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BC position on competition, trust, choice v1
by Ron Andruff April 25, 2011

April 25, 2011

Thank you for your contribution, Philip. RNA Partners supports your draft entirely, with one comment/edit regarding the text highlighted in red below. g Differentiation A TLD must be clearly differentiated from other TLDs Is the new TLD differentiated in a meaningful way from existing TLDs? Are the majority of new registrations creating new opportunities for the registrant? What is the scale of defensive registrations? This question will be difficult to answer because many current domain name registrants may well take additional names in new TLDs without knowing exactly what strategy they will use going forward, i.e. it may take a few years to determine which TLDs they will employ as their primary, secondary, etc. Migration will take time. In addition, some entities take names that they may use for marketing purposes at some future point in time, thus further clouding the issue. There are more issues, but I trust that these noted clarify how difficult it will be to quantify a true answer to this question. Thank you, RA Ronald N. Andruff President RNA Partners, Inc. 220 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 + 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11

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Candidates nominated for ICANN Board Seat 14
by Benedetta Rossi April 22, 2011

April 22, 2011

This will advise the BC Members of the outcome of the Nomination process for the ICANN Board Seat from the Non Contracted Parties House. There are two candidates, as noted below. The voting process and timeline was previously posted by Sarah Deutsch, CSG Rep. Kindest Regards,Benedetta RossiBC Secretariat ================ ANNOUNCEMENT: ELECTION FOR BOARD SEAT: The Non Contracted Parties House nominations for the ICANN Board seat 14 closed on Thursday, 21 April at 23:59 UTC. The two candidates that have been duly nominated and seconded by GNSO Councillors are Avri Doria and Bill Graham. Both candidates have accepted their nominations and their names will appear on the ballots for the first round of voting which starts on Monday, 25 April 2011. Ballots will be send to the GNSO Councilors from the NCPH.

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Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 28 April 2011 at 11:00 UTC
by Benedetta Rossi April 22, 2011

