December 2004 - council - lists.icann.org

CRISP open call 12 January 2005
by GNSO SECRETARIAT Dec. 23, 2004

Dec. 23, 2004

[To: Council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: dow1-2tf[at]gnso.icann.org; dow3tf[at]gnso.icann.org] At the request of the combined Whois Task Force 1 & 2 participants, a briefing has been arranged by the Cross Registry Information Service Protocol (CRISP) Working Group of the IETF. All interested parties are invited to join the call. This open teleconference will take place on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 11:00 EST, (6:00 Honolulu, 8:00 LA, 13:00 Buenos Aires, 16:00 UTC, 17:00 CET) Call details will be sent out at a later date. If you are interested, please let me know as this will facilitate booking adequate lines. Thank you. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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ICANN Strategic plan & GNSO review - public comment period open
by GNSO SECRETARIAT Dec. 22, 2004

Dec. 22, 2004

[To : Council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org;announce[at]gnso.icann.org] Please note two recent announcements calling for public comments: http://gnso.icann.org/ http://www.icann.org/ Independent GNSO Council Review Posted (22 December 2004) In fulfillment of the GNSO Council Terms of Reference, and ICANN Board Resolution 04.91, the independent review of the GNSO Council has been completed and is now available for public comment. The public comment period will conclude on 24 January 2005. http://www.icann.org/ ICANN Extends Public Comment Period for ICANN Strategic Plan (22 December 2004) As resolved during the recent ICANN Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, ICANN is extending the public comment period on its Strategic Plan to 28 February, 2005. ICANN encourages all members of the community to participate in this public comment forum. Thank you Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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Call for Constituency statements on Whois tf 1/2 recommendations
by GNSO SECRETARIAT Dec. 22, 2004

Dec. 22, 2004

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] DOW1-2tf[at]gnso.icann.org] Constituency statements should be submitted on or before MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005 Call for the submission of constituency statements on the Whois task force 1/2 Recommendations relating to improving notification and consent for the use of contact data in the Whois system. http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-notification-30nov04.pdf 1. Registrars must ensure that disclosures regarding availability and third-party access to personal data associated with domain names actually be presented to registrants during the registration process. Linking to an external web page is not sufficient. 2. Registrars must ensure that these disclosures are set aside from other provisions of the registration agreement if they are presented to registrants together with that agreement. Alternatively, registrars may present data access disclosures separate from the registration agreement. The wording of the notice provided by registrars should, to the extent feasible, be uniform. 3. Registrars must obtain a separate acknowledgement from registrars that they have read and understand these disclosures. This provision does not affect registrars' existing obligations to obtain registrant consent to the use of their contact information in the WHOIS system. The constituency statements should ideally be consistent with the ICANN bylaws - GNSO Policy-Development Process. http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-19apr04.htm#AnnexA Section 7, d. Collection of Information. 1. Constituency Statements. The Representatives will each be responsible for soliciting the position of their constituencies, at a minimum, and other comments as each Representative deems appropriate, regarding the issue under consideration. This position and other comments, as applicable, should be submitted in a formal statement to the task force chair (each, a "Constituency Statement") within thirty-five (35) calendar days after initiation of the PDP. Every Constituency Statement shall include at least the following: (i) If a Supermajority Vote was reached, a clear statement of the constituency's position on the issue; (ii) If a Supermajority Vote was not reached, a clear statement of all positions espoused by constituency members; (iii) A clear statement of how the constituency arrived at its position(s). Specifically, the statement should detail specific constituency meetings, teleconferences, or other means of deliberating an issue, and a list of all members who participated or otherwise submitted their views; (iv) An analysis of how the issue would affect the constituency, including any financial impact on the constituency; and (v) An analysis of the period of time that would likely be necessary to implement the policy. GNSO Secretariat -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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Resignation of the Chair of WHOIS TF3
by Bruce Tonkin Dec. 22, 2004

Dec. 22, 2004

Hello All, Unfortunately Brian Darville has had to resign from chairing WHOIS TF3 due to other commitments. I thank Brian for his efforts in chairing the TF3 and working to identify a consensus position. It seemed that there was some progress in discussions involving the whole Council in Cape Town. If the Council agrees, I am prepared to chair a couple of extra meetings in January 2005 to get some agreement around some high-level recommendations (similar to those developed so far by WHOIS TF1/2), and then leave the Task Force to elect a new chair and flesh out the detail of recommendations in a report suitable for public comment and eventually formal approval as a consensus recommendation. Regards, Bruce Tonkin -----Original Message----- From: Brian Darville Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2004 1:59 AM To: Bruce Tonkin Subject: Task Force 3 - Resignation as Chair and From the Task Force Dear Bruce: I am writing to formally notify you that I am resigning from participation in Task Force 3, including my role as Chair of the Task Force. Due to other professional commitments I have undertaken recently, I cannot continue to participate in the Task Force. I had originally planned that my participation in the Task Force would end in October 2004. I stayed on through December in an effort to reach consensus on the narrow recommendations the Task Force had been considering this fall. However, we were unable to reach a consensus. At this point, I believe it will be fruitful for the IPC to appoint another Task Force representative who can more fully participate in the Task Force, including traveling to the various ICANN meetings. I appreciate your assisting the Task Force this Fall, and wish you and the other Task Force members a swift resolution of the Task Force's remaining work. Sincerely, Brian Darville Oblon, Spivak

