BC Policy Calendar, for discussion on BC Conf Call Friday 10-Sep-2010
To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination The attached pdf is an updated policy calendar for discussion on Friday’s BC member call. Dial-in details will be sent separately. Highlighted item: there is a GNSO Council meeting tomorrow, and the relevant agenda items are described below. Upcoming discussions & votes at 8-Sep GNSO Council meeting: Full agenda and links at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-08sep10-en.htm Item 2. Vote on GNSO endorsements for members of SSR & Whois review teams. CSG has endorsed BC members Jeff Brueggeman for SSR and Susan Kawaguchi for Whois. Discuss whether to add candidates to improve diversity; adding alternates. Vote on motion to endorse the GNSO slate Item 3. Vote on whether to proceed with Whois study #1. Registries have amended the motion drafted by the BC. Item 4. Vote on whether to submit the current Vertical Integration progress report to the Board for consideration at their 13-Sep retreat. Item 5. Discuss suggested improvements for Council meetings Item 6. Discuss Council interactions with the Board Item 7. Vote on motion to form a cross-community working group to provide guidance to ICANN new gTLD Implementation Team and ICANN Board, regarding TLD strings that contravene generally-accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order, as recognized under international principles of law. Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation Prioritization of GNSO Projects
Thanks Steve. I can't make the BC call tomorrow because of the short notice. Since there is so little advance notice and so little on the agenda of much interest to many members, I suspect most members will not attend. But I am happy to answer questions on or off the list about anything before the Council or otherwise on tomorrow's agenda. Here also is a link to the Council's Pending Project List, which in turn contains links to everything the Council is involved in. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf In today's meeting: . the Council approved the WHOIS "misuse" study as we requested . the Council approved the slate of Review Team candidates as we requested, not including the late proposed addition from the NCSG . the Council approved that the Vertical Integration report be sent to the Board in advance of its retreat later this month, which we supported . the Council approved the motion to create a 'community working group' to advise ICANN wrt to the new gTLD recommendation re Morality and Public Order Another rather uneventful Council meeting, very little substance to report. I do not expect that to change much until after the Board retreat, if there are any resolutions from it. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 <http://rodenbaugh.com/> http://rodenbaugh.com From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve DelBianco Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:36 PM To: 'bc - GNSO list'; Bill Smith Subject: [bc-gnso] BC Policy Calendar, for discussion on BC Conf Call Friday 10-Sep-2010 To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination The attached pdf is an updated policy calendar for discussion on Friday's BC member call. Dial-in details will be sent separately. Highlighted item: there is a GNSO Council meeting tomorrow, and the relevant agenda items are described below. Upcoming discussions & votes at 8-Sep GNSO Council meeting: Full agenda and links at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-08sep10-en.htm Item 2. Vote on GNSO endorsements for members of SSR & Whois review teams. CSG has endorsed BC members Jeff Brueggeman for SSR and Susan Kawaguchi for Whois. Discuss whether to add candidates to improve diversity; adding alternates. Vote on motion to endorse the GNSO slate Item 3. Vote on whether to proceed with Whois study #1. Registries have amended the motion drafted by the BC. Item 4. Vote on whether to submit the current Vertical Integration progress report to the Board for consideration at their 13-Sep retreat. Item 5. Discuss suggested improvements for Council meetings Item 6. Discuss Council interactions with the Board Item 7. Vote on motion to form a cross-community working group to provide guidance to ICANN new gTLD Implementation Team and ICANN Board, regarding TLD strings that contravene generally-accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order, as recognized under international principles of law. Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation Prioritization of GNSO Projects
Thanks for the Council report, Mike. Looks like the BC had its way on all 3 votes today, which is pretty good for an ‘uneventful’ meeting. On 9/8/10 1:31 PM, "Mike Rodenbaugh" <icann@rodenbaugh.com> wrote: Thanks Steve. I can’t make the BC call tomorrow because of the short notice. Since there is so little advance notice and so little on the agenda of much interest to many members, I suspect most members will not attend. But I am happy to answer questions on or off the list about anything before the Council or otherwise on tomorrow’s agenda. Here also is a link to the Council’s Pending Project List, which in turn contains links to everything the Council is involved in. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf In today’s meeting: • the Council approved the WHOIS “misuse” study as we requested · the Council approved the slate of Review Team candidates as we requested, not including the late proposed addition from the NCSG · the Council approved that the Vertical Integration report be sent to the Board in advance of its retreat later this month, which we supported · the Council approved the motion to create a ‘community working group’ to advise ICANN wrt to the new gTLD recommendation re Morality and Public Order Another rather uneventful Council meeting, very little substance to report. I do not expect that to change much until after the Board retreat, if there are any resolutions from it. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/> From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve DelBianco Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:36 PM To: 'bc - GNSO list'; Bill Smith Subject: [bc-gnso] BC Policy Calendar, for discussion on BC Conf Call Friday 10-Sep-2010 To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination The attached pdf is an updated policy calendar for discussion on Friday’s BC member call. Dial-in details will be sent separately. Highlighted item: there is a GNSO Council meeting tomorrow, and the relevant agenda items are described below. Upcoming discussions & votes at 8-Sep GNSO Council meeting: Full agenda and links at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-08sep10-en.htm Item 2. Vote on GNSO endorsements for members of SSR & Whois review teams. CSG has endorsed BC members Jeff Brueggeman for SSR and Susan Kawaguchi for Whois. Discuss whether to add candidates to improve diversity; adding alternates. Vote on motion to endorse the GNSO slate Item 3. Vote on whether to proceed with Whois study #1. Registries have amended the motion drafted by the BC. Item 4. Vote on whether to submit the current Vertical Integration progress report to the Board for consideration at their 13-Sep retreat. Item 5. Discuss suggested improvements for Council meetings Item 6. Discuss Council interactions with the Board Item 7. Vote on motion to form a cross-community working group to provide guidance to ICANN new gTLD Implementation Team and ICANN Board, regarding TLD strings that contravene generally-accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order, as recognized under international principles of law. Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation Prioritization of GNSO Projects -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482
Mike, Yes I was just reflecting this morning that it was a good result for the BC. Thanks for the update of the Council meeting, much appreciated. Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucía.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@andaluciaws.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andaluciaws.com De: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] En nombre de Steve DelBianco Enviado el: miércoles, 08 de septiembre de 2010 22:51 Para: Mike Rodenbaugh; 'bc - GNSO list' Asunto: Re: [bc-gnso] BC Policy Calendar, for discussion on BC Conf Call Friday 10-Sep-2010 Thanks for the Council report, Mike. Looks like the BC had its way on all 3 votes today, which is pretty good for an uneventful meeting. On 9/8/10 1:31 PM, "Mike Rodenbaugh" <icann@rodenbaugh.com> wrote: Thanks Steve. I cant make the BC call tomorrow because of the short notice. Since there is so little advance notice and so little on the agenda of much interest to many members, I suspect most members will not attend. But I am happy to answer questions on or off the list about anything before the Council or otherwise on tomorrows agenda. Here also is a link to the Councils Pending Project List, which in turn contains links to everything the Council is involved in. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf In todays meeting: · the Council approved the WHOIS misuse study as we requested · the Council approved the slate of Review Team candidates as we requested, not including the late proposed addition from the NCSG · the Council approved that the Vertical Integration report be sent to the Board in advance of its retreat later this month, which we supported · the Council approved the motion to create a community working group to advise ICANN wrt to the new gTLD recommendation re Morality and Public Order Another rather uneventful Council meeting, very little substance to report. I do not expect that to change much until after the Board retreat, if there are any resolutions from it. Thanks, Mike Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/> From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Steve DelBianco Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:36 PM To: 'bc - GNSO list'; Bill Smith Subject: [bc-gnso] BC Policy Calendar, for discussion on BC Conf Call Friday 10-Sep-2010 To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination The attached pdf is an updated policy calendar for discussion on Fridays BC member call. Dial-in details will be sent separately. Highlighted item: there is a GNSO Council meeting tomorrow, and the relevant agenda items are described below. Upcoming discussions & votes at 8-Sep GNSO Council meeting: Full agenda and links at http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-08sep10-en.htm Item 2. Vote on GNSO endorsements for members of SSR & Whois review teams. CSG has endorsed BC members Jeff Brueggeman for SSR and Susan Kawaguchi for Whois. Discuss whether to add candidates to improve diversity; adding alternates. Vote on motion to endorse the GNSO slate Item 3. Vote on whether to proceed with Whois study #1. Registries have amended the motion drafted by the BC. Item 4. Vote on whether to submit the current Vertical Integration progress report to the Board for consideration at their 13-Sep retreat. Item 5. Discuss suggested improvements for Council meetings Item 6. Discuss Council interactions with the Board Item 7. Vote on motion to form a cross-community working group to provide guidance to ICANN new gTLD Implementation Team and ICANN Board, regarding TLD strings that contravene generally-accepted legal norms relating to morality and public order, as recognized under international principles of law. Item 8: Status of Continued Action Items Registration Abuse Policies WG Recommendations Action Plan Drafting team for draft DNS-CERT/SSR WG charter Standing committee to monitor GNSO Improvements implementation Prioritization of GNSO Projects -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482
To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination Attached is the latest (10-Oct) policy calendar. Will discuss at BC meeting in Washington on 12-Oct. -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482
To: BC Members From: Steve DelBianco, vice chair for policy coordination Attached is the latest (9-Nov) policy calendar for items relevant to the BC. This calendar will not be discussed in detail on our 11-Nov conference call. Instead, we will go directly to Policy Issues, including: a) ATRT Recommendations b) new gTLD Guidebook. First-look at changes from previous version, by volunteers who have reviewed modules of the Guidebook. c) Security Stability & Resiliency (SSR) internal working group d) Other policy issues under development for positions needed by Cartegena e) Council Agenda topics not covered above which are on agenda for Council meeting 11/18 - Members Input -- Steve DelBianco Executive Director NetChoice http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org +1.202.420.7482