April 22, 2011

Dear BC Members, Please find below the updated version of the Council Agenda. At the request of the Chair, I will be undertaking routine forwarding of updates to the BC. Thank you, Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting 28 April 2011. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-28apr11-en.htm The agenda on the Wiki has the latest updates: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+28+April+201… motions before Council can be viewed here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+20… This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 7 April 2011 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-08apr11-en.pdf For convenience:* An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda.Meeting Time 11:00 UTC Coordinated Universal Time:11:00 UTC - see below for local times (04:00 Los Angeles, 07:00 Washington DC,12:00 London, 13:00 Brussels, 19:00 Beijing; 21:00 Melbourne Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed. GNSO Council meeting audiocast http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3uItem 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)1.1 Roll call of Council members and polling for Disclosures of Interest • Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding “any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party’s judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion” in this meeting. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: “Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue.” The main issues for this meeting are: GNSO Project Decision Making GNSO ImprovementsSO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support WhoisNew gTLDs Compliance 1.2 Update any statements of interest 1.3 Review/amend agenda 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: • 7 April 2011 Council minutes –approved on 21 April 2011Item 2: WHOIS studies (15 minutes) Refer to motion 1, deferred from previous meeting at IPC's request. https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+2011 Refer to Motion 1 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+20… 2.1 Discussion 2.2 Vote2.3 Suggestions on next steps for Whois Requirements (Avri Doria) Item 3: Pending Projects – Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) (15 minutes)Standard agenda item to update the Council on the GNSO's Pending Projects. Refer to motion 2 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+20… 3. 1 Update on Pending Project: PPSC (Jeff Neuman) 3. 2 Discussion 3. 3 Vote Item 4: Motion on OSC Global Outreach Recommendations (10 minutes)Refer to motion approved by the Council at the 24 February 2011 GNSO Council meeting: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+24+February…. Specifically the following clauses:RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council acknowledges receipt of the document submitted by the OSC http://www.icann.org/topics/gnso-improvements/gnso-improvements-report-03fe… and directs Staff to post this document for forty-five (45) days in the ICANN Public Comment Forum.RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council shall take formal action on this document, including potential modification, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the public comment period.Refer to motion 3 https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+28+April+20… Discussion4. 2 Vote Item 5: Meeting with ICANN's new Compliance Director (10 minutes) The Council invites, Maguy Serad, ICANN’s senior compliance director to provide both an overview of her Compliance philosophy and her 30-60-90 day plan for the department. 5.1 Presentation from Compliance Director (Maguy Serad) 5.2 Discussion and questionsItem 6: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (10 minutes)Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead. 6.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair.6. 2 Discussion 6. 3 Next steps? Item 7: Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) (15 minutes)7.1 Update from co-Chairs (Rafik Dammak and Carlton Samuels).7. 2 Discussion 7. 3 Next steps? Item 8: UDRP Issues Paper (10 minutes)8.1 Update from Staff (Margie Milam) 8.2 Discussion8.3 Next steps Item 9: Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN Working Group Final Report on Single Character IDN TLDs (JIG) (10 minutes)Refer to motion approved by the GNSO Council at the April 7, 2011 meeting https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+7+April+201… ccNSO Council has since asked that the GNSO Council not forward the report to the Board until it has had an opportunity to address a few issues it has with the report.In the meantime, it is suggested that the GNSO Council submit, as part of the DAGv6 Public Comment period, its comments on those parts of the JIG report that pertain to new gTLDs.9.1 Discussion9.2 Next stepsItem 10. Any Other Business (5 minutes) 10.1 Possible topics for Singapore weekend GNSO sessions Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3)9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions: 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; 2. Initiate a Policy Development Process (“PDP”) Within Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of one House; 3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House (“GNSO Supermajority”); 4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation; 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and 6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that “a two-thirds vote of the council” demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision.Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures 4.4) 4.4.1 Applicability Absentee voting is permitted for the following limited number of Council motions or measures. a. Initiate a Policy Development Process (PDP); b. Approve a PDP recommendation; c. Recommend amendments to the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP) or ICANN Bylaws; d. Fill a Council position open for election. 4.4.2 Absentee ballots, when permitted, must be submitted within the announced time limit, which shall be 72 hours from the meeting‟s adjournment. In exceptional circumstances,announced at the time of the vote, the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 calendar days, provided such amendment is verbally confirmed by all Vice-Chairs present. 4.4.3 The GNSO Secretariat will administer, record, and tabulate absentee votes according to these procedures and will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e- mail, web-based interface, or other technologies as may become available. 4.4.4 Absentee balloting does not affect quorum requirements. (There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between March & October, Summer in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 11:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PDT) UTC-7+1DST 04:00 Cedar Rapids, USA (CDT) UTC-5+1DST 06:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EDT) UTC-5+1DST 07:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 08:00 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil UTC-3+0DST 08:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+1DST 12:00 Tunis, Tunisia (CET)UTC+1+0DST 12:00 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+1DST 13:00 Moscow, Russian Federation UTC+3+1DST 15:00 Karachi, Pakistan UTC+5+0DST 16:00 Beijing, China UTC+8+0DST 19:00 Tokyo, Japan UTC+9+0DST 20:00 Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EST) UTC+10+0DST 21:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of October 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com

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Council of Europe principles Internet Governance
by Philip Sheppard April 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

Not a bad list and some familiar authors. http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media-dataprotection/conf-interne… edom/Internet%20Governance%20Principles.pdf Philip Sheppard AIM - European Brands Association 9 avenue des Gaulois 1040 Brussels +32 2 736 0305 <http://www.aim.be/> www.aim.be

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19-Apr-2011 GAC advice on New gTLD Rights Protection Mechanisms
by Steve DelBianco April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011

The GAC posted this document yesterday. It's further advice regarding RPMs (Rights Protection Mechanisms) See attached or at http://gac.icann.org/press-release/further-gac-advice-new-gtld-rights-prote… I don't this was written after receipt of ICANN's latest guidebook. But it is highly relevant to BC positions on RPMs Note that the GAC is saying that TM Claims services should be required after launch of a gTLD, which was not part of the ICANN response. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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Proposed BC comment on ICANN proposed budget for 2012
by Steve DelBianco April 19, 2011

April 19, 2011

ICANN is now gathering public comment on its proposed framework for FY 2012 operating plan and budget. Attached is a discussion draft for BC comments prepared by Chris Chaplow, our Vice Chair for Finance & Administration. (Those of you in San Francisco last week heard Chris summarize these comments in the Public Forum on Thursday. ) ICANN's Comment period closes 4-April, so today (21-March) begins our 14-day review period for this discussion draft. Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 30-March, these comments will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN on 4-April. For topic background, see http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#op-budget-fy2012 Thanks again to Chris for his leadership on all ICANN financial and administrative issues. Steve DelBianco Vice chair for policy coordination