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RE: [council] Resignation of the Chair of WHOIS TF3
by Niklas_Lagergren＠mpaa.org Dec. 22, 2004

Dec. 22, 2004

Ditto. Thanks for stepping in Bruce. Nik > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Sheppard [mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be] > Sent: mercredi 22 décembre 2004 9:01 > To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: RE: [council] Resignation of the Chair of WHOIS TF3 > > > You have my support > > Philip > >

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Update on staff recruitment
by Paul Verhoef Dec. 22, 2004

Dec. 22, 2004

All, The progress on recruitment of staff remains fully in line with the last update I gave you. We have interviewed short-listed candidates and identified two preferred candidates for the Senior Office Policy Coordination and the GNSO Policy Officer respectively. At this moment, we are carrying out background checks before making formal offers. I hope to be able to make an announcement on the new staff in the first weeks of January. You may be interested to know that we had some 250 candidates for a total of 3 position advertised for my group, and that the two selected candidates are really excellent with much relevant experience and, assuming that we are able to make successful offers, I am looking very much forward to their arrival. Rests me to wish you and your families a merry Xmas and a very happy New Year (at least for those who celebrate these events), and I am looking forward to work with you in the new year. Best Paul ____________________________________ Paul Verhoef Vice President Policy Development Support ICANN 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 Fax: +32.2.234 7848 www.icann.org

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RE: [council] WIPO-II
by Lucy.Nichols＠nokia.com Dec. 6, 2004

Dec. 6, 2004

and just to clarify my comments, I'm all for new TLDs. However, new space is not the solution to the problems raised by WIPO-II. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of ext Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:22 AM To: marc(a)schneiders.org; alick.wilson(a)xendra.co.nz Cc: paul.verhoef(a)icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org; jeffrey(a)icann.org Subject: RE: [council] WIPO-II I think Marc's point highlights the real issue here ...the need for a mechanism to protect IGO and country names (where appropriate) in every existing (and future) TLD ...not to create new space. Lucy -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of ext Marc Schneiders Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:56 AM To: Alick Wilson Cc: 'Paul Verhoef'; council(a)gnso.icann.org; 'John Jeffrey' Subject: RE: [council] WIPO-II Your line of thinking I do like. But in my view new sTLDs are not needed. For IGOs there is already .int (as in wipo.int) And countries have their ccTLDs. I do like the idea, that having your own space (TLD), means your are not entitled to the rest of the name space. Marc On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, at 16:48 [=GMT+1300], Alick Wilson wrote: > Colleagues, I wonder if there is a case to be made for new sTLDs for > international intergovernmental organizations (say .igo) and countries (say > .country)? > > While these would not deal directly with offending sites in the rest of the > gTLD namespace, it would at least provide a single official address for IGOs > and countries. > > The concept could, of course, be extended to other sensitive types of name. > > Am I right off track or does this have some merit? > > Alick > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On > Behalf Of Paul Verhoef > Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 10:41 p.m. > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Cc: 'John Jeffrey' > Subject: [council] WIPO-II > > > > All, > > Please find enclosed the letter and its annex from WIPO that we received > last week. > > I understand there were some technical issues with getting it on the > web-site but as soon as these are arranged it will go up, hopefully already > today. I would like to offer my excuses for that. > > regards > > Paul > > > <<...>> <<...>> > > ____________________________________ > Paul Verhoef > Vice President Policy Development Support > ICANN > 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 > B-1040 Brussels, Belgium > Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 > Fax: +32.2.234 7848 > <http://www.icann.org> www.icann.org > > >

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RE: [council] WIPO-II
by Lucy.Nichols＠nokia.com Dec. 6, 2004

