March 2011 - council - lists.icann.org

GNSO web page
by Mary.Wong＠law.unh.edu March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Is anyone else getting a "website undergoing maintenance" message when trying to get on http://gnso.icann.org? Not a good sign for our Public Meeting later today, especially if the community want to access our site and get some sense of acronyms, documents, op procedures, etc. :( Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Chair, Graduate IP Programs Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAWTwo White StreetConcord, NH 03301USAEmail: mary.wong(a)law.unh.eduPhone: 1-603-513-5143Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.phpSelected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584

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FW: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#41]
by Glen de Saint Géry March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

FYI Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org From: ICANN [mailto:no-reply@wufoo.com] Sent: mercredi 16 mars 2011 07:44 To: gnso.secretariat(a)icann.org Subject: GNSO Council Abstention Notification Form [#41] Name of Officer: * Avri Doria Officer Email Address: * avri(a)acm.org<mailto:avri@acm.org> Date Prepared: * Wednesday, March 16, 2011 GNSO Organization: * Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group Officer Position or Title: * Chair, Executive Committee Voting Remedy: * Proxy Reason(s) for or condition(s) leading to the remedy: * Rosemary Sinclair cannot attend, neither in person nor remotely, the meeting on 16 March. Specific subject(s)/measure(s)/motion(s)/action(s) of the Council for which the remedy is being exercised: * For any and all votes to be taken in the Council meeting to be held on 16 March 2011. Date upon which the remedy will expire or terminate: [Note: may not exceed 3 months initially; may be renewed by sending an email with explanation to GNSO Secretariat] * Friday, March 18, 2011 I affirm that a voting position has been established on the matter(s) at issue pursuant to provisions contained in our Charter or Bylaws. * Yes Our GNSO Councilor has been instructed on how to vote on the matter(s). * Yes Please identify the GNSO Councilor who will serve as the voting proxy: * Mary Wong

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Updated GNSO Council agenda and documents Wednesday 16 March 2011 at 13:30 PST
by Glen de Saint Géry March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Dear All, In preparation for the Council meeting on Wednesday 16 March at 13:30 PST please find the updated agenda copied below and on the website at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-16mar11-en.htm and on the Wiki at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?proposed_agenda_16_march_2011 The updated pending projects list can be found at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf The minutes of the last meeting are posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm The motions before Council are found at: https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions GNSO Council Public Meeting - San Francisco Silicon Valley 16 March 2011, Reference to ICANN Schedule http://svsf40.icann.org/node/22187 Proposed Agenda for the GNSO Council Public Meeting in San Francisco, Silicon Valley 16 March 2011. Note that this agenda may be updated as more information becomes available so interested parties are encouraged to periodically check for the latest updates on the GNSO Council Workspace at As can be seen below, in addition to the Open Microphone at the end of the agenda, as possible throughout the meeting time will be allowed for audience participation. Please be aware that audience opportunities to comment will depend on available time. Meeting Times Coordinated Universal Time:20:30 UTC - see below for local times (13:30 San Francisco, 16:30 Washington DC, 20:30 London, 21:30 Brussels 17 March 2011 01:30 Karachi, 05:30 Tokyo, 07:30 Melbourne This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 5 August 2010 for the GNSO Council. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-op-procedures-05aug10-en.pdf For convenience: * An excerpt of the ICANN Bylaws defining the voting thresholds is provided in Appendix 1 at the end of this agenda. * An excerpt from the Council Operating Procedures defining the absentee voting procedures is provided in Appendix 2 at the end of this agenda. (Insert links to meeting audio-cast and Adobe connect as applicable.) 1. Administrative Matters (10 minutes) a. Roll call of Council members, noting alternates and proxies (Glen) b. Polling for Disclosures of Interest i. Per the GNSO Operating Procedures, Section 5.4, we are required to poll Councilors regarding "any direct or indirect interests that may affect a Relevant Party's judgment on an issue that is under review, consideration, or discussion" in this meeting. ii. Here is the definition provided in the procedures: "Disclosure of Interest: Relevant to a specific issue at a specific time. A written statement made by a Relevant Party of direct and indirect interests that may be commercial (e.g. monetary payment) or non-commercial (e.g. non-tangible benefit such as publicity, political or academic visibility) and may affect, or be perceived to affect, the Relevant Party's judgment on a specific issue." iii. The main issues for this meeting are: * GNSO Project Decision Making * New gTLD Applicant Guidebook * Joint New gTLD Applicant Support Recommendations * Recommendations re. Registration Abuse Policies * Joint DNS Security and Stability Analysis Working Group Charter * Whois & Internationalized Registration Data * GNSO Improvements b. Update any statements of interest · Andrei Kolesnikov http://gnso.icann.org/council/soi/kolesnikov-soi-30sep09.htm · Ching Chiao c. Review/amend agenda d. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures: .24 February 2011 meeting minutes: approved on 11 March 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm<file:///\\meetings\minutes-council-24feb11-en.htm> Item 2: WHOIS studies (25 minutes) 2.1 Discussion of WHOIS Service Requirements Report The Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-… Staff presentations http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-draft-final-… Overview of Report (Liz Gasster, Steve Sheng) Discussion * Council * Audience 2.2 Two motions have been made on this topic. Motion 2 will only be considered for a vote by Council at this meeting if Motion 1 fails. Refer to Motion 1 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 2.3 Discussion * Council * Audience 2.4 Vote Refer to Motion 2 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 2.5 Discussion * Council * Audience 2.6 Vote Item 3: PPSC Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines (25minutes) PPSC Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-wg-guidelines-clean-08mar11-en.pdf * Refer to: resolution 13 Jan meeting http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201101 * See public comments received (http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/) as well as summary & analysis provided by staff * Refer to Council discussion during Feb 24 meeting. PPSC Chair has relayed comments received on the report back to the PPSC with a goal of finalizing the report so the Council can vote to approve it in San Francisco. Refer to motion 3 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 3.1 Summary of GNSO Working Group Guidelines (Marika Konings) 3. 2 Discussion * Council Audience 3.3 Vote Item 4: Cartagena Board Resolution on Consumer Choice, Competition and Innovation (30 minutes) Refer to Board resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm#6 Rosemary Sinclair has volunteered to lead. A proposed response has been drafted to send to the Board. 4.1 Update from Rosemary Sinclair and analysis of proposed response. 4. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 4. 3 Next steps? Is there consensus on sending the response to the Board as proposed and drafted? Item 5: Follow-up on RAP recommendations (30 minutes) See next step suggestions from previous meetings: * Provide an outline of topics to be addressed in the UDRP Issues paper and the discussion paper on the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars and registries address the abusive registrations of domain names in accordance with the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group Final Report. * Seek input or comments from the Council during the GNSO weekend working sessions. 5.1 Update from Liz Gasster 5. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 5.3 Next steps Item 6: Joint DNS security and stability analysis working group (DSSA-WG) (25 minutes) At their meetings during the ICANN Brussels meeting ALAC, the ccNSO, the GNSO, the GAC and the NRO acknowledged the need for a better understanding of the security and stability of the global DNS. To this end these SOs and ACs agreed to establish a joint DNS Security and Stability Working Group (DSSA-WG). Refer to DSSA-WG draft charter http://www.ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/dssa-draft-charter-12nov10-en.pdf ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 12 volunteers from the GNSO. Current GNSO volunