September 2007 - council - lists.icann.org

ICANN Solicits Candidates to Develop Request for Proposals for New gTLDs
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-06sep07.htm ICANN Solicits Candidates to Develop Request for Proposals for New gTLDs 6 September 2007 ICANN is posting this statement of work as part of its anticipated program for delegation of new generic top-level domains. ICANN is seeking to engage a provider to develop in detail important portions of the new gTLD evaluation process. That is, the selected provider will develop the new gTLD request for proposals (RFP) process and document. This will become the process that applicants for new gTLDs will follow and that will describe the evaluation process of those applications. The statement of work may be viewed here. Candidate providers are requested to: * submit a statement of interest by 21 September 2007, * submit a proposal no later than 8 October 2007 that is responsive to the statement of work and includes proposed scope, schedule and pricing terms. Statements of interest and proposals should be submitted via email to Craig Schwartz at rfpgtlds(a)icann.org. Statements of interest and proposals will be acknowledged by return email. ICANN will post answers to questions received regarding the statement of work through 28 September 2007, at http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-gtld-sow-questions-06sep07.htm. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO Council resolutions 6 September 2007
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Dear Council members, Ahead of the complete minutes, please find the resolutions that were passed by the GNSO Council during the teleconference on 6 September 2007. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen GNSO Council Resolutions - GNSO Council Teleconference Agenda http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-06sep07.shtml 6 September 2007 Resolution 1. ============= The GNSO Council supports the 20 recommendations, as a whole, as set out in the Final Report of the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organisation on the Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm going forward to the ICANN Board. Vote in favour: Mike Rodenbaugh, Bilal Beiram, Ute Decker, Kristina Rosette, Tony Harris, Greg Ruth, Avri Doria, Jon Bing, Sophia Bekele (each holding one vote), Tom Keller, Adrian Kinderis, Cary Karp, Edmon Chung, Chuck Gomes (each holding 2 votes) Total number of votes in favour 19 Vote against: Robin Gross Abstain: Cyril Chua, Norbert Klein, Mawaki Chango Council members absent who did not vote: Philip Sheppard, Tony Holmes, Ross Rader. The motion carried with a supermajority vote as defined in the ICANN bylaws, section 16 http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm#AnnexA Resolution 2. ============ Whereas the GA list sent a request to the GNSO council for approval of its new list rules, and whereas "the GNSO Council is responsible for managing open forums, in the form of mailing lists," http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm#X and the GA list is one such open forum, Resolved: The GNSO chair will send a message to the GA List stating the following: The GNSO council acknowledges the GA List's charter request and thanks the participants for consulting with the GNSO council on this issue. Given the Council's by-law responsibilities for the moderation of the GA list, the Council encourages the GA List's movement toward self moderation and supports the GA List in implementing the mailing list rules (found at http://www.geolang.com/draftGAListRules5.htm) indicated in Section 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 with the following exception in section 2: The Announce list is and should remain solely for the sole use of the GNSO Secretariat for notifying the subscribers of GNSO and other ICANN informational items. With regard to the organizational sections of the charter, specifically sections 6, 8, and 9, the GNSO council accepts that members participating on the list are free to determine their own organizational structure, with the following exceptions in section 8 on elections: An election is usually held near the end of the term of office for the chair of the General Assembly. The exact time is decided by the outgoing Chair and the Chair of the GNSO. The GNSO council, and its chair, cannot accept any responsibility for the internal governance of an organizational movement on the GA List at this time and restricts the council's actions to issues concerning the moderation of the GA List as determined by the by-laws. Please note that the members of the GA list can only speak for the GA list and not for ICANN, the GSNO, its Council or its constituencies. Resolution 3. ============= Whereas the Whois WG has now completed its work, Therefore; The GNSO Council accepts the Final Outcomes Report of the Working Group 2007 http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-whois-wg-report-final-1-9.pdf and appreciates the efforts made by WG participants and ICANN staff in preparing this report. Further, the GNSO council: a) graciously thanks all of the volunteers, consultants, staff and others who have participated in the Task Force and Working Group. b) makes no specific policy recommendation to the ICANN board at this time concerning Whois or related policy. c) requests ICANN Staff proceed with a study of gTLD registrations and registrants and how Whois data is used and misused as described in the GAC Principles Regarding gTLD WHOIS Service paragraph 4.2, http://gac.icann.org/web/home/WHOIS_principles.pdf and by the Working Group Final Outcomes Report. http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-whois-wg-report-final-1-9.pdf This study should include a review and analysis of the different proxy services available today and a summary of any other statistical studies that Staff can locate. We ask staff to report back to the Council on the 'study to date' by October 4. d) requests an update on the WHOIS Data Accuracy Program outlined by ICANN Staff on April 27th, including any statistical information that can be summarized thus far. See http://www.icann.org/whois/whois-data-accuracy-program-27apr07.pdf. e) requests an update on the pending SSAC study on “Information Gathering Using Domain Name Registration Records” outlined in September, 2006. See: http://www.icann.org/committees/security/information-gathering-28Sep2006.pdf f) shall review any additional factual information, in conjunction with the policy suggestions from the Task Force and Working Group reports, complete this work on Whois, and make a report to the ICANN community and to the ICANN Board, as follows: 1 - Staff will produce a Draft Final Report that references the Task Force report, the WG charter and the WG report and which includes an overall description of the process by September 13, 2007. This overview should include the text of motions to be voted on at the end of this process. 2 - This report will be sent out for Constituency Statement Review on September 13, 2007. Constituencies will be asked to follow the by-laws on constituency statements. http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-28feb06.htm#AnnexA Section 7 d. Collection of Information. Specifically "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." **Final Date for updated constituency statement: October 4, 2007 3 - Staff will Incorporate Constituency comments and any additional factual information into Final Report by October 11, 2007 4 - Staff is requested to produce staff implementation notes by October 15, 2007. 5 - Community Public Comment on Final Report: October 15 - 31 , 2007. 6 - A Public and Council Discussion will be held during the Los Angeles Public Meeting 7 - Final vote during the Los Angeles public GNSO Council meeting. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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GNSO Council teleconference MP3 recording 6 September 2007
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

[To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Please find the MP3 recording of the GNSO Council teleconference, held on September 6, 2007 at: http://audio.icann.org/gnso/council-20070906.mp3 http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#sep Happy listening! Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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missed the end of the call
by Mawaki Chango 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

I was accidentally dropped off of the call earlier on. Hoping I was the only one, I wish all the best to Liz Williams. (And I also hope to learn what Susan was saying about the our last resolution on the call, because I dropped exactly when she started.) Mawaki

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RE: summary of Whois studies and data points attached
by Liz Gasster 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

All, The following additional studies performed by ICANN have been brought to my attention. I will be adding brief summaries to the document I distributed earlier, but wanted you to be aware of these additions right away. Thanks, Liz http://www.icann.org/whois/wdprs-report-final-31mar04.htm http://www.icann.org/whois/wdprs-report-final-31mar05.htm <http://www.icann.org/announcements/wdprs-report-final-31mar06.pdf> http://www.icann.org/announcements/wdprs-report-final-31mar06.pdf http://icann.org/whois/WDRP-Implementation-30Nov04.pdf http://www.icann.org/whois/wdrp-survey-report-30nov05.pdf http://www.icann.org/whois/wdrp-report-30nov06.pdf _____ From: Liz Gasster [mailto:lgasster@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:38 AM To: 'council(a)gnso.icann.org' Subject: summary of Whois studies and data points attached All, In light of the discussion around the need for studies of various aspects of Whois, I thought it might be useful to circulate the attached summary of completed and pending studies that I have identified relevant to Whois. Please let me know of any additional data points or study data that you may be aware of that may be useful to our efforts and I will update the document accordingly. Best regards, Liz Liz Gasster

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Updated action items Council meeting 6 September 2007
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

Dear Councilors, Attached please find the updated action item list for the GNSO Council call in a few minutes. Thank you, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org On 6 sep 2007, at 14.14, GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote: > Hi Avri, > > The only item I can hear from Kristina was the proxy voting, > getting some guidance from the General Counsel's office about proxy > voting. > > However, I hear Ross asked about the resolution passed by Council on > November 16, 2006. > http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-16nov06.shtml > The motion passed > Bruce Tonkin noted that the motion would be forwarded to the Board > for consideration and to the constituencies to voluntarily consider. > > Decision 5: > The recommendations of the LSE regarding term limits for GNSO > Council members should be adopted immediately by the GNSO Council > with no grandfathering except in connection with the ability of a > council member to serve out their existing term. A council member > can serve no more than two consecutive terms (regardless of > duration). Moreover, a former council member must remain off the > GNSO Council for one full term prior to serving any subsequent > term. However, there shall be an exception to the two term limit in > connection with special circumstances (I.e. Geographic diversity > requirements) where a constituency is unable to find an alternative > representative to serve. In applying this special circumstance > exception, the existence of an otherwise qualified candidate > willing to serve on the council within that constituency shall > constitute a non-rebuttable indication that special circumstances > do not exist. The GNSO Council will forward this recommendation to > the ICANN Board of Directors for implementation in the bylaws and > also recommend to the GNSO Constituencies that they voluntarily > adopt these practices until such time that they have been formally > implemented by the Council and Board. > > > I hope this helps. > > Glen > Avri Doria a écrit : >> hi, >> i hope you can refresh my memory. at the end of the meeting >> Kristina aassked me to add two things to the tracking list. >> one was the motion for proxy voting. >> the other one was a followup on a reqeust for advice for >> something - and that something has slipped my mind again (which >> is full of igf and i am just starting to clear it out - these >> meeting are really intense and all consuming - kind of like ICANN >> meetings but maybe a little bit more so) >> if you remember (or Glen if perchance you have listened to the >> tape, what was the other issue) i have also sent email to >> Kristina asking her to remind me but i really want to get the >> updated chart out. >> thanks >> a. > > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org >

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Reminder: Request for Information on Domain Tasting - closes 15 September 2007
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG 06 Sep '07

06 Sep '07

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: gnso-dt-wg[at]gnso.icann.org; ga[at]gnso.icann.org;] [To: announce[at]gnso.icann.org; regional-liaisons[at]gnso.icann.org] Reminder: Comments close on 15 September 2007. Please take time to submit your comments. http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-10aug07.htm Request for Information on Domain Tasting 10 August 2007 In view of the increase in domain tasting (definitions below), the GNSO Council recently considered an Issues Report on Domain Tasting and resolved to form an ad hoc group for further fact-finding on the effects of this practice. The ad hoc group has prepared these questions to assist in gathering facts and opinions, while inviting both qualitative and quantitative input. The group would especially appreciate statistical and other empirical evidence to support your responses, or references to potential sources of information. To be considered by the group, information should be submitted no later than 15 September 2007 to rfi-domaintasting@xxxxxxxxxx Comments may be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/rfi-domaintasting/. For further information, please see the FAQ annex [PDF, 25K]. http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/faqs-domain-tasting-10aug07… The easiest method of providing your answers and comments, and information related to this RFI, is via the electronic survey available at this link: https://www.bigpulse.com/872i. Responses made to the survey, updated in real time, are available here. http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4Rkitd2chD5rD7eyJHJi 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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summary of Whois studies and data points attached
by Liz Gasster 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

All, In light of the discussion around the need for studies of various aspects of Whois, I thought it might be useful to circulate the attached summary of completed and pending studies that I have identified relevant to Whois. Please let me know of any additional data points or study data that you may be aware of that may be useful to our efforts and I will update the document accordingly. Best regards, Liz Liz Gasster W. 1-301-320-8155 C. 1-301-233-8024 lgasster(a)gmail.com

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Agenda for ICANN Board meeting 11 September 2007
by Bruce Tonkin 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

For info: From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/ 11 September 2007 Special Meeting of the Board Approved Board Agenda The following topics have been approved as the Agenda for the Special Board Meeting scheduled for 11 September 2007, by the ICANN Board's Executive Committee (during their meeting on 4 September 2007): Status Report on discussions with the UPU regarding .POST Status Report on discussions relating to renewal agreements for .AERO and .MUSEUM IANA Related Issues: - Delegation of the .KP (North Korea) Domain - Delegation of the .ME (Montenegro) Domain - Delegation of the .RS (Serbia) Domain - Redelegation of the .YU (former Yugoslavia) Domain - Update on Outstanding Redelegation Requests Board Governance Committee's Recommendation regarding Nominating Committee Chairman Board Governance Committee's Recommendation regarding the Academic Representative to the next Nominating Committee Board Governance Committee's Update on Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Ethics Board Finance Committee's Recommendations regarding CFO Authorities Meetings Committee's Recommendations regarding ICANN Meeting Site Approval for public comment posting of the ICANN Board Review Terms of Reference Information Update on GNSO's WHOIS Policy Development Approval of Board Minutes from Special Meeting of the ICANN Board, 14 August 2007 Other Business

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ICANN Staff Proposed Implementation Document on GNSO Reserved Names Working
by Gomes, Chuck 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Here is the ICANN Staff Proposed Implementation Document on GNSO Reserved Names Working Group Recommendation as provided by Partrick Jones. Note that I reviewed and provided input into this before this version was finalized. Also, note that there are some action items for the Council in addition to the general action that I assume should take place of accepting the document with or without changes. Chuck Gomes "This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission."

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