November 2005 - council - lists.icann.org

Re-election of Cary Karp to Council
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

From: Marie.Zitkova Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2005 5:28 AM Subject: gTLD Constituency representative for the GNSO Council Dear Bruce, I am pleased to announce that the gTLD Registries Constituency re-elected Cary Karp to serve as our representative in the GNSO Council for another two year term. In accordance with our Articles, the seat vacated at the end of this year is that of a Representative chosen by a simple majority vote of the sponsored TLD members. All the voting members of the Sponsored Registries have submitted their votes, and they unanimously reelected Cary Karp as their representative to the GNSO Council. Best regards, Marie Zitkova Chair, gTLD Registries Constituency

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RE: [council] Vancouver draft schedule
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

Hello All, The basic rationale for the scheduling on Wed,Thurs,Frid was to schedule the forums/workshops where there is a dialogue with the ICANN community (as opposed to watching a ccNSO or GNSO Council or task force meeting) in the core hours of the day (e.g 9am to 5pm). Thus the strategic planning workshop on Friday was placed earlier in the day to maximise the opportunity for dialogue, and the GNSO Public Forum is also early in the day. The outcomes of a meeting like the ccNSO Council, GNSO Council or Board meeting, are captured both via a transcript of the meeting as well as via the minutes of the meeting. Quite often a significant proportion of our GNSO Council meetings cover administrative issues rather than policy work - which has already been carried out during other forums/meetings earlier in the week. The outcomes of the GNSO Council meeting will also be reported in the ICANN Board public forum. Note also that the GNSO Council will also be meeting on Monday, which has a pretty packed agenda. I do not believe that there is any attempt by staff to give the Council meeting a low priority - on the contrary I think that Diane Schroeder has done her best to accommodate all requests. With respect to the order of events, I agree with Ross that it would be better to have the GNSO public forum immediately proceed the GNSO Council meeting as it has in the past couple of meetings. I don't know if this is possible to change though, as there are other dependencies. With respect to the GNSO public forum - I am thinking that 2 hours is probably not enough time to really cover the range of topics currently before the GNSO Council - e.g - WHOIS improvements - secondary market - new TLDs - IDNs - single letter domains Etc We should probably look at a longer time slot in future. As Marilyn points out - we do need to improve our planning process for ICANN meetings. Hopefully we can arrange a meeting of a planning group on the Saturday afternoon 4 Dec to discuss scheduling for Wellington. I think the planning may also need to be looking at a year at a time, rahte rthan a single meeting. Ie it may make sense to rotate some meeting timeslots across several meetings. Regards, Bruce

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IDN updates: Presidents IDN Committee // IDN workshop Agenda // IANA Registry Revision
by Bruce Tonkin Nov. 27, 2005

Nov. 27, 2005

-----Original Message----- From: Tina Dam Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 Subject: IDN updates: Presidents IDN Committee // IDN workshop Agenda // IANA Registry Revision The IDN update for today includes the following: 1) Announcement of the President's Advisory Committee for IDNs is online: http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-23nov05.htm 2) The IDN workshop agenda for the Vancouver meeting, 30 November 2005, is available online: http://icann.org/meetings/vancouver/idn-workshop-agenda-30nov05.htm 3) The IANA registry has made initial changes to allow for registration of IDN tables based on scripts, as opposed to being based on languages as previously was the case. This is consistent with the recently revised IDN Guidelines. The IANA registry for IDN tables is available at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/idn/ The revised IDN Guidelines are available at: http://icann.org/general/idn-guidelines-14nov05.htm As usual let me know if you have questions, and also if you no longer wish to receive these updates. Tina Dam Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN

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Welcome back to Canada!
by Ross Rader Nov. 25, 2005

Nov. 25, 2005

I all of you attending next week have a safe and uneventful trip. I thought it would be interesting for you to be able to check out some interesting facts about Vancouver, one of Canada's great cities. "Vancouver consistently ranks in the top five in worldwide rankings of quality of life. Most recently, the city ranked first (2002, 2005) in a worldwide quality of life survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. In a similar survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Vancouver ranked second (2002, 2003) and third (2004). Vancouver has tied for first with the cities of Salzburg and Oslo among the UN chosen cities for highest living standards the last 4 years running. The city generally ranks first when compared to its Canadian and U.S. peers." Please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver for a *ton* of interesting and useful information about this wonderful part of Canada. If anyone has any questions, please let me know! Warm regards, -ross

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Vancouver attendance
by Mawaki Chango Nov. 25, 2005

