCE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE COMMUNITY. MY MESSAGE TO MY CONSTITUENCY AND TO OTHER EARLIER IN THE WEEK WAS, THIS IS ABOUT US AS MUCH AS IT'S ABOUT THEM, AND I REALLY WANT US TO EMBRACE THAT THOUGHT BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE ALSO PUTTING THE ORGANIZATION EITHER AT RISK OR SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION WHEN WE EMBRACE THE HIGHEST ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND STANDARDS FOR OURSELVES. THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, I'VE ENCOUNTERED SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT, TO ME, IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE CONFUSED THE ISSUE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ABOUT AN ISSUE, BUT YOU ARE STILL A HIGHLY ETHICAL AND HIGHLY ACCOUNTABLE BOARD MEMBER WITHIN ICANN. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE. THANK YOU. >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU.

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FOUR BC MEMBERS SPEAKING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ICANN 43 COSTA RICA PUBLIC FORUM
by Chris Chaplow March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

ICANN 43 COSTA RICA PUBLIC FORUM CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOUR BC MEMBERS SPEAKING JOHN BERARD ZAHID JAMIL MICHAEL PALAGE MARILYN CADE >> JOHN BERARD: MY NAME IS JOHN BERARD, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY. I AM GNSO COUNCILLOR FOR THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY BUT I'M SPEAKING PERSONALLY. I AM AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANT BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE PERSONALLY SAT ON FOUR DIFFERENT NON--PROFITS BOARDS. I SIT ON ONE JUST NOW, IN FACT. AND EACH OF THEM IS DULY CONCERNED AS YOU ARE ABOUT MANAGING POTENTIAL AND THE PERCEPTION OF AND THE REAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT CONFRONT A NON--PROFIT BOARD WHICH HAS TO RELY OFTEN ON THE EXPERTISE OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHERE STAFF MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IT IS IN THE AIR IN THE WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE HEARD TWO THINGS. ONE, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ACTION ON THIS SO AS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ORGANIZATION. BUT I FEAR OVERREACTION BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT A BOARD NEEDS IS TO SET POLICIES THAT PREVENT THE SMARTEST AND MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE WHO IN AN HONEST AND FAIR WAY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE BEST DECISIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO THAT'S MY POINT. ACTION IS FABULOUS. OVERREACTION WILL BE MORE HARMFUL THAN HELPFUL. THANK YOU. HOW'D I DO? >>STEVE CROCKER: I'M VERY HAPPY. >> JOHN BERARD: GOOD. >>ZAHID JAMIL: I'M ZAHID JAMIL I'M A MEMBER OF THE BC. I'M PEEKING ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE MOMENT. I WANTED TO SAY IN THIS CONTEXT WE CONSIDER THIS AN IMPORTANT JUNCTURE FOR ICANN AND STRENGTHENING ITS ETHICS AND CONFLICT APPROACHES IS KEY. GLOBAL BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG AND EFFECTIVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST APPROACH THAT RELATE TO ISSUES AND IS APPROPRIATELY APPLIED. WE ENCOURAGE FOCUS ON THE REAL OBJECTIVES OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES SUCH AS ENSURING DECISIONS AND VOTES ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY FINANCIAL OR OTHER SUBSTANTIVE INTERESTS. THAT SAID, WE BELIEVE THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPRISED -- SORRY, DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS WITH A RANGE OF EXPERIENCE INCLUDING FROM WITHIN THE ICANN COMMUNITY. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT PARTICULAR CARE BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT CONFLICT POLICIES ARE NOT REACTIONARY OR GO TO A NEW EXTREME. WE ALSO SUGGEST THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST APPROACH ENSURES THAT THE POLICY IS CLEAR, UNDERS >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. >>MICHAEL PALAGE: MIKE PALAGE. IN 13 YEARS, I'VE KIND OF EARNED A REPUTATION OF BEING A TOUGH-LOVE CRITIC OF ICANN. SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR THEIR HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY, THE CONFLICTS. SO AS I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW gTLD PROCESS BUT I THINK AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME IN THE INSTITUTION, I THINK ERROR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION IS THE APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION. THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY THOSE IS AFTER READING THE MINUTES FROM THE EARLIER BOARD MEETING WHERE CERTAIN DIRECTORS RECUSED THEMSELVES, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAGE AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND I PULLED UP THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND I SOME PEOPLE WERE -- SOME PEOPLE THAT REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM THE NEW gTLD DELIBERATIONS I DID NOT SEE A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THEIR STATEMENT OF INTEREST. SO THAT LEFT ME A LITTLE CONFUSED. SO I CHECKED IT JUST NOW, AGAIN, AND I WENT TO THE NEW REDESIGNED WEB SITE, THAT'S ABOUT THE UMPTEENth TIME IN 13 YEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED. BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE THERE USED TO BE A LINK THAT SAID STATEMENTS OF INTEREST. IT MAY BE IN THE NEW WEB SITE, BUT IT'S NOT EASILY THERE WHERE IT WAS BEFORE. AS I SAID, CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND HOPEFULLY THIS HEIGHTENED STANDARD WILL PUT IT IN A REARVIEW MIRROR AND WILL FIND THE PROPER BALANCE. BUT IF YOU CAN GET THAT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST LINK THAT USED TO BE THERE THAT I CAN'T FIND AND OTHER PEOPLE, I THINK I >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, GETTING -- TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS,IC, IS A GOOD THING. >>ROD BECKSTROM: MICHAEL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND FOLLOW UP. THANKS. >>STEVE CROCKER: TAKE IT AWAY. >>MARILYN CADE: I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY CLOCK. >>STEVE CROCKER: NO. YOU CAN HAVE THAT TIME, TOO. [ LAUGHTER ] >>MARILYN CADE: MY NAME IS MARILYN CADE. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PART OF WHAT I THINK WE ALL ASCRIBE TO. I THINK WE'RE HERE AT ICANN BECAUSE OUR GOAL, AS ICANN VERY BROADLY, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A BOARD, AS STAKEHOLDERS, AS PARTICIPANTS, IS TO HAVE AND HAVE EARNED THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT HEADLINED HERE IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ETHICAL BEHAVIOR. I WANT TO APPLAUD THE BOARD FOR THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ON THE PAGE AND THAT DESCRIBE -- AND STEVE MADE REFERENCE TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE COMMUNITY. MY MESSAGE TO MY CONSTITUENCY AND TO OTHER EARLIER IN THE WEEK WAS, THIS IS ABOUT US AS MUCH AS IT'S ABOUT THEM, AND I REALLY WANT US TO EMBRACE THAT THOUGHT BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE ALSO PUTTING THE ORGANIZATION EITHER AT RISK OR SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION WHEN WE EMBRACE THE HIGHEST ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND STANDARDS FOR OURSELVES. THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, I'VE ENCOUNTERED SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT, TO ME, IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE CONFUSED THE ISSUE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ABOUT AN ISSUE, BUT YOU ARE STILL A HIGHLY ETHICAL AND HIGHLY ACCOUNTABLE BOARD MEMBER WITHIN ICANN. AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND AND EMBRACE. THANK YOU. >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU.

