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Bi-Weekly Status Report - March 29th, 2013
by Benedetta Rossi April 1, 2013

April 1, 2013

Dear BC Members, Please find below the bi-weekly Status Reports submitted by the Executive Committee and myself - BC Secretariat: _/*March 29, 2013*/_ *Elisa Cooper, Chair* * Hosted 3 member calls (1- Beijing Planning, 2 - Arab Center for Dispute Resolution Discussion, and 3 -Survey Results Review) * Sent survey results to all members * Finalized agenda for Beijing meeting and assisted with preparation of draft materials for CSG events o Agreed to participate at ICANN Outreach Event to Business in Beijing on the morning of April 11 *Steve DelBianco, Vice Chair - Policy Coordination * * Breakfast meeting with ICANN CEO and senior staff in Washington DC on 21-Mar. Marilyn and I acknowledged CEO for the public interest specification, RAA requirement, and Strawman implementation decisions. Also raised concern over Singular and Plural TLD string decision, which Fadi agreed was very troubling. * Singular vs plural contention sets: asked US and EC GAC Reps whether they had concerns about this issue. (USG had not yet looked at it) * Comment on new Registry Agreement: drafted comments and circulated for member review; made revisions based on member comment; submitted to ICANN on 20-Mar. * Comment on ACDR's proposal to be a UDRP provider: edited and circulated draft comment by Phil Corwin on 20-Mar; conducted member discussion call on 28-Mar; preparing alternate draft now. *Chris Chaplow, Vice Chair - Finance & Operations* * Prepare BC Newsletter and BC Factsheet for Beijing. * Receive docs from contributors and finalize plan for designer and proof drafts V1 and V2 and V3 with designer and Excom. Planning meeting at printers. * Resource Chinese Translator for Newsletter and Factsheet. * Research ICANN Leadership Team, Global responsibilities , departments and VP for new newsletter chart. Confirm with Head of ICANN HR. * Final drafting of SO/AC Fast Track budget requests for Secretariat Support. Solicit input from Excom and advise members. Submit to controller and confirm receipt. * Attended ICANN outreach webinar and preparing submission of BC @ Chamber of Commerce in Spain May 7th Event to the Outreach Wiki in section for outreach community events. * Attended Beijing Policy Webinar, gLTD update webinar, IRTP-D WG Call. BC Beijing Planning Call. *Marilyn Cade, CSG Representative* * Discussions with CSG excomm members to develop balanced input and collaboration on topics for CSG and Cross Constituency Breakfast * Met with GAC Chair and other governments informally to discuss Cross Constituency Breakfast * Provided article "On the road to Beijing" for Newsletter; review and edits to support Newsletter * Participated in members calls held to listen and understand members views and concerns * Interactions re Thursday breakfast with Chinese Industry with ICANN staff * Interaction with CEO and ICANN staff * Review of CSG Charter and BC Charter/validation of Charter review process with ICANN staff * John Berard, GNSO Councilor* * From the perspective of the GNSO Council, in the course of setting an agenda for the ccNSO Council and GNSO Council meeting in Beijing, there is significant push-back from the cc's with regard to the findings of the reputation research ICANN staff has conducted. The consensus of the ccTLD managers is that they are viewed differently and more favorably than are gTLDs. *Benedetta Rossi, BC Secretariat:* Continued 2013 Membership Invoices procedure & follow up ·Drafted & submitted GNSO Toolkit Services Request to ICANN Staff on behalf of the BC for FY14 oSubmitted to Excomm & full membership ·Scheduled, attended and ensured smooth running of: oBC Members Beijing Planning Call oBC Members ACDR Discussion Call oBC Members Survey Discussion Call oCSG Excomm Beijing Planning Call ·Drafted and submitted minutes for BC Members Beijing Planning Call ·Submitted notes to CSG Excomm from the CSG Excomm Beijing Planning call ·Wiki Updates: oConference call information, transcripts, MP3 recordings ·Beijing Preparation oFinalized invitation to Cross Constituency Breakfast for Beijing oUpdated BC Members attendance list oDrafted tent cards for Cross Constituency Breakfast with GAC and handed them to GNSO Secretariat to bring to Beijing oLiaised with CSG for support regarding Beijing Preparation oDrafted BC annotated agenda ·Assisted with preparation of BC Newsletter for Beijing oResearched different SGs & Constituencies oProofread and submitted edits ·BC Membership Applications: oReceived, checked and submitted one applications to Credentials Committee: Pfizer ·Managed member queries (eg: change in contact, mailing list updates, dial out set up) ·Sent ICANN announcements to the BC list ·Drafted Status Report & aggregated all other reports to submit to members Thank you, -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat(a)icann.org

