Update is attached draft BC Comment on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP recommendations for Board approval  (see Channel 1 Item 1 below).

Many thanks to Elisa Cooper for providing this draft.


On 11/19/14, 3:37 AM, "Steve DelBianco" <sdelbianco@netchoice.org> wrote:

Here's a Policy Calendar for the BC member call on 20-Nov-2014

Channel 1. BC participation in ICANN Public Comment process
Recently filed: 

We supported Neustar registry proposal to release country & territory names at second level in .Neustar gTLD. 

We disagreed with board WG report on Nominating Committee 

We disagreed with a GAC Sub-group on Geographic Names in new gTLDs.

Current ICANN Public Comment page is here.   Selected open comment opportunities below:

1. Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP recommendations for Board approval  (link)   Reply comments close 1-Dec.   The BC commented on initial PDP report in Apr-2014 (link).   Drafters were Chris Chaplow, Stephane Van Gelder, Elisa Cooper.   Should the BC file a comment before the Board votes on the final recommendations?

2. Amendment to Registry Agreement for .NGO / .ONG for bundling of 2nd-level domains (link)  Initial comment by 26-Nov; reply comments close 6-Dec

3. Launch program for .MADRID (link)   Initial comment by 2-Dec; reply comments close 24-Dec

4. ICANN draft 5-year Operating Plan (link)   Initial comment by 12-Dec

5. New gTLD Auction rules for Indirect Contention (link)  Initial comment by 14-Dec
Note: BC members are encouraged to file their own comments.  The BC selects topics based on member interest.

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Channel 2. Support for discussion and votes of our representatives on GNSO Council
Gabi Szlak and Susan Kawaguchi are our Councilors. 

Report on 13-Nov GNSO Council meeting resolutions.

Next GNSO Council meeting is 11-Dec-2014 , at 15:00 UTC (10:00 Eastern time)

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Channel 3. Supporting discussion/voting on matters before the Commercial Stakeholders Group (CSG)
Marilyn Cade, CSG Liaison.

CSG representation on the IANA Coordination Group (link).  
Look forward to report from Aparna Sridhar, Tim Smith, and Angie Graves, who are monitoring for the BC.  

On 25-Nov ICANN is hosting an update call on:
1.  formation of Accountability CWG
2.  Update on IANA Stewardship following F2F meeting in Frankfurt
3.  Coordination of both activities within the CSG

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Channel 4. BC statements and responses during public meetings (outreach events, public forum, etc.)