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Capture of speak to public forum - Ayesha Hassan
by Chris Chaplow March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

ICANN 43 COSTA RICA PUBLIC FORUM DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND SCHEDULING OF ICANN MEETINGS >>AYESHA HASSAN: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THE ICC IS A GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. WE TRY TO TAP OUR NETWORK AND BUILD CONSENSUS POSITION TOSS BRING THEM INTO THE ICANN SUBSTANTIVE POLICY DISCUSSIONS. SO MY POINT GOES TO DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY. I WAS PLEASED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE MEETING THIS MORNING WHERE SOME IDEAS WERE DISCUSSED IN THIS REGARD. ICC AS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW A CONSENSUS BUILDING PROCESS WITHIN OUR NETWORK WHICH MEANS WE HAVE REAL DEADLINES FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY. AND SO SOMETIMES WE ARE UNABLE TO COMMENT ON ICANN ISSUES BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS AND GET IT IN WITH THE DEADLINE THAT IS SET. SO THIS MORNING, AND I'M SURE ICC IS NOT ALONE. I KNOW INTERNAL COMPANIES HAVE PROCESSES AND PROGRAMS AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE CHALLENGED IN THIS WAY. THIS MORNING A POINT WAS MADE THAT PERHAPS CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDING THE INITIAL COMMENT PERIOD AND REDUCING THE REPLY COMMENT PERIOD COULD BE HELPFUL. I CAN SAY FROM MY ORGANIZATION'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. WE NEED MORE TIME IN THE BEGINNING TO GET THE POSITIONS NAILED DOWN AND LESS TIME TO BE ABLE TO REPLY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BASICALLY HAVE OUR POINTS SETTLED. THANK YOU. >>STEVE CROCKER: LET ME ASK JUST A FOLLOW-UP. WHY DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD REDUCE THE REPLY TIME? IT DOESN'T TAKE -- IT'S NOT SO QUICK TO DO THE REPLIES EITHER. >>AYESHA HASSAN: I THINK IF WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MANAGE THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT I WOULD PREFER TO SEE MORE EMPHASIS ON THE INITIAL SET OF COMMENTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONCE MY MEMBERS HAVE DECIDED ON CERTAIN POINTS WE CAN MORE EASILY LOOK AT THE COMMENTS OF OTHERS AND SAY WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN REPLY OR NOT. >>STEVE CROCKER: SO, IT'S A -- I THINK A POTENTIALLY VERY INSIGHTFUL COMMENT. LET ME JUST RESPOND BY SAYING I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT ON BOARD AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT EACH HALF OF THAT IN ITS OWN TERMS, HOW LONG IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR INPUT AND HOW LONG IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR OUTPUT AND I COULD IMAGINE A VARIETY OF THINGS AND ADJUSTMENTS. BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH EXAMINING THE DYNAMICS AND SEE IF WE'RE TUNED RIGHT OR.