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Seeking volunteers for drafting BC comment on RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement)
by Steve DelBianco April 1, 2013

April 1, 2013

We discussed this on our last 2 Member calls, and I'm soliciting volunteers to help draft BC comments on the proposed RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement). (link<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-07mar13-en.htm>) Reply comments close 19-Apr-2013. Prior BC comments on the RAA have called for validation of WHOIS information and mandatory use of the amended RAA for any registrar selling new gTLDs. (items 5 and 6 in our Toronto list of 8 improvements): 5. Validate contact information for registrants in WHOIS. 6. All registrars active in new gTLD registrations must adhere to amended RAA for all gTLD registrations they sponsor. Any BC member willing to help draft comments please REPLY ALL (as an inspiration to others!) Thanks, Steve -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482

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Event Canceled: BC Member Survey Review & Discussion Call
by bc-secretariat＠icann.org March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013

Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat(a)icann.org> has canceled this event: « BC Member Survey Review & Discussion Call »

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RE: [bc-gnso] RE: ICC's informal contribution: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN structures
by john＠crediblecontext.com March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

Ayesha, Thank you for sending this along. I think you have hit on at least three things that will certainly need to be addressed -- a rapid increase in participation, the likely faster-than-all growth of the contracted parties and the increased interest for any single entity to have an interest in multiple constituencies and stakeholder groups. It is likely that the upcoming GNSO review will address those changes. One think you suggest that I had not heard before but makes a lot of sense is the need for uniform voting rights in this new era and across all SOs and ACs. I know that each island in the ICANN archipelago currently controls its voting procedures, but as the multiple interests of individual entities bridge two, three or more of them, uniform voting rights make a lot of sense for, well, the sense of it. Cheers, Berard --------- Original Message ---------Subject: [bc-gnso] RE: ICC's informal contribution: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN structures From: HASSAN Ayesha <ayesha.hassan(a)iccwbo.org> Date: 3/28/13 7:33 am To: "Benedetta Rossi" <bc-secretariat(a)icann.org>, "bc - GNSO list" <bc-gnso(a)icann.org> Cc: "HASSAN Ayesha" <ayesha.hassan(a)iccwbo.org> With attachment ! From: HASSAN Ayesha Sent: jeudi 28 mars 2013 15:33 To: Benedetta Rossi; bc - GNSO list Cc: HASSAN Ayesha Subject: ICC's informal contribution: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN structures Dear BC colleagues, Attached please find ICC’s informal contribution on the impact of the new gTLD programme on the ICANN structures and priorities. The informal contribution is also available at: http://www.iccwbo.org/advocacy-codes-and-rules/areas-of-work/digital-econom… This informal contribution is a compilation of input received from members of ICC’s Commissions on the Digital Economy and Intellectual Property to a survey we sent out to get feedback on these matters. This input provides a range of views on some issues, and is meant to enrich the discussions going on informally within ICANN. This contribution does not reflect consensus positions. Rather, it highlights a range of priorities from the diverse ICC membership. This input has been sent to ICANN leaders as an informal compilation of our survey results. We hope that this will be a useful contribution to discussions on these matters. Kind regards, Ayesha Ayesha Hassan International Chamber of Commerce Senior Policy Manager Digital Economy Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy 38 Cours Albert 1er 75008 Paris, France tel: +33 1 49 53 30 13 fax: +33 1 49 53 28 59 Email: ayesha.hassan(a)iccwbo.org website: www.iccwbo.org BASIS website: http://www.iccwbo.org/basis/

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ICC's informal contribution: Impact of new gTLDs on ICANN structures
by HASSAN Ayesha March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013