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm ICANN's Board of Directors voted to allow new gTLD registries to own registrars, opting not to create new rules prohibiting registrars from applying for or operating new gTLD registries. Following over two years of community discussions, which had not resulted in consensus, the Board carefully considered expert economic advice, community comments, and numerous proposed approaches to registry-registrar cross-ownership. "In the absence of existing policy or new bottom-up policy recommendations, the Board saw no rationale for placing restrictions on cross-ownership;" said Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board. "Any possible abuses can be better addressed by properly targeted mechanisms. Co-ownership rules are not an optimal technique in this area." Under the Board resolution additional enforcement mechanisms have been added. New gTLD registry agreements are to include: (1) a Code of Conduct prohibiting any misuse of data or other abusive conduct arising out of registry-registrar cross-ownership; (2) robust auditing requirements; (3) graduated sanctions up to and including contractual termination and punitive damages; and (4) ICANN's right to refer competition issues to appropriate government competition authorities. Background: The cross-ownership provisions have varied over time and no formal "policy" on this topic has ever been recommended or adopted by ICANN. (For example, each of the seven new gTLDs delegated by ICANN in the 2000-2001 proof-of-concept introduced by ICANN in 2000 have featured some degree of registry-registrar cross-operation or cross-ownership.) The ICANN community has been discussing whether to continue, expand or remove the restrictions in current registry agreements that limit the existing registries from owning more than 15% of a registrar. Some have urged the creation of new rules that would for the first time prohibit registrars from applying for or operating new gTLDs. The ICANN Board had previously attempted to spur a consensus view, asking ICANN's GNSO to resolve the registry-registrar cross-ownership question. In May 2010, the ICANN Board encouraged the GNSO to develop a consensus based policy on this issue, but indicated that the Board would review the issue if no consensus position was reached. The GNSO recently reported that it has been unable to reach consensus. Martin C SUTTON Group Risk Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ Group Security & Fraud Risk 8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom ________________________________________________________________ Phone. +44 (0)20 7991 8074 / 7991 8074 Mobile. +44 (0) 7774556680 Email. martinsutton@hsbc.com ________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------- SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! This E-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.
I wonder what surprises are in store within the new AG. Sent from +1(415)606-3733 On Nov 10, 2010, at 8:16 AM, "martinsutton@hsbc.com" <martinsutton@hsbc.com> wrote:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09nov10-en.htm
ICANN's Board of Directors voted to allow new gTLD registries to own registrars, opting not to create new rules prohibiting registrars from applying for or operating new gTLD registries. Following over two years of community discussions, which had not resulted in consensus, the Board carefully considered expert economic advice, community comments, and numerous proposed approaches to registry-registrar cross-ownership.
"In the absence of existing policy or new bottom-up policy recommendations, the Board saw no rationale for placing restrictions on cross-ownership;" said Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of the Board. "Any possible abuses can be better addressed by properly targeted mechanisms. Co-ownership rules are not an optimal technique in this area."
Under the Board resolution additional enforcement mechanisms have been added. New gTLD registry agreements are to include: (1) a Code of Conduct prohibiting any misuse of data or other abusive conduct arising out of registry-registrar cross-ownership; (2) robust auditing requirements; (3) graduated sanctions up to and including contractual termination and punitive damages; and (4) ICANN's right to refer competition issues to appropriate government competition authorities.
Background: The cross-ownership provisions have varied over time and no formal "policy" on this topic has ever been recommended or adopted by ICANN. (For example, each of the seven new gTLDs delegated by ICANN in the 2000-2001 proof-of-concept introduced by ICANN in 2000 have featured some degree of registry-registrar cross-operation or cross-ownership.)
The ICANN community has been discussing whether to continue, expand or remove the restrictions in current registry agreements that limit the existing registries from owning more than 15% of a registrar. Some have urged the creation of new rules that would for the first time prohibit registrars from applying for or operating new gTLDs.
The ICANN Board had previously attempted to spur a consensus view, asking ICANN's GNSO to resolve the registry-registrar cross-ownership question. In May 2010, the ICANN Board encouraged the GNSO to develop a consensus based policy on this issue, but indicated that the Board would review the issue if no consensus position was reached. The GNSO recently reported that it has been unable to reach consensus.
Martin C SUTTON Group Risk Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ Group Security & Fraud Risk 8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom ________________________________________________________________
Phone. +44 (0)20 7991 8074 / 7991 8074 Mobile. +44 (0) 7774556680 Email. martinsutton@hsbc.com ________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------- SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT! This E-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions.
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