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ICANN 43. COSTA RICA BC VICE CHAIR POLICY COORDINATION IN PUBLIC FORUM
by Chris Chaplow March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

ICANN 43. COSTA RICA BC VICE CHAIR POLICY COORDINATION IN PUBLIC FORUM >>STEVE DELBIANCO: MY NAME IS STEVE DELBIANCO AND I AM VICE CHAIR OF POLICY COORDINATION OF THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY I AM NOT SURE HOW PUBLIC INTEREST GOT ON THE AGENDA BUT I'M GLAD IT'S THERE. IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES BECAUSE IT IS BAKED INTO OUR DNA, THROUGH OUR BYLAWS, THROUGH OUR AFFIRMATION OF COMMITMENTS, TO THE REVIEWS BUT ALSO NOW THE IANA AGREEMENT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE VERIFY, THAT WE FOLLOW THE GLOBAL PUBLIC INTEREST. THAT BEGS US TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE BOARD OUGHT TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS. WE OUGHT TO BE INSPIRED AT LEAST BY A LITTLE EXPERIENCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE RESPONDED TO A BOARD RESOLUTION FROM THE CARTAGENA MEETING ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO DEFINE "CONSUMER TRUST, CONSUMER CHOICE AND COMPETITION" IN THE CON TENSE OF THE DNS. AND THAT WAS PURSUANT TO AFFIRMATION REVIEW A YEAR AFTER THE NEW TLDs OR IN THE ROOT. IF YOU ASK THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE DRAFT ADVICE THAT HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS OF COMING UP WITH NARROW SCOPE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE STILL A HIGH BAR FOR ICANN TO HIT. I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING IT IS NOT JUST DOABLE FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT I WILL EVEN KICK START THE PROCESS TO SUGGEST IF WE WERE TO DEFINE "GLOBAL PUBLIC INTEREST" IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE TWO THINGS WE DO, WE DO REGISTRATIONS. AND WE DO RESOLUTIONS. THAT'S ALL ICANN MANAGES. AND THE ONLY THINGS WE WANT TO HAVE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF REGISTRATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS. THAT'S THE BARE BEGINNING OF A DEFINITION. I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. AND I WOULD INVITE THE BOARD TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THAT CHALLENGE. >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN DEFINING WHAT GLOBAL PUBLIC INTEREST IS, IS AN INTRIGUING IDEA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE ON THAT AREA.

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ICANN 43. COSTA RICA BC CHAIR OPENs PUBLIC FORUM
by Chris Chaplow March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

