October 2006 - council - lists.icann.org

Elections for Council members
by Bruce Tonkin Oct. 18, 2006

Oct. 18, 2006

Hello All, Just a reminder that constituencies should be in the process of planning elections for the Council members whose terms expire at this year's AGM. From: http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml This would appear to be: Council members elected by the "Commercial and Business Users" Constituency NorthA - Marilyn Cade (term expires in October 2006) Council members elected by the "gTLD Registries" Constituency NorthA - Ken Stubbs (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) AsiaPac (.kr) - June Seo (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) Council members elected by the "Internet Service and Connection Providers" Constituency LatinAC - Tony Harris (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) NorthAm - Greg Ruth (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) Council members elected by the "Non-Commercial Users" Constituency North America - Robin Gross (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) Council members elected by the "Registrar" Constituency Europe - Thomas Keller (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) Council members elected by the "Intellectual Property" Constituency LatinAC - Kiyoshi I. Tsuru A. (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) NorthA - Lucy Nichols (term expires end of annual meeting 2006) Council members selected by the "Nominating Committee" North America - Maureen Cubberley - Term: Conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2004 until conclusion of ICANN Annual Meeting for 2006 Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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ICANN Seeks Community Input on the Development of Transparency and Accountability Management Operating Principles
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] ICANN Seeks Community Input on the Development of Transparency and Accountability Management Operating Principles http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16oct06.htm As part of the Joint Project Agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and ICANN, the ICANN Board of Directors approved an Affirmation of Responsibilities see: http://www.icann.org/announcements/responsibilities-affirmation-28sep06.htm for ICANN's Private Sector Management. Points 2 and 3 of that document refer to ICANN's intention to continue to improve processes and procedures that encourage improved transparency and accountability. As part of this commitment to continuously improving transparency and accountability, ICANN is seeking input from the community on the development of a set of Management Operating Principles. These Operating Principles will set new standards for transparency and accountability for interactions within the ICANN community and between members of the community and staff. The first part of the consultation process seeks responses to a series of questions that will shape a first draft of the principles. Responses are sought by October 31, 2006. Based on the responses received and other research, a first draft of the principles will be published for community comment in November, 2006. It is hoped that the Management Operating Principles will be adopted by the Board as part of the Strategic Plan at the Sao Paulo meeting. Specifically, ICANN is seeking responses to the following questions: How would you define "transparency" in the ICANN context? What standards of transparency are appropriate in ICANN operations and activity? How would you define "accountability" in the ICANN context? What standards of accountability are appropriate in ICANN operations and activity? What specific processes and activities need to be included to ensure these standards are met? Are there any innovative ideas on transparency and accountability that you believe have not yet been implemented that might apply to ICANN? Please post comments to the Operating Principles forum: principles-comments(a)icann.org View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/principles-comments/ -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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WIPO Handles its 25,000th Domain Name Case
by Philip Sheppard Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

Press Release 463 Geneva, October 16, 2006 _____ WIPO HANDLES ITS 25,000TH DOMAIN NAME CASE In just seven years of operation, the caseload of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) topped the 25,000 mark with a case that has just been decided. Since it launched its domain name dispute resolution services, the WIPO Center has resolved disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and various other policies. The 25,000th case related to a cybersquatting dispute handled under the UDRP in which the panelist ordered the transfer of the domain name <redlionhotels.com> to the trademark owner, the Red Lion Hotels chain. In the period since the launch of its dispute resolution services under the UDRP in December 1999 through August 2006, 9,567 UDRP or UDRP-based cases (generic top level domains, gTLDs and country code top-level domains, ccTLDs) have been filed with the WIPO Center, covering 17,912 separate domain names involving parties from 136 countries. These figures rise to 25,085 cases (please see Annex 1) when the caseload of the various ad hoc "sunrise" dispute resolution policies, designed to avoid the flood of cybersquatting cases generated by the initial introduction of domain names, namely .info Sunrise, .biz STOP, .name ERDRP and .mobi Sunrise cases, are taken into account. As these policies are applicable for a limited time, these cases are received on a non-recurring, one-off basis. With the exception of the cases in the .mobi domain, which has commenced only recently, all WIPO sunrise cases have been resolved. These so-called sunrise policies established procedures that offered trademark owners additional means to preempt and counter abusive and bad-faith registration of their trademarks as domain names within a specified start-up phase. Most of the 9,567 UDRP and UDRP-based disputes concern international domains, with .com representing some 79% of names involved, followed by .net (11%), .org (6%), .info (2%), and .biz, .travel, .aero and .edu (jointly 2%). Of the total of 9,567 UDRP and UDRP-based cases the Center has received through August 2006, 8,936 (97%) have been resolved. In the 7,011 decisions they have rendered, WIPO panels have found for the complainant in 5,842 (84%) cases and 1,112 (16%) were denied. The remainder of the resolved cases were settled by the parties. The 9,567 UDRP and UDRP-based cases included 418 cases involving domain names registered in ccTLDs. Three hundred and eighty eight of these have now been resolved, through 240 decisions in favor of the complainant, 43 decisions in favor of the respondent and 105 settlements between the parties, with 30 cases still pending. The Center now provides services for disputes in 47 ccTLDs (full list available at <http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/cctld/> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/cctld/) such as .au (Australia), .ch (Switzerland), .co (Colombia), .fr (France), .mx (Mexico), and .tv (Tuvalu). The latest domain to join this list has been .es (Spain) in early 2006. The Center also offers dispute resolution services for registrations in non-Roman ("non-ASCII") scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic or Korean ("internationalized" domain names) and has so far received 60 complaints in relation to such names, of which six are pending. The number such cases is expected to increase in future. The Center has managed proceedings in 12 languages, namely, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. For background information on the UDRP and related information, please see <http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_pr_2006_435.html> http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_pr_2006_435.html. For further information about all the activities of the Center, please visit the Center's web site at <http://www.wipo.int/amc/> http://www.wipo.int/amc/ or contact the Media Relations and Public Affairs Section at WIPO: * Tel: (+41 22) 338 81 61 or (+41 22) 338 95 47; * E-mail: <mailto:publicinf@wipo.int> publicinf(a)wipo.int * Fax: (+41 22) 338 82 80. Annex 1 UDRP .info .biz STOP .name EDRP .mobi Sunrise Total 1999 1 - - - 1 2000 1,857 - - - 1,857 2001 1,557 1,579 53 - 3,189 2002 1,207 13,593 285 1 15,086 2003 1,100 - - - 1,100 2004 1,176 - - 3 1,179 2005 1,456 - - 1 1,457 Jan-August 2006 1,213 - - - 3 1,216 Total 9,567 15,172 338 5 3 25,085

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REMINDER: GNSO Council teleconference 19 October 2006 dial-in details
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

Dear Council Members, REMINDER: There will be a GNSO Council teleconference on Thursday, 19 October 2006 at 12:00 (noon) UTC. (5:00am Los Angeles, 8:00am Washington DC, 9:00 am Buenos Aires, 13:00 London, 14:00 Brussels, 19:00 Phnom Penh, 22:00 Melbourne, 01:00 Friday Auckland Please let me know if you will be able to participate and whether you need me to resend the dial-in details. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Agenda: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-19oct06.shtml Item 1: Update any statements of interest Item 2: Approval of Minutes - 28 September 2006 http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg02876.html Item 3: Correspondence - Letter sent to the Board regarding biz, info, org agreements http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg02880.html - Letter sent to the chair of the GAC regarding advice on new gTLDs Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals - Jon Nevett and Alistair Dixon to provide proposed changes to the wording supplied by the General Counsel - Jon Nevett to be invited to attend Item 5: Next steps with respect to IDNs - Olof Nordling to identify issues that require resolution prior to issuing a call for new gTLDs that use IDN domains, and propose a possible new terms of reference http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg02893.html - Consider whether to address terms of reference via a separate PDP, or initially use a working group approach Note the GNSO Council did form a working group to review the issues report in May 2006, see: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-18may06.shtml and this working group could be re-formed to focus on a few issues in collaboration with the ccNSO. Item 6: Next steps for improving the GNSO structure and processes - Possible approaches for working on PDP process, versus GNSO structure Item 7: Update on planning for Sao Paulo Item 8: Any other business -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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FW: [gtld-council] GNSO Council Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals
by Bruce Tonkin Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

-----Original Message----- From: owner-gtld-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-gtld-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alistair DIXON Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2006 3:28 PM To: gtld-council(a)gnso.icann.org Cc: gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org; jnevett(a)networksolutions.com Subject: [gtld-council] GNSO Council Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals At the 28 September Council meeting, it was suggested that Jonathan Nevett and I would provide proposed changes to the wording provided by the General Counsel in relation to the proposal that the GNSO Council be notified when there were changes in contract provisions made by ICANN agreements. As the 28 September meeting minutes note, at the the time this proposal was originally made there was a suggestion to change ARTICLE III: TRANSPARENCY in the bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm#III and to amend Section 6 NOTICE AND COMMENT ON POLICY ACTIONS to add in 'policies or contracts'. On examination, the General Counsel's office suggested creating a new section 7 under the transparency article: Notice and comment on gTLD agreement approvals "With respect to any proposed GTLD registry or registrar agreement that includes material contractual provisions that substantially differ from other past ICANN agreements, ICANN will notify the GNSO Council and post the proposed agreement with a public comment forum on the ICANN website at least twenty-one days (and if practical, longer) prior to any final approval of the agreement." Jonathan Nevitt and I have examined this wording and propose that Council agree to the following new section 7 under the transparency article: Notice and comment on gTLD agreement approvals "With respect to any proposed GTLD registry or registrar agreement that includes contractual provisions that would have an effect materially different from other past or current ICANN agreements, ICANN will notify the GNSO Council and post the proposed agreement for public comment on the ICANN website at least twenty-one days (and if practical, longer) prior to any final approval of the agreement." Alistair Dixon Industry and Regulatory Affairs Ph +64 4 920 3098 (Wellington) Telstra Clear Ltd Ph +64 29 912 4301 (mobile) PO Box 1271 Ph +64 9 912 4301 (Auckland) Centreport Fax +64 4 920 3588 Wellington alistair.dixon(a)team.telstraclear.co.nz

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RE: [gtld-council] GNSO Council Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals
by Bruce Tonkin Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

Hello Alistair, > > Jonathan Nevett and I have examined this wording and propose > that Council agree to the following new section 7 under the > transparency article: > > Notice and comment on gTLD agreement approvals "With respect > to any proposed GTLD registry or registrar agreement that > includes contractual provisions that would have an effect > materially different from other past or current ICANN > agreements, ICANN will notify the GNSO Council and post the > proposed agreement for public comment on the ICANN website at > least twenty-one days (and if practical, longer) prior to any > final approval of the agreement." > Thanks for this proposal, and the work that you and Jon Nevett have put into it. Just to set expectations, we won't schedule this for decision at this week's Council meeting, but will discuss the proposal. To ensure that all constituencies have ample opportunity to consult with their members, we aim to have any proposals for voting available to the Council at least 7 days prior to the meeting. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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[Fwd: [gtld-council] GNSO Council Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals]
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Oct. 17, 2006

Oct. 17, 2006

Sujet: [gtld-council] GNSO Council Item 4: Proposed bylaws amendment to improve transparency with respect to contract approvals Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:28:20 +1300 At the 28 September Council meeting, it was suggested that Jonathan Nevett and I would provide proposed changes to the wording provided by the General Counsel in relation to the proposal that the GNSO Council be notified when there were changes in contract provisions made by ICANN agreements. As the 28 September meeting minutes note, at the the time this proposal was originally made there was a suggestion to change ARTICLE III: TRANSPARENCY in the bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm#III and to amend Section 6 NOTICE AND COMMENT ON POLICY ACTIONS to add in 'policies or contracts'. On examination, the General Counsel's office suggested creating a new section 7 under the transparency article: Notice and comment on gTLD agreement approvals "With respect to any proposed GTLD registry or registrar agreement that includes material contractual provisions that substantially differ from other past ICANN agreements, ICANN will notify the GNSO Council and post the proposed agreement with a public comment forum on the ICANN website at least twenty-one days (and if practical, longer) prior to any final approval of the agreement." Jonathan Nevitt and I have examined this wording and propose that Council agree to the following new section 7 under the transparency article: Notice and comment on gTLD agreement approvals "With respect to any proposed GTLD registry or registrar agreement that includes contractual provisions that would have an effect materially different from other past or current ICANN agreements, ICANN will notify the GNSO Council and post the proposed agreement for public comment on the ICANN website at least twenty-one days (and if practical, longer) prior to any final approval of the agreement." Alistair Dixon Industry and Regulatory Affairs -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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LSE Briefing on GNSO Review
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Oct. 16, 2006

Oct. 16, 2006

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Could you please let me know whether your constituency or any group of participants would like another briefing by the LSE team on the GNSO Review? If so please indicate some date options and times. The GNSO review report is posted at: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15sep06.htm Report http://www.icann.org/announcements/gnso-review-report-sep06.pdf Annexes http://www.icann.org/announcements/gnso-review-annexes-sep06.pdf Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Statement of Interests for Ross Rader
by Ross Rader Oct. 14, 2006

Oct. 14, 2006

Statement of Interests I am the Director of Research and Innovation for Tucows Inc., an ICANN accredited registrar and internet services vendor. Tucows is a minority shareholder in Afilias LLC, with roughly an 8% shareholding. Neither Tucows, nor I, is in possession of, nor have access to Registry Sensitive or Registry Proprietary information as defined by any relevant registry operating contracts as a result of this relationship. Tucows provides consulting and application hosting services to other registrars and internet services providers. I am not an officer, director, consultant, or employee of any of these customer organizations nor am I specifically involved in providing services to them. The URL for this statement is: http://www.byte.org/blog/_WebPages/StatementofInterestsforRossRader.html -ross

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Revised draft Terms of Reference for IDN policy
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG Oct. 13, 2006

Oct. 13, 2006

[To:council[at]gnso.icann.org] The revised draft Terms of Reference for IDN policy development activities has been posted in preparation for the GNSO Council meeting on 19 October 2006. See: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/ http://gnso.icann.org/issues/idn-tlds/idn_tor_draft-12oct06.htm This relates to Item 5: Next steps with respect to IDNs - Olof Nordling to identify issues that require resolution prior to issuing a call for new gTLDs that use IDN domains, and propose a possible new terms of reference - Consider whether to address terms of reference via a separate PDP, or initially use a working group approach Note the GNSO Council did form a working group to review the issues report in May 2006, see: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-18may06.shtml and this working group could be re-formed to focus on a few issues in collaboration with the ccNSO. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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