Nov. 25, 2005

Dear all, Recently elected to the Council, I am sorry to say I will not be able to make it to Vancouver due to prior commitments. I am due to attend a workshop this week on "Achieving affordable bandwidth" in West Africa, organized by OSIWA in Saly a few dozens of kms away from Dakar, Senegal. I am still to see if, based on the tight programs on both sides, the time zone and the facilities available, I can have an affordable dial-in participation at one point or the other. But this seeming rather unlikely, and after I went through the work processes that have been forwarded to me with my "welcome package", I thought I should let NCUC know so that our constituency makes sure to be represented at all discussions. Sorry for the late notice. Have a productive meeting, and hopefully I will be better prepared to participate in the next year meetings. Regards, Mawaki

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RE: [council] Vancouver draft schedule
by Cubberley, Maureen (CHT) Nov. 24, 2005

Nov. 24, 2005

That sounds very logical Ross. I strongly support that change. The 2 fora are of equal length, are on the same day, and if it is at all possible to reverse them, we should, as it would make for a much more sensible flow, and development of the day's discussions. Maureen -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Ross Rader Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:53 AM To: GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG Cc: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] Vancouver draft schedule I find it odd that the ICANN public forum is being held between the GNSO Public Forum and the GNSO Council meeting. Would it be possible to request that the timeslot for the GNSO PF and the ICANN PF be switched? It would allow the GNSO Council and the GNSO community greater continuity in our meeting. GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote: > [To:council[at]gnso.icann.org] > > Dear All, > > This is just to give you a rough orientation. Attached please find a > skeleton plan of meetings that are particularly related to the GNSO. I > do not have the names of all the rooms nor do I have confirmation of > times, but as soon as they become available I will fill them in and make > adjustments. > > See the agendas for the GNSO Council meeting and the joint Board meeting > on Monday 28 November at the end of the e-mail. > > A separate list of the documents that will be waiting for you in > Vancouver will follow on the council list. > > Thanks and safe trips! > Kind regards > Glen > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr > http://gnso.icann.org > > GNSO Council meeting in Vancouver > 28 November 2005 > 9:00 to 12:00 local time > > Item 1: Approval of minutes > - GNSO Council teleconference - 13 October 2005 > - GNSO Council teleconference - 20 October 2005 > > Item 2: Staff action items > - list of current GNSO work items > - update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule > > Item 3: Election of GNSO Council chair > - Bruce Tonkin has been nominated and seconded > - term from 18 Nov 2005 until one month after 2005 AGM (4 Jan 2006) > > Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, > .jobs. .mobi etc) > - update on questions to structure the evaluation > > Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds > - discuss issues report > - decide whether to commence a PDP > > Item 6: Policy development for IDNs > - discuss background document > - decide whether to formally request an issues report > section 1 - Raising an Issue > section 2 - Creation of the Issue Report > > Item 7: WHOIS: Final Recommendation regarding handling conflicts between > a registrar/registry's legal obligations under privacy laws and their > contractual obligations to ICANN > - vote on final recommendation as completed by the WHOIS task force on > 19 Oct > > Item 8: WHOIS task force > - progress on purpose and definitions of contacts > > Item 9: Update on GNSO strategic plan > > Item 10: Update on GNSO operational plan > > Item 11: Any other business > > > GNSO Council/ICANN Board meeting in Vancouver > 28 November 2005 > 14:00 to 17:00 local time > > 1 GNSO Council work plan for November 2005 to March 2006 (60% of > meeting time) > > 1.1 Evaluation of initial introduction of new gtlds, including: > .biz, .info, .name, .coop, .aero, .museum, .coop, .jobs, .travel, .mobi > > 1.2 Policy Development Process (PDP) for new ASCII gTLDs, including: > - whether to create new ASCII gTLDs > - what criteria to apply to new ASCII gTLD applications > - what allocation method to use to prioritise applications > - what conditions should apply to new gTLD operators > > 1.3 Policy Development Process for IDN based gTLDs (in collaboration > with the ccNSO) > - examples of issues include: > - whether existing ASCII gTLD operator should also be able to operate a > IDN version of the ASCII strong. If so, should a name.ASCII resolve to > the same Internet location as name.IDN > - should an new IDN gTLD operator be able to compete directly against an > existing ASCII gTLD operator by choosing a string with exactly the same > meaning (e.g .travel in Chinese). If so, how do we ensure that the > implement is secure (ie two domain names with apparently the same > meaning, but with different destinations). > > 1.4 WHOIS policy > > > 2 GNSO work program for April 2006 to November 2006 (20% of meeting > time) > - further work on the above where necessary e.g IDN based gTLD pilot > project > - e.g compliance/enforcement policies > > > 3 GNSO strategic planning for Nov 2006 to Nov 2008 (20% of meeting > time) > - this item will build on the work done by Patrick Sharry with the > Council in Luxembourg on identifying some of the strategic policy issues > for the GNSO > - policy implications of DNSSEC > - policy implications of use of DNS to support voice over IP > applications and more advanced instant messaging applications > > > I welcome any suggested changes to the agenda. > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin

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Re: [council] Vancouver draft schedule
by Marilyn Cade Nov. 24, 2005

Nov. 24, 2005

I am concerned abiout this timing as well. I have no insight into the reasoning. This puts the council at a disadvantage in its ability to fully paricipate in the topics of the ICANN public forum, which is why I asked Glen and Olof on the planning call to relay the concerns related to the schedule of topics. There has been a trend to treat the council's meetings as not of concern to the broad community. I think that is an error in many ways, but let's discuss this in monday's meting and then present the ICANN programme committee with Council guidance that has Council support. The WSIS final. Documents reference gtld policy specifically, and governmental interest. We know that the GAC is interested in further dialogue with council. Son it would stand to reason that the council meting needs to be part of the core programme, and not an afterthought. However, scheduling is hard work. We should renew our commitment to the programme committee cioncept and fully support a debrief/preliminary planning meeting for the programme comittee during the final bd retreat on Sat pm. :-) Thus being part of the solution. It could be that we would even embrace such strange hours if it allows our remote councilors to better participate. -----Original Message----- From: Ross Rader <ross(a)tucows.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:52:52 To:"GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG" <gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org> Cc:council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] Vancouver draft schedule I find it odd that the ICANN public forum is being held between the GNSO Public Forum and the GNSO Council meeting. Would it be possible to request that the timeslot for the GNSO PF and the ICANN PF be switched? It would allow the GNSO Council and the GNSO community greater continuity in our meeting. GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote: > [To:council[at]gnso.icann.org] > > Dear All, > > This is just to give you a rough orientation. Attached please find a > skeleton plan of meetings that are particularly related to the GNSO. I > do not have the names of all the rooms nor do I have confirmation of > times, but as soon as they become available I will fill them in and make > adjustments. > > See the agendas for the GNSO Council meeting and the joint Board meeting > on Monday 28 November at the end of the e-mail. > > A separate list of the documents that will be waiting for you in > Vancouver will follow on the council list. > > Thanks and safe trips! > Kind regards > Glen > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > glen[at]mobileemail.vodafone.fr > http://gnso.icann.org > > GNSO Council meeting in Vancouver > 28 November 2005 > 9:00 to 12:00 local time > > Item 1: Approval of minutes > - GNSO Council teleconference - 13 October 2005 > - GNSO Council teleconference - 20 October 2005 > > Item 2: Staff action items > - list of current GNSO work items > - update from Glen on Vancouver meeting schedule > > Item 3: Election of GNSO Council chair > - Bruce Tonkin has been nominated and seconded > - term from 18 Nov 2005 until one month after 2005 AGM (4 Jan 2006) > > Item 4: Evaluation of new gtlds (.biz, .info etc as well as .travel, > .jobs. .mobi etc) > - update on questions to structure the evaluation > > Item 5: Policy Development Process for new gtlds > - discuss issues report > - decide whether to commence a PDP > > Item 6: Policy development for IDNs > - discuss background document > - decide whether to formally request an issues report > section 1 - Raising an Issue > section 2 - Creation of the Issue Report > > Item 7: WHOIS: Final Recommendation regarding handling conflicts between > a registrar/registry's legal obligations under privacy laws and their > contractual obligations to ICANN > - vote on final recommendation as completed by the WHOIS task force on > 19 Oct > > Item 8: WHOIS task force > - progress on purpose and definitions of contacts > > Item 9: Update on GNSO strategic plan > > Item 10: Update on GNSO operational plan > > Item 11: Any other business > > > GNSO Council/ICANN Board meeting in Vancouver > 28 November 2005 > 14:00 to 17:00 local time > > 1 GNSO Council work plan for November 2005 to March 2006 (60% of > meeting time) > > 1.1 Evaluation of initial introduction of new gtlds, including: > .biz, .info, .name, .coop, .aero, .museum, .coop, .jobs, .travel, .mobi > > 1.2 Policy Development Process (PDP) for new ASCII gTLDs, including: > - whether to create new ASCII gTLDs > - what criteria to apply to new ASCII gTLD applications > - what allocation method to use to prioritise applications > - what conditions should apply to new gTLD operators > > 1.3 Policy Development Process for IDN based gTLDs (in collaboration > with the ccNSO) > - examples of issues include: > - whether existing ASCII gTLD operator should also be able to operate a > IDN version of the ASCII strong. If so, should a name.ASCII resolve to > the same Internet location as name.IDN > - should an new IDN gTLD operator be able to compete directly against an > existing ASCII gTLD operator by choosing a string with exactly the same > meaning (e.g .travel in Chinese). If so, how do we ensure that the > implement is secure (ie two domain names with apparently the same > meaning, but with different destinations). > > 1.4 WHOIS policy > > > 2 GNSO work program for April 2006 to November 2006 (20% of meeting > time) > - further work on the above where necessary e.g IDN based gTLD pilot > project > - e.g compliance/enforcement policies > > > 3 GNSO strategic planning for Nov 2006 to Nov 2008 (20% of meeting > time) > - this item will build on the work done by Patrick Sharry with the > Council in Luxembourg on identifying some of the strategic policy issues > for the GNSO > - policy implications of DNSSEC > - policy implications of use of DNS to support voice over IP > applications and more advanced instant messaging applications > > > I welcome any suggested changes to the agenda. > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin Regards, Marilyn Cade