ICANN 43. COSTA RICA BC CHAIR OPENS PUBLIC FORUM >>MARILYN CADE: MY NAME IS MARILYN CADE AND I AM CHAIR OF THE BUSINESS CONSTITUENCY. I WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE THE INVITATION AND TO HAVE MADE OUR WELCOME HERE SO WARM AND TO HAVE PROVIDED SUCH A DEEP PARTICIPATION ON THEIR OWN PART IN OUR WORK AT ICANN AND I'M COUNTING ON CONTINUING TO RELY ON OUR NETWORK AS WE GO FORWARD. I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M NOW GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ICANN TO ACT IN THE GLOBAL PUBLIC INTEREST? WHEN WE DRAFTED THE INITIAL THOUGHTS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT ICANN MIGHT BE, ITS NAME WAS NUCO. IT WASN'T EVEN CALLED ICANN. AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO THOSE OF US WHO WORKED ON IT BECAUSE WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT THE ORGANIZATION MUST INCORPORATE ACTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND I WILL SAY, THE GLOBAL WAS SILENT AT THAT TIME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. IT SHOULD BE THERE. IN OUR THINKING, I HOPE WE WILL -- I SAW IT RE-EMERGE IN THE AFFIRMATION OF COMMITMENTS AS A TOPIC, AND I HOPE WE WILL TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. THAT MEANS TO ME THAT ICANN AT ALL LEVELS, THE STAFF, THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY, HAS TO WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON GLOBALLY. THEY HAVE TO WORK -- WE HAVE TO WORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON TECHNOLOGICALLY. AND WE HAVE TO WORK TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT MAY BE FOR SOME PARTICIPANTS TO FULLY PARTICIPATE AND TO FIND A WAY TO ENABLE THAT. BUT I AM GOING TO ADD A WORD. I THINK WE MUST STRIVE FOR "INFORMED PARTICIPATION," WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND ICANN, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ICANN DOES AND HOW TO BE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPANTS. NOT EVERYONE BELONGS IN A DECISION-MAKING ROLE ON TECHNICAL POLICY. FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T. BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TECHNICAL BACKGROUNDS DO, AND I THINK WE MUST BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT THE BLOWBALL PUBLIC INTEREST NEEDS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, AWARENESS AND INFORMATION THAT PARTIES WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ICANN CAN USE SO THAT THEY CAN REFLECT THEIR VOICE IN AN EFFECTIVE AND INFORMED WAY, WHICH MEANS A LOT MORE WORK IS AHEAD OF US. >>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING THE NEXT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

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RE: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

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FW: ICANN's "Sense of Entitlement"
by Phil Corwin March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

FYI, for what it's worth... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120312/12074118080/icanns-sense-entitlem… ICANN's Sense Of Entitlement Takes Over; Shocked It Lost Its Bid To Retain IANA from the oops dept Via Lauren Weinstein<https://plus.google.com/u/0/114753028665775786510/posts/7njaU3xhWXE>, we find out that ICANN has effectively lost its bid to retain control over IANA functions<http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/03/10/icann-no-idea-icann-rejection>, though the fact that everyone else sucks too means it gets to hang on for at least six more months. In the meantime, though, it appears the whole thing took an always out-of-touch ICANN by surprise: In a worrying turn of events, it appears that ICANN had no idea about the rejection of its bid for long-term running of the IANA contract prior to an announcement being posted on the NTIA's website today. The organization - which has run the IANA functions for over a decade - is also waiting to hear why the US government feels it has failed to meet the RFP criteria that defined a new, more open approach to the contract. In a series of sudden and unexpected announcements earlier today, the NTIA first announced<http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/03/10/iana-rfp-cancelled> it was canceling the entire rebid process for IANA, then that it was canceling it because no one had met its criteria, and then that it was extending<http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/03/10/ntia-iana-update> ICANN's IANA contract for six months to give it time to re-run the RFP process. IANA is the part that manages the authoritative root servers and important things like IP address allocations. ICANN has run that (along with its core functionality of overseeing DNS) basically since all of this was set up when lots of people realized that perhaps relying on one guy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel> (as brilliant as he was) to manage the entire internet wasn't the best solution. The fact that ICANN didn't breeze through the IANA RFP is an interesting result, and as Lauren Weinstein notes, it's as if ICANN has taken on quite an entitlement viewpoint: In my view, ICANN's behavior of late regarding the NTIA has been something like the Wall Street firms vs. their ersatz regulators -- a sense of entitlement and "we're too important to be replaced" plowing forward with the domain-industrial complex's "get rich quick" agenda, with only lip-service being paid to NTIA. As I said earlier today, I would expect ICANN to find a way to come into "technical" compliance for now. But I still also feel very strongly that we need a purpose-built replacement for ICANN that will not carry its ever increasing political and "domainer" baggage. Not the UN. Not the ITU. But a new international forum that cares about all the Internet's users, not mainly the monied domain exploitation interests at the top of the DNS food chain. If only there were real efforts being made to move in that direction... 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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RE: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

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RE: [bc-gnso] Fake renewal notices
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 15, 2012

March 15, 2012

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