Dear BC colleagues, Attached please find ICC's informal contribution on the impact of the new gTLD programme on the ICANN structures and priorities. The informal contribution is also available at: http://www.iccwbo.org/advocacy-codes-and-rules/areas-of-work/digital-econom… This informal contribution is a compilation of input received from members of ICC's Commissions on the Digital Economy and Intellectual Property to a survey we sent out to get feedback on these matters. This input provides a range of views on some issues, and is meant to enrich the discussions going on informally within ICANN. This contribution does not reflect consensus positions. Rather, it highlights a range of priorities from the diverse ICC membership. This input has been sent to ICANN leaders as an informal compilation of our survey results. We hope that this will be a useful contribution to discussions on these matters. Kind regards, Ayesha Ayesha Hassan International Chamber of Commerce Senior Policy Manager Digital Economy Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy 38 Cours Albert 1er 75008 Paris, France tel: +33 1 49 53 30 13 fax: +33 1 49 53 28 59 Email: ayesha.hassan(a)iccwbo.org<mailto:ayesha.hassan@iccwbo.org> website: www.iccwbo.org<http://www.iccwbo.org/> BASIS website: http://www.iccwbo.org/basis/

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Bejing Visa
by Chris Chaplow March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

Dear Members, After a delay in getting a host letter I could not rely on post and went to the Chinese Embassy in Madrid (Spain) last week in person. Despite the information on the website. The urgent one or two day special service has been discontinued. The fastest turn round route available was one week. So I need to send somebody to collect mine tomorrow. (1,200 km round trip) I assume every by now has their visa for Beijing, but if not - dont rely on the urgent service. Best, Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris(a)andalucia.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain.

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Minutes, transcript, MP3 Recording & Presentation: BC Members Pre Beijing Planning call, March 25, 2013
by Benedetta Rossi March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

Dear BC Members, Following the Pre-Beijing Planning Call which took place yesterday, Monday, March 25th, 2013 at 11 am EST please find attached the minutes I drafted, the full transcript and the power point presentation which was shown on Adobe Connect during the call. Please find the MP3 Recording here: https://icann.box.com/shared/static/81qoihqwl2tt647j39ss.mp3 Thank you ever so much, -- th, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat(a)icann.org

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ICANN webinar on new gTLDs -- tonight, March 26, 3pm Pacific time
by Steve DelBianco March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

FYI — this could be worth listening to. I am sure that new Registry Agreement and RAA will be discussed, too. New gTLD Update Webinar Date: 26 March 2013 Time: 22:00 – 23:30 UTC (3:00pm – 4:30pm PDT) Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/newgtldwebinar Dial In: 1-480-629-9799 or 1-877-941-9321 | International Numbers<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/webinars/dial-in-26mar…> Conference ID: 4610307 Agenda * Initial Evaluation Update * Pre-delegation testing &pilot * Contracting * Rights Protections * Closed Generics

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Doodle poll: BC Call Regarding ACDR Issue - PLEASE COMPLETE POLL
by Benedetta Rossi March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

Dear BC Members, Following the BC Members call which took place yesterday, please complete the doodle poll below with your availabilities to join a call either tomorrow, Wednesday March 27th, 2013 or Thursday, March 28th, 2013, to discuss the ACDR issue: http://www.doodle.com/vhde9z3zsaixdmvm Thank you ever so much, -- Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi BC Secretariat https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org bc-secretariat(a)icann.org

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Publications of objections
by Marie Pattullo March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013

Dear all, The various objections are now being published: · The Legal Rights Objections filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center are here: <http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/cases/> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/cases/ · Only one string confusion objection has been posted by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution - Starting Dot sas – an applicant for ‘.immo’ - has filed a string confusion objection against United TLD Holdco’s application for ‘immobilien’: http://www.adr.org/aaa/faces/aoe/icdr/icann/gtld;jsessionid=pPZ9RQzpMTPVCXq… <http://www.adr.org/aaa/faces/aoe/icdr/icann/gtld;jsessionid=pPZ9RQzpMTPVCXq…> &_afrLoop=157288000179895&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=gvxmb9j36_114#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D157288000179895%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dyd13duw9r_4 · The International Center of Expertise of the ICC has not yet published details of the objections it has received (limited public interest and community objections) - http://www.iccwbo.org/products-and-services/arbitration-and-adr/expertise/i… but the Independent Objector (tasked with objecting to gTLD applications that would be contrary to the public and community interests) has filed comments on “controversial applications” before the ICC. See: http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independen… Hope this is of interest, Kind regards Marie Marie Pattullo Senior Brand Protection Manager AIM - European Brands Association tel: +32 2 736 0305 fax: +32 2 734 6702 marie.pattullo(a)aim.be www.aim.be <http://www.aim.be/>

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