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BC Members call: Thursday 21st April, 10am EST (2pm UTC)
by Benedetta Rossi April 18, 2011

April 18, 2011

Dear Members, I'm writing to you to inform you of the upcoming BC Members call which is taking place on Thursday, April 21st 2011 at 10am EST (2pm UTC). Please find the agenda below: 1) Roll Call 2) New gTLD Process/GAC Scorecard Submission/ICANN Response/plans for BC written comments - 15 minutes 3 ) Council Agenda- Steve, Zahid, John - 20 minutes 4) Planning for Singapore -5 minutes - Chair 5) Board Election Update - 5 minutes - Sarah 6) BC Election Schedule - 5 minutes - Chair 7) AOB The dial in details for the call will follow shortly. Kindest Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat

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FILED: Business Constituency response to WHOIS Review Team
by Steve DelBianco April 17, 2011

April 17, 2011

Attached is the response of the Business Constituency (BC) Regarding issues described by the WHOIS Review Team. Elisa Cooper served as rapporteur for this document. This document was reviewed and approved by BC members in accordance with our charter.

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New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment
by Phil Corwin April 16, 2011

April 16, 2011

http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-15apr11-en.htm New Draft of the Applicant Guidebook for New gTLDs is Available for Public Comment 15 April 2011 Guidebook and Public Comment Forum<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-6-en.htm> ICANN has posted for public comment today the April 2011 Discussion Draft of the New gTLD Applicant Guidebook. In keeping with the draft timeline<http://icann.org/en/minutes/draft-timeline-new-gtlds-18mar11-en.pdf> [PDF, 117 KB] approved by the ICANN Board at its meeting in San Francisco, this draft of the Applicant Guidebook will be open for comment for 30 days, through 15 May 2011. This posting includes a "track changes" version of the six modules of the Applicant Guidebook, along with a series of new Explanatory Memos related to changes made as a result of the recent consultations between ICANN's Board and Governmental Advisory Committee: 1. Trademark Protections (Trademark Claims & Sunrise Services; and The Requirement for Demonstrating Use)<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/trademark-protection-claims-use-15apr1…> [PDF, 284 KB] 2. GAC and Government Objections; Handling of Sensitive Strings; Early Warning<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-objections-sensitive-strings-15apr…> [PDF, 91 KB] 3. Exemptions to Objection Fees for Governments<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/exemptions-govt-objection-fees-15apr11…> [PDF, 331 KB] 4. Root Zone Scaling<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/root-zone-scaling-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 286 KB] 5. Market and Economic Impacts<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/market-economic-impacts-15apr11-en.pdf> [PDF, 480 KB] 6. Registry-Registrar Separation<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/registy-regsitrar-separation-15apr11-e…> [PDF, 400 KB] These memos were developed to document the latest position on these topics by taking into account the current thinking, discussions and public comments received. Each memo not only reflects GAC advice but also contains the reasoning and rationale on each of the relevant issues regarding the launch of the New gTLD Program and Applicant Guidebook. Also being posted today is the ICANN Reply<http://icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/board-notes-gac-scorecard-clean-15apr1…> [PDF, 275 KB] to the GAC Comments (on the ICANN Board's Notes on the GAC Scorecard). Keeping with the draft timeline, ICANN plans post a final version of the guidebook by 30 May 2011, in time for consideration of the New gTLD implementation program at an extraordinary meeting of the ICANN Board to be held on Monday, 20 June 2011, at the ICANN meetings in Singapore<http://singapore41.icann.org/>. 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] large bot takedown
by Marilyn Cade April 13, 2011

April 13, 2011

Thanks, Adam, for posting this. Marilyn Cade Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Adam Palmer <Adam_Palmer(a)symantec.com> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:05:13 To: <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Subject: [bc-gnso] large bot takedown Hi, Today the U.S. Department of Justice executed the most comprehensive civil and criminal action against a large international bot network. The press release is: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/April/11-crm-466.html Best regards, Adam Adam Palmer Norton Lead Cyber Security Advisor Symantec Phone: 703-232-4914

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