June 2006 - council - lists.icann.org

SECOND ROUND BALLOT
by Anthony Harris 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

I have to advise that am unable to vote as have not received the second round ballot as of yet. Tony Harris

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RE: [council] Regarding vote during GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday 28 June 2006
by Bruce Tonkin 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

> > Please note that we are scheduled to ratify the election > result at our meeting in Marrakech on Wednesday 28 July 2006: > It should read 28 June 2006 above. My apologies. Regards, Bruce

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Regarding Letter from American Intellectual Property Law Association
by Bruce Tonkin 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hello All, I have read the letter from the American Intellectual Property Law Association. I don't understand how the letter relates to the formulations 1 or 2. It seems that members of the community have made pre-mature judgements on the eventual outcomes of the WHOIS work. The letter raises issues about the importance of the data, and the need for access to that data by law enforcement and other legitimate parties. This seems entirely consistent with the current terms of reference of the WHOIS task force. I have sent the following reply to clarify that there are no changes in collected data, nor in the requirement for that data to be accurate. The more important work has yet to be done, which is developing better access controls. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Dear Mr Kirk, I will pass on your letter to the GNSO Council and the WHOIS task force. I will note however that the GNSO Council does believe that its decision is consistent with your requirements below. The decision makes no change to the requirement to collect the data or the requirement that the data must be accurate. Thus the data will still be available to prove any IP infringement. In fact one of the objectives of improving controls on access to data is that it will lead to higher data accuracy as registrants will be more comfortable in providing their true contact information. 1. A pattern of behavior that can lead to an inference of bad faith which, under the UDRP, can result in the transfer of a domain name from a bad faith registrant is frequently only provable through WHOIS; 2. Unchecked IP infringement undermines business viability and technical stability and could result in Internet fragmentation; 3. Accurate and available information is essential for law enforcement in crimes including spamming, denial of service attacks, identity theft and account fraud, hate literature, terrorism and child pornography; 4. The requirement to provide accurate contact and identity information acts as a deterrent to trademark infringement, copyright infringement, cybersquatting, phishing, typosquatting and other IP cyber infringements and facilitates enforcement of IP rights. The objective to make up-to-date and accurate WHOIS information available to all who have a legitimate need to obtain such information is consistent with the aims of the GNSO. The current work is focussed on considering methods for access control that ensure that only those with a legitimate need have access. This work has not yet reached any recommendations. Your letter does not seem to explain why the American Intellectual Property Law Association thinks formulation 1 is inconsistent with those aims. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Regarding vote during GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday 28 June 2006
by Bruce Tonkin 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hello All, Please note that we are scheduled to ratify the election result at our meeting in Marrakech on Wednesday 28 July 2006: 10:00 Marrakech, 6:00 Washington, 11:00 UTC, 12:00 Brussels I hope that those Councillors that are not able to attend the meeting in-person will give serious consideration to dialling-in for the Council meeting long enough to ratify the vote, which is the first agenda item. I think this is important as the first round of the election showed that the result is likely to be close, and I think it is important that the full Council ratify the election result. Please notify the GNSO Secretariat if you cannot call in, or if there is anything we can do to facilitate this (e.g dial out to you, or move the time of the vote during the meeting). If necessary we can schedule another time/date for the purpose of ratifying the result, but I think it would be useful to be able to formally appoint a new Board member, prior to the ICANN Board meeting in Marrakech on Friday 30 June 06. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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Letter from the American Intellectual Property Law Association regarding WHOIS decision
by Bruce Tonkin 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Bruce Tonkin Chair, GNSO Council Dear Mr. Tonkin, On behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, I am forwarding comments expressing the Association's serious concerns regarding the vote of the Generic Names Supporting Organization favoring the narrow Formulation 1 definition of the purpose of the WHOIS service in the context of ICANN's mission and core values. We thank you in advance for your consideration of our views. Sincerely, Michael K. Kirk Executive Director American Intellectual Property Law Association 2001 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 203 Arlington, Virginia 22202

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temporary change of email address
by Maureen Cubberley 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Please accept my apologies for cross-postings. >From June 21 - July 10, I will be unable to access this email account. I will be able to receive email at mcubberley(a)gov.mb.ca Thanks, Best regards, Maureen

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Updated Marrakesh schedule
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: gnso-dow123(a)gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Please find attached a provisional schedule, particularly related to GNSO Council and constituency meetings where the names of the meeting rooms have been added. In the following url you will find the plans of the conference Center (click to view details) : http://www.icannmarrakech.org/index.php?lang=en&Id=3 then click on the diagram. The schedule will also be available at: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#jun 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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GNSO Working room
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Dear All, Please note that the GNSO working room is called Karam 2 and is situated in the Palais des Congrès, Marrakesh conference center, Avenue Mohammed VI, Marrakesh. Please find below the plans of the conference Center (click to view details) : http://www.icannmarrakech.org/index.php?lang=en&Id=3 then click on the diagram. 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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Dinner with ICANN Board - Monday 26 June 2006, 7:30pm in Marrakech, Morocco
by Bruce Tonkin 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Hello All, I have just confirmed with Diane Schroeder today, that the GNSO Council has a dinner meeting with the ICANN Board on Monday 26 June 2006, at 7:30pm. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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GNSO related Marrakesh Schedule
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, Please find attached a provisional schedule which is particularly related to GNSO Council and constituency meetings. The schedule will also be available at: http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#jun The GNSO Council has rooms reserved at the Hotel Mansour Eddahbi Marrakech. Your room has been reserved under your name and you will be responsible for the costs, unless you are a Nominating Committee appointee. This hotel was previously managed by the Kempinski chain and some taxi drivers may know it as the Kempinski. Please take a taxi to the hotel from the airport - it will cost approximately 50 dirhams and takes about 5 minutes depending on the traffic. The hotel address is: Hotel Mansour Eddahbi Boulevard Mohammed V 40 000 Marrakech. Morocco Telephone: +221-24-33-91-00 Fax: +221-24-33-91-20/21 The wireless Internet from the conference will be available in the lobby areas of the hotel, as well as the conference center. There is a charge for the hotel's high speed Internet in your room. You must get a card from the cashier in the lobby to use it. The meetings will be taking place in the building next door to the hotel - Palais de Congres - if you walk out the front door of the hotel and turn left - the entrance to the Palais de Congres is on the corner. The weather in Marrakech is very warm - the hotel and Palais de Congress are both air conditioned, however you will need to go outside to get to the Palais de Congres. Following is a link to the five day forecast for Marrakech - http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/MOXX0004.html. We will be expecting the Prime Minister for the Welcome Ceremony, so please pack accordingly. In Muslim countries people tend to cover themselves rather than expose themselves. Trains are not particularly reliable, so if you intend to do any touring make enquiries locally about chauffeur driven cars or car hire. If you have any questions please let me know. 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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