Dear Councillors,
Please find below the proposed Triage recommendation 08-2016. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of 25 March 2016, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation. Thank you.
Best regards, Joke Braeken
Topic: 08-2016: Call for Volunteers - New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
Originator: The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council
Summary of request: The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a new Working Group that will conduct a Policy Development Process (PDP) to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The GNSO Council approved the PDP Working Group's Charter [PDF, 510 KB] on 9 March 2016.
The GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated as widely as possible in order to ensure broad representation and participation in the Working Group.
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-21-en
Date received: 22 March 2016
Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: it is anticipated that the Working Group will convene online for the first time in early April 2016. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Working Group's work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.
Recommended action, if any: Shared for distribution via twitter, the
Expertise needed, if any: policy, legal, strategic.
Date of submission to Triage Committee:
22 March 2016
Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 22 March 2016
Date of submission to Council: 23 March 2016
Deadline Council decision: 25 March 2016, 23:59 UTC
Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: low
Joke Braeken