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List of GNSO documents for Vancouver
by Maria Farrell Nov. 24, 2005

Nov. 24, 2005

Dear all, As promised on this week's GNSO Council planning call, below is the current list of documents for Vancouver. Urls of currently unavailable documents will be circulated as they are posted. I also attach the agendas for the GNSO Council meeting and GNSO/Board meeting on Monday 28 November. All the best, Maria GNSO Council List of working, planning and background documents for the ICANN meeting in Vancouver, November/December 2005 These documents will be available at the Vancouver meeting in hard copy and electronic versions, and distributed to each GNSO Councilor / WHOIS Task Force member as appropriate. To assist GNSO Councilors / WHOIS Task Force members who are unable to attend the ICANN meeting in Vancouver, the urls of each document have been provided. Where the documents have not yet been posted to the ICANN website, the url will follow as soon as possible. GNSO Agendas GNSO/Board agenda - Monday 28 November GNSO Council agenda - Monday 28 November GNSO previous minutes Minutes quoted in 28 November meeting agenda: 13 October minutes - <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-13oct05.shtml> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-13oct05.shtml 20 October minutes - <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-20oct05.shtml> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-20oct05.shtml GNSO Strategic Objectives (draft) produced by Bruce, staff is providing informational input (to be posted) GNSO Operational Plan - up to date version (to be posted) GNSO New Councilor materials Description of work of GNSO Councilor Not yet available online Excerpt from ICANN Bylaws detailing role & functioning of GNSO <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#X> http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#X <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm> http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm GNSO Review GNSO Review Terms of Reference - <http://www.icann.org/gnso/review-reference-terms-27oct05.htm> http://www.icann.org/gnso/review-reference-terms-27oct05.htm GNSO Review background documents - <http://www.icann.org/gnso/review-tor-background-04nov05.htm> http://www.icann.org/gnso/review-tor-background-04nov05.htm New gTLDs Discussion document on Additional evaluation of new TLDs, discussion document in draft, latest version (22 November 2005) - <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01554.html> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01554.html Issues Report - Introduction of New Top Level Domains: <http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01508.html> http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01508.html IDNs IDN background paper - <http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01480.html> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01480.html WHOIS Task Force WHOIS task force report (Rec. 2 on national laws) - WHOIS Task Force Terms of Reference: GNSO Council draft minutes, 2 June 2005 - <http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01005.html> http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg01005.html WHOIS Accuracy Working Group Accuracy working group - 1st call, CALL NOTES - 5 October 2005 (adjourned from 29 September 2005) Not yet available online WHOIS ACCURACY WORKING GROUP - results of the 1st Working Group (WG) meeting (5th October, 2005) and suggested next steps Not yet available online WIPO WIPO letter to Vint Cerf, November 15, 2005 - http://www.icann.org/correspondence/gurry-to-cerf_twomey-15nov05.pdf

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Vancouver room names for 28, 28 30 Nov meetings
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Nov. 23, 2005

Nov. 23, 2005

Dear Council Members, The GNSO Council will meet on Monday 28 November from 9:00 to 12:00 local time in the Coquitlam room, on Tuesday 29 November the WHOIS task force will meet in the Arbutus room, and on Wednesday 30 November the Accuracy group will meet in the Stanley Park Ballroom 1. Thanks and see you there! Safe travels. Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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ICANN President's Advisory Committee for IDNs
by Michael D. Palage Nov. 23, 2005

Nov. 23, 2005

Hello All: This seems like a good group of people, see http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-23nov05.htm Kudos to Council member Cay Karp for serving on this important committee. Michael

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