Dec. 6, 2004

I think Marc's point highlights the real issue here ...the need for a mechanism to protect IGO and country names (where appropriate) in every existing (and future) TLD ...not to create new space. Lucy -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of ext Marc Schneiders Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:56 AM To: Alick Wilson Cc: 'Paul Verhoef'; council(a)gnso.icann.org; 'John Jeffrey' Subject: RE: [council] WIPO-II Your line of thinking I do like. But in my view new sTLDs are not needed. For IGOs there is already .int (as in wipo.int) And countries have their ccTLDs. I do like the idea, that having your own space (TLD), means your are not entitled to the rest of the name space. Marc On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, at 16:48 [=GMT+1300], Alick Wilson wrote: > Colleagues, I wonder if there is a case to be made for new sTLDs for > international intergovernmental organizations (say .igo) and countries (say > .country)? > > While these would not deal directly with offending sites in the rest of the > gTLD namespace, it would at least provide a single official address for IGOs > and countries. > > The concept could, of course, be extended to other sensitive types of name. > > Am I right off track or does this have some merit? > > Alick > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On > Behalf Of Paul Verhoef > Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 10:41 p.m. > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Cc: 'John Jeffrey' > Subject: [council] WIPO-II > > > > All, > > Please find enclosed the letter and its annex from WIPO that we received > last week. > > I understand there were some technical issues with getting it on the > web-site but as soon as these are arranged it will go up, hopefully already > today. I would like to offer my excuses for that. > > regards > > Paul > > > <<...>> <<...>> > > ____________________________________ > Paul Verhoef > Vice President Policy Development Support > ICANN > 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 > B-1040 Brussels, Belgium > Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 > Fax: +32.2.234 7848 > <http://www.icann.org> www.icann.org > > >

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RE: [council] WIPO-II
by Grant Forsyth Dec. 5, 2004

Dec. 5, 2004

Another wonderful consequence of governments, IGOs, operating their own sTLD would be that they can then "work between themselves" on how to resolve the obvious ambiguities of the likes of "Paris", France and "Paris", Texas - let alone the reduction of names to acronyms! Grant Forsyth Manager Industry & Regulatory Affairs TelstraClear Cnr Taharoto & Northcote Roads Private Bag 92143 AUCKLAND ph +64 9 912 5759 fx + 64 9 912 4077 Mb 029 912 5759 -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Cade [mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, 03 December, 2004 21:01 To: alick.wilson(a)xendra.co.nz; paul.verhoef(a)icann.org; council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: jeffrey(a)icann.org; Grant.Forsyth(a)team.telstraclear.co.nz; grant.forsyth(a)clear.co.nz Subject: RE: [council] WIPO-II Certainly it could be interesting to consider a new sponsored TLD space for IGOs, but I am thinking that .int is that space, isn't it? I also think from my conversations with some of those who have positions regarding this issue that they are viewing the igo name as what I might view the trademark of a famous and well known brand of a multi national company. That is, they are asking for their "name" in any gTLD. I am not sure that a new sponsored TLD would be be responsive to their The situation today is that a famous and well known brand holder registers, or defends their brand, in the TLDs where they veiw it important and relevant to do so. The value of sponsored TLDs is that since it is a "defined" space, it is not allowed for those who do not fit the "sponsorship criteria" to register. Thus, if a space is focused on international organizations, with some definition of that, only international organizations who meet that criteria. can register. I am under the impression that only international organizations with certain standing can register in the int. That sounds like a "sponsored" TLD, functionally, at least. >From: Alick Wilson <alick.wilson(a)xendra.co.nz> >Reply-To: alick.wilson(a)xendra.co.nz >To: "'Paul Verhoef'" <paul.verhoef(a)icann.org>, council(a)gnso.icann.org >CC: "'John Jeffrey'" <jeffrey(a)icann.org> >Subject: RE: [council] WIPO-II >Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:48:00 +1300 > >Colleagues, I wonder if there is a case to be made for new sTLDs for >international intergovernmental organizations (say .igo) and countries (say >.country)? > >While these would not deal directly with offending sites in the rest of the >gTLD namespace, it would at least provide a single official address for IGOs >and countries. > >The concept could, of course, be extended to other sensitive types of name. > >Am I right off track or does this have some merit? > >Alick > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On >Behalf Of Paul Verhoef >Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 10:41 p.m. >To: council(a)gnso.icann.org >Cc: 'John Jeffrey' >Subject: [council] WIPO-II > > > >All, > >Please find enclosed the letter and its annex from WIPO that we received >last week. > >I understand there were some technical issues with getting it on the >web-site but as soon as these are arranged it will go up, hopefully already >today. I would like to offer my excuses for that. > >regards > >Paul > > ><<...>> <<...>> > >____________________________________ >Paul Verhoef >Vice President Policy Development Support >ICANN >6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 >B-1040 Brussels, Belgium >Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 >Fax: +32.2.234 7848 > <http://www.icann.org> www.icann.org > >

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GNSO Forum and Council real time captioning 3 December 2004
by gnso.icann Dec. 4, 2004

Dec. 4, 2004

[To : Council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: dow1-2tf[at]gnso.icann.org; dow3tf[at]gnso.icann.org] Please see the real time captioning of the GNSO public forum held in Cape Town on December 3, 2004 at: http://www.icann.org/meetings/capetown/captioning-gnso-forum-03dec04.htm and the real time captioning of the GNSO Council meeting held in Cape Town on December 3, 2004 at: http://www.icann.org/meetings/capetown/captioning-gnso-council-03dec04.h tm Thank you. Kind regards Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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