March 2008 - council - lists.icann.org

AOB - WPDRS Status
by Patrick Jones March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

Per Kieren McCarthy, I am forwarding this to the Council list. Regards, Patrick ------ Forwarded Message From: Kieren McCarthy <kieren.mccarthy(a)icann.org> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:52:17 -0700 To: Patrick Jones <patrick.jones(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [council] AOB - WPDRS Status Patrick - can you point out that Stacy Burnette, Director of Contractual Compliance, has replied to a question raised on the public participation site. http://public.icann.org/node/657 She says: "Thanks for posting this comment regarding ICANN's WDPRS. We were not aware that follow-up notices were not being transmitted to reporters. I have asked the site administrator to address this problem right away. As you know, the follow-up information ICANN receives from reporters is extremely important in determining whether registrars are taking corrective action regarding Whois data inaccuracy reports. Again, thanks for your comment and you may contact me directly at stacy.burnette@icann if you have any other concerns regarding the WDPRS." The site admin (Kent) is looking at the issue. ICANN would welcome the names of people who have had any problems so we can contact them directly and find out what the issue was and if there are still ongoing problems. Kieren ---------------------- Kieren McCarthy ---------------------- General manager of public participation, ICANN http://www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org/><http://www.icann.org/> Cell: +1 310 806 1451 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 783686 ------ Forwarded Message From: "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette(a)cov.com> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:36:09 -0700 To: <council(a)icann.org> Subject: [council] AOB - WPDRS Status All, With apologies for the short notice, I plan to request in AOB that the Council receive from staff a brief report on the status of WPDRS. I've seen several messages in the past day or so regarding reported problems with WPDRS. Given the importance of the WPDRS to Internet users, it would be helpful to have more information (e.g., whether there is a problem, what the problem is, how long it has existed, when it will be corrected). Kristina -----Original Message----- From: owner-ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-council@icann.org] <mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-council@icann.org%5d><mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-council@icann.org%5d> On Behalf Of GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:17 AM To: ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org Subject: [ntfy-gnso-council] Reminder: GNSO Council meeting Thursday 27 March at 15:00 UTC Dear Councillors, Please find the GNSO Council agenda with meeting notes and motions on the GNSO Council Wiki: GNSO Council Workspace http://st.icann.org/gnso-council/?gnso_council_workspace Here is a copy for your convenience: GNSO Council Workspace action-items-council-080325.pdf Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 27 March 2008 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 - see below for local times (12:00 Los Angeles, 15:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00 Melbourne, next day) Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting 120 minutes. Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members. Item 0: Roll call of Council members (5 mins) Item 1: Update any statements of interest (5 mins) Item 2: Review/amend agenda (5 mins) Item 3: Approve GNSO minutes of 31 January 2008 (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04828.html Item 4: Confirm Election Results for ICANN Board seat 14 (5 mins) Please check your vote against your code http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04814.html Item 5: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (15 mins) 5.1 Discuss feedback from Board on new gTLD process Is there to be a Face to Face meeting? What are the details? Are they acceptable to the council? Item 6: IDNC update - Edmon Chung (10 mins) Item 7: GNSO - ccNSO relations (10 mins) Discuss plans for meeting with them in Paris. Meeting Thursday Afternoon? Council - Council or SO - SO? Item 8: GNSO Improvements - Discuss planning group (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04821.html discuss criteria for adding members to the planning group 2-3 constituency members (possibly from council) who have organizational capability and represent diverse views 1 from each constituency that wishes to add someone + interested nomcom appointees some other formula appoint members to initial planning group Names that have been put forward (in order received) Ken Stubbs (RyC) Olga Cavalli (NA) Philip Sheppard (BC) Milton Mueller (NCUC) Ute Decker (IPC) Wolf Ulrich (ISPC) Item 9: Discuss Whois report - Start discussions on what to ask for a bid on. (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-report -25feb08.pdf Motion: Chuck Gomes Second: Whereas: On 31 October 2007 the Council passed a motion to ". . . initiate the following sequential actions: 1) Council shall provide additional definition regarding the potential data gathering and study requirements 2) staff shall provide the Council with rough cost estimates for various components of data gathering and studies no later than February 15th, 2008; 3) the Council will decide what data gathering and studies would be pursued; and 4) staff will perform the resulting data gathering and studies and report the results back to the Council" (resolution 20071031-3) On 6 December 2007 the Council initiated formation of a group of volunteers to develop a proposed "format to solicit what studies should be undertaken" On 20 December 2007 the Council reviewed and discussed the WHOIS template developed by the group and approved it with one additional column under potential sources of data, asking proposers to comment on the challenges of sourcing that data From 8 January through 15 February 2008 a public comment period was held soliciting suggestions from the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS that community stakeholders recommend be conducted A report titled 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS' and dated 25 February 2008 summarized the study suggestions and comments received during the public comment period (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-repor t-25feb08.pdf ) Resolve to form a group of volunteers to: 1. Review and discuss the 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS' 2. Develop a proposed list of recommended studies for which ICANN staff will be asked to provide cost estimates to the Council 3. Deliver the list of recommendations with supporting rationale not later than 24 April 2008. Item 10: Report on Single-Character Domain Names at the second -level (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-synthesis-on-sldns-27feb08.pdf Overview by Patrick Determine next steps ICANN synthesis on Single-Character Domain Names at the Second-Level Item 11: Vote on Electronic Voting (15 mins) Absentee voting bylaw amendment http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf Motion by: Philip Sheppard Seconded: Cyril Chua, Bilal Beiram Whereas Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the current ICANN by-laws, Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws drafted by the ICANN general council's office to permit absentee voting in certain specific circumstances. Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8 c. Absentee voting. Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on whether to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation to the Board, or fill a position open for election may vote by absentee ballot. The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e-mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours after the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf Item 12: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (10 Min) IRT-Denial Reasons PDP Update - Status of Constituency reports (Olof) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy -17mar08.pdf IRT-grouping of other issues - Overview of report (Chuck) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04826.html Item 13: AOB (5 mins) Item 14: Action Item Review (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- The GNSO Council will meet on Thursday 27 March 2008, at 15:00 UTC. Please note the change in time to 15:00 UTC (See below for full list of times). The proposed agenda for the teleconference can be directly viewed at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-27mar08.shtml Please let me have your telephone numbers if you would like the operator to call you. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be required to join your call. PARTICIPANT PASSCODE: COUNCIL LEADER: MS GLEN DE SAINT GERY ARGENTINA 0800-777-0494 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4862 1-800-880-485 BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0964 1-800-880-485 CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1964 1-800-880-485 MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7733 1-800-880-485 PERTH: 61-8-9467-5243 1-800-880-485 SYDNEY: 61-2-8211-1386 1-800-880-485 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-89-654 0800-999-636 BELGIUM 32-2-402-2432 0800-4-8360 BRAZIL 0800-8912038 CHILE 1230-020-0281 CHINA* 10800-712-1193 10800-120-1193 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156463 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-15 800-700-167 DENMARK 45-7014-0238 8088-6075 FINLAND 358-106-33-164 0-800-1-12056 FRANCE LYON 33-4-26-69-12-75 080-511-1431 MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-75 080-511-1431 PARIS 33-1-70-75-00-04 080-511-1431 GERMANY 49-69-2222-52104 0800-216-1601 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0639 00800-12-5999 HONG KONG 852-2286-5632 800-964-136 HUNGARY 06-800-15227 INDIA 000-800-852-1216 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3500 IRELAND 353-1-246-0036 1800-931-782 ISRAEL 1-80-9303048 ITALY 39-02-3600-0326 800-906-585 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4763 00531-12-1149 TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5154 00531-12-1149 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1314 MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8121 MEXICO 001-866-627-0541 NETHERLANDS 31-20-710-9321 0800-023-4655 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4641 0800-443-793 NORWAY 47-21-59-00-14 800-11982 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072119 POLAND 00-800-1210067 PORTUGAL 8008-12179 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9613011 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9197 800-120-4057 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-15 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93390 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1052 00798-14800-6323 SPAIN 34-91-414-15-44 800-099-279 SWEDEN 46-8-566-10-782 0200-887-612 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-7718 0800-000-038 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7346 00801-137-565 THAILAND 001-800-1206-65091 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9015 0800-018-0795 GLASGOW 44-141-202-3215 0800-018-0795 LEEDS: 44-113-301-2115 0800-018-0795 LONDON: 44-20-7019-0812 0800-018-0795 MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1415 0800-018-0795 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3439 USA 1-210-795-0472 877-818-6787 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3205 *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, dependent on the participants' local telecom provider Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. 15:00 UTC ========= California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+1DST 11:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 15:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Barcelona, Spain (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Oslo, Norway (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Amman, Jordan UTC+2+1DST 18:00 Dubai, United Arab Emirates UTC+4+0DST 19:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 22:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 23:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- UTC. For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message

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AOB - WPDRS Status
by Rosette, Kristina March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

All, With apologies for the short notice, I plan to request in AOB that the Council receive from staff a brief report on the status of WPDRS. I've seen several messages in the past day or so regarding reported problems with WPDRS. Given the importance of the WPDRS to Internet users, it would be helpful to have more information (e.g., whether there is a problem, what the problem is, how long it has existed, when it will be corrected). Kristina -----Original Message----- From: owner-ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org [mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-council@icann.org] On Behalf Of GNSO.SECRETARIAT(a)GNSO.ICANN.ORG Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:17 AM To: ntfy-gnso-council(a)icann.org Subject: [ntfy-gnso-council] Reminder: GNSO Council meeting Thursday 27 March at 15:00 UTC Dear Councillors, Please find the GNSO Council agenda with meeting notes and motions on the GNSO Council Wiki: GNSO Council Workspace http://st.icann.org/gnso-council/?gnso_council_workspace Here is a copy for your convenience: GNSO Council Workspace action-items-council-080325.pdf Proposed GNSO Council Agenda 27 March 2008 This agenda was established according to the Rules of Procedure for the GNSO Council Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 - see below for local times (12:00 Los Angeles, 15:00 Washington DC, 19:00 London, 20:00 Brussels, 06:00 Melbourne, next day) Avri Doria will be chairing the GNSO Council meeting Scheduled time for meeting 120 minutes. Dial-in numbers sent individually to Council members. Item 0: Roll call of Council members (5 mins) Item 1: Update any statements of interest (5 mins) Item 2: Review/amend agenda (5 mins) Item 3: Approve GNSO minutes of 31 January 2008 (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04828.html Item 4: Confirm Election Results for ICANN Board seat 14 (5 mins) Please check your vote against your code http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04814.html Item 5: Update from Denise Michel on Board activities (15 mins) 5.1 Discuss feedback from Board on new gTLD process Is there to be a Face to Face meeting? What are the details? Are they acceptable to the council? Item 6: IDNC update - Edmon Chung (10 mins) Item 7: GNSO - ccNSO relations (10 mins) Discuss plans for meeting with them in Paris. Meeting Thursday Afternoon? Council - Council or SO - SO? Item 8: GNSO Improvements - Discuss planning group (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04821.html discuss criteria for adding members to the planning group 2-3 constituency members (possibly from council) who have organizational capability and represent diverse views 1 from each constituency that wishes to add someone + interested nomcom appointees some other formula appoint members to initial planning group Names that have been put forward (in order received) Ken Stubbs (RyC) Olga Cavalli (NA) Philip Sheppard (BC) Milton Mueller (NCUC) Ute Decker (IPC) Wolf Ulrich (ISPC) Item 9: Discuss Whois report - Start discussions on what to ask for a bid on. (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-report -25feb08.pdf Motion: Chuck Gomes Second: Whereas: On 31 October 2007 the Council passed a motion to ". . . initiate the following sequential actions: 1) Council shall provide additional definition regarding the potential data gathering and study requirements 2) staff shall provide the Council with rough cost estimates for various components of data gathering and studies no later than February 15th, 2008; 3) the Council will decide what data gathering and studies would be pursued; and 4) staff will perform the resulting data gathering and studies and report the results back to the Council" (resolution 20071031-3) On 6 December 2007 the Council initiated formation of a group of volunteers to develop a proposed "format to solicit what studies should be undertaken" On 20 December 2007 the Council reviewed and discussed the WHOIS template developed by the group and approved it with one additional column under potential sources of data, asking proposers to comment on the challenges of sourcing that data From 8 January through 15 February 2008 a public comment period was held soliciting suggestions from the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS that community stakeholders recommend be conducted A report titled 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS' and dated 25 February 2008 summarized the study suggestions and comments received during the public comment period (http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-study-suggestion-repor t-25feb08.pdf ) Resolve to form a group of volunteers to: 1. Review and discuss the 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies of WHOIS' 2. Develop a proposed list of recommended studies for which ICANN staff will be asked to provide cost estimates to the Council 3. Deliver the list of recommendations with supporting rationale not later than 24 April 2008. Item 10: Report on Single-Character Domain Names at the second -level (20 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-synthesis-on-sldns-27feb08.pdf Overview by Patrick Determine next steps ICANN synthesis on Single-Character Domain Names at the Second-Level Item 11: Vote on Electronic Voting (15 mins) Absentee voting bylaw amendment http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf Motion by: Philip Sheppard Seconded: Cyril Chua, Bilal Beiram Whereas Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the current ICANN by-laws, Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws drafted by the ICANN general council's office to permit absentee voting in certain specific circumstances. Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8 c. Absentee voting. Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on whether to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation to the Board, or fill a position open for election may vote by absentee ballot. The GNSO Secretariat will provide reasonable means for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include voting by telephone, e-mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted within 72 hours after the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that in exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote the Chair may reduce this time to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days. http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/absentee-voting-bylaw-amendment-15feb08.pdf Item 12: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (10 Min) IRT-Denial Reasons PDP Update - Status of Constituency reports (Olof) http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy -17mar08.pdf IRT-grouping of other issues - Overview of report (Chuck) http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg04826.html Item 13: AOB (5 mins) Item 14: Action Item Review (5 mins) http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-action-list.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- The GNSO Council will meet on Thursday 27 March 2008, at 15:00 UTC. Please note the change in time to 15:00 UTC (See below for full list of times). The proposed agenda for the teleconference can be directly viewed at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-27mar08.shtml Please let me have your telephone numbers if you would like the operator to call you. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be required to join your call. PARTICIPANT PASSCODE: COUNCIL LEADER: MS GLEN DE SAINT GERY ARGENTINA 0800-777-0494 AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE: 61-8-8121-4862 1-800-880-485 BRISBANE: 61-7-3102-0964 1-800-880-485 CANBERRA: 61-2-6100-1964 1-800-880-485 MELBOURNE: 61-3-9010-7733 1-800-880-485 PERTH: 61-8-9467-5243 1-800-880-485 SYDNEY: 61-2-8211-1386 1-800-880-485 AUSTRIA 43-1-92-89-654 0800-999-636 BELGIUM 32-2-402-2432 0800-4-8360 BRAZIL 0800-8912038 CHILE 1230-020-0281 CHINA* 10800-712-1193 10800-120-1193 COLOMBIA 01800-9-156463 CZECH REPUBLIC 420-2-25-98-56-15 800-700-167 DENMARK 45-7014-0238 8088-6075 FINLAND 358-106-33-164 0-800-1-12056 FRANCE LYON 33-4-26-69-12-75 080-511-1431 MARSEILLE: 33-4-86-06-00-75 080-511-1431 PARIS 33-1-70-75-00-04 080-511-1431 GERMANY 49-69-2222-52104 0800-216-1601 GREECE 30-80-1-100-0639 00800-12-5999 HONG KONG 852-2286-5632 800-964-136 HUNGARY 06-800-15227 INDIA 000-800-852-1216 INDONESIA 001-803-011-3500 IRELAND 353-1-246-0036 1800-931-782 ISRAEL 1-80-9303048 ITALY 39-02-3600-0326 800-906-585 JAPAN OSAKA: 81-6-7739-4763 00531-12-1149 TOKYO: 81-3-5539-5154 00531-12-1149 LUXEMBOURG 352-27-000-1314 MALAYSIA 1-800-80-8121 MEXICO 001-866-627-0541 NETHERLANDS 31-20-710-9321 0800-023-4655 NEW ZEALAND 64-9-970-4641 0800-443-793 NORWAY 47-21-59-00-14 800-11982 PANAMA 011-001-800-5072119 POLAND 00-800-1210067 PORTUGAL 8008-12179 RUSSIA 8-10-8002-9613011 SINGAPORE 65-6883-9197 800-120-4057 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 421-2-322-422-15 SOUTH AFRICA 080-09-93390 SOUTH KOREA 82-2-6744-1052 00798-14800-6323 SPAIN 34-91-414-15-44 800-099-279 SWEDEN 46-8-566-10-782 0200-887-612 SWITZERLAND 41-44-580-7718 0800-000-038 TAIWAN 886-2-2795-7346 00801-137-565 THAILAND 001-800-1206-65091 UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9015 0800-018-0795 GLASGOW 44-141-202-3215 0800-018-0795 LEEDS: 44-113-301-2115 0800-018-0795 LONDON: 44-20-7019-0812 0800-018-0795 MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1415 0800-018-0795 URUGUAY 000-413-598-3439 USA 1-210-795-0472 877-818-6787 VENEZUELA 0800-1-00-3205 *Access to your conference call will be either of the numbers listed, dependent on the participants' local telecom provider Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using a mobile telephone. 15:00 UTC ========= California, USA (PST) UTC-8+1DST 08:00 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+1DST 11:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil UTC-3+0DST 12:00 Buenos Aires, Argentina UTC-3+0DST 12:00 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 15:00 Brussels, Belgium (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Karlsruhe, Germany (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Barcelona, Spain (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Oslo, Norway (CEST) UTC+1+0DST 16:00 Amman, Jordan UTC+2+1DST 18:00 Dubai, United Arab Emirates UTC+4+0DST 19:00 Phnom Penh, Cambodia UTC+7+0DST 22:00 Hong Kong, China UTC+8+0DST 23:00 Singapore, Singapore UTC+8+0DST 23:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- UTC. For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com

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RE: [council] FW: Relation between ccNSO and gNSO: New gTDLs
by Gomes, Chuck March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

My comliments Jon on an excellent paper. I recommend that the Council follow up on this with a statement to the Board that supplements what we already submitted. Chuck Sent from my GoodLink Wireless Handheld (www.good.com) -----Original Message----- From: jonb [mailto:jon.bing@jus.uio.no] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 06:57 PM Eastern Standard Time To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] FW: Relation between ccNSO and gNSO: New gTDLs I have drafted a small note on some thoughts which occurred to me on the relation between the fast track for international cc domains and the situation when a general policy has been adopted in the future. I have appended the note to this message rather than include it in the body of the message, it is a couple of pages long, and perhaps is best communicated in this way. I will be pleased to be corrected or supplemented. Jon Bing Bøgata 7,NO- 0655 Oslo, Norway T +47 22 67 54 00 F +47 22 67 74 78 M +47 909 67 659 jon.bing(a)bing.no

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GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting on website
by GNSO.SECRETARIAT＠GNSO.ICANN.ORG March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

Dear Councillors, The GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting has been posted on pages: http://gnso.icann.org/ What's New http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ under a new heading: Fast Flux GNSO Issues Report on Fast Flux Hosting http://gnso.icann.org/policies/ 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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FW: Relation between ccNSO and gNSO: New gTDLs
by jonb March 26, 2008

March 26, 2008

I have drafted a small note on some thoughts which occurred to me on the relation between the fast track for international cc domains and the situation when a general policy has been adopted in the future. I have appended the note to this message rather than include it in the body of the message, it is a couple of pages long, and perhaps is best communicated in this way. I will be pleased to be corrected or supplemented. Jon Bing Bøgata 7,NO- 0655 Oslo, Norway T +47 22 67 54 00 F +47 22 67 74 78 M +47 909 67 659 jon.bing(a)bing.no

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"Improvements" Planning Efforts
by Avri Doria March 26, 2008

March 26, 2008

Hi, Attached a copy of a message that is being sent to the Board concerning work that is beginning on the GSNO Improvements. As you will note we have started a planning group together with the staff. This group is going to be doing the high level planning of how we will organize the main work of the GNSO Improvements Project, and will not be responsible for any substantive decisions or recommendations about the improvements themselves. Currently Chuck and I as well as several members of the ICANN Policy staff, including Denise, Liz and Rob, are members of this group. This is just the core of this group. We have invited the Board BGC GNSO Review Working Group to add a member to this group and need to add more GNSO members. We want to satisfy three goals simultaneously in adding members to the group; - insure that a diverse set of perspectives is included in the planning group - include some participants with relevant organizational experience - keep the group small. In the GNSO Improvements Project we will not need to restrict ourselves to council members, but for this planning committee, I would suggest that we do choose from among council members and constituency members. I also think that adding a person from each constituency might be unwieldy and hope that we can limit participation to a few people who can be trusted in this planning task by several constituencies. As you can read in the note below, we are planing to organize several other Standing Committees and other work teams and there will be a large number of opportunities for participation by council members, constituency members, and others in the ICANN community in the groups making the actual recommendations. I would like to initiate conversations on the list on the designation of 2-3 other members of this group. I would like to resolve this as soon as possible, with resolution during our upcoming meeting at the latest if not before. Thanks a.

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Issues Report on fast flux hosting attached
by Liz Gasster March 26, 2008

March 26, 2008

All, Attached please find the Issues Report on fast flux hosting requested on 6 March by the GNSO Council. Thanks, Liz

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FYI - ALAC letter sent to Board on Domain "Reservation"
by Denise Michel March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org/2008q… Dear ICANN board directors: While we are aware that you have been monitoring the public outrage in response to registrar activities that have been variously described as "front-running" and/or "domain reservation" or "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" activities, we are of the view that the obligation to safeguard the operational stability of Registrar Services now requires the immediate temporary establishment of a consensus policy curtailing such practices to be taken in accordance with the board's authority under the provisions set out in section 4.3.4 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, that states: "A specification or policy established by the ICANN Board of Directors on a temporary basis, without a prior recommendation by the council of an ICANN Supporting Organization, shall also be considered to be a Consensus Policy if adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors by a vote of at least two-thirds of its members, so long as the Board reasonably determines that immediate temporary establishment of a specification or policy on the subject is necessary to maintain the operational stability of Registrar Services, Registry Services, the DNS, or the Internet, and that the proposed specification or policy is as narrowly tailored as feasible to achieve those objectives." Please be advised that we have reached this conclusion based in part upon the following considerations: 1. The use of "cart-hold" or "cart-reserve" systems has been actively under discussion within the registrars constituency since early October 2007 when three different registrars first advanced the concept within the context of a straw poll on the impact to registrants were the AGP to be eliminated in its entirety (footnote 1) -- see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05123.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05130.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing- lists/archives/registrars/msg05131.html<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05131.html> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05380.html http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05626.html 2. The use of this domain name reservation practice next came to be adopted by a large-volume registrar (Network Solutions) on or about 8 January 2008, and the practice was immediately condemned by the community at large (with extensive coverage in the Tech media, the general press, in blogs world wide, on domain name forums, and on community discussion lists). 3. The actions of Network Solutions has now spawned a similar project on the part of another large-volume registrar (register.com) and we have no reason to believe that other large-volume registrars will refrain from rapidly setting up comparable efforts. (footnote -- see http://help.register.com/cgi-bin/register_help.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?… ) While we recognize that we are unable to point to an ICANN-approved definition of "operational stability of Registrar Services" (as no such definition exists within either current ICANN contracts or supporting materials), we take guidance from the ICANN Policy Document ICP-3 which posits that activities that do not interfere with the operation of the DNS are, generally speaking, those that operate within community-established norms. Such norms tend to respect a set of long-established principles such as the principle of least astonishment. When registrants currently search for a domain name at these registrars using normative search practices, they are clearly astonished by that which results from their efforts: the inability to readily register the domain name of their choice with a more competitive registrar and/or the domain name that they have selected appearing in the WHOIS with the name of the registrar as the registrant of record (footnote -- see http://help.register.com/cgi-bin/register_help.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?… ). The community's trust in ICANN's ability to manage the Domain Name System is at stake. It is inappropriate for such registrar activities to proceed unabated in a policy vaccuum. Accordingly we call upon the ICANN board to establish a temporary narrowly-tailored policy as a stopgap until such time as the relevant policy-recommending ICANN Supporting Organizations can provide a comprehensive consensus policy solution. [Submitted to Board via At-Large Advisory Committee Board Liaison, Wendy Seltzer]

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ICANN Board meeting agenda for 27 March 2008
by Bruce Tonkin March 25, 2008

March 25, 2008

Hello All, From: http://www.icann.org/minutes/ 27 March 2008 Special Meeting of the ICANN Board of Directors Agenda 1) Approval of Regular Board Meeting Minutes from New Delhi Meeting 2) Discussion of Mid-term Review of the Joint Project Agreement between NTIA and ICANN 3) Discussion of NeuStar and Afilias AGP Modification Proposals 4) Update Discussion on New gTLDs 5) Update Discussion on GNSO Improvements 6) Update Discussions on various Bylaws-Mandated Reviews 7) Update Discussion on Meetings and Budget Issues 8) Update Discussion on Paris ICANN Meeting 9) President's Report 10) Discussion of Riga Board Workshop Agenda 11) Briefing on Budget and Management Process Reporting 12) Other Business

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Next conference call on thursday 27th
by Olga Cavalli March 24, 2008

March 24, 2008

Dear collegues, Next Thursday I will have some difficulties in joining the conference call, as I am organizing a whole day activity and I must be present in it by the time of the call, which is locally around noon. In this sense I would like to share some comments in relation with two points of the agenda: 1- I have some concerns about the absentee voting rules. I have tried to find similar procedures in other Icann SO or the board and I did not find them. As a noncomm appointee the participation of the council members during meetings or during the conference calls is relevant to understand the different oppinions in relation with their constituencies and their interests, and then this allows me to form my own oppinion to decide and vote, complementing information that can be previously read. My concern is that if absentee voting is allowed, the "live" participation of council members during face to face meetings or conference calls could be less and if this happens my chances to understand the whole picture of interests could be not complete. I understand that recommendations were elaborated by a group and perhaps these issues were already addressed, but I thought it could be important to express my concerns. 2- As mentioned in a previous email sent to the list, I am interested in being part of the GNSO review working group or in the group that will deal with the development of the WG model. If you are forming any of these group during the call and you think that my participation could be useful, please take my interest in consideration. Best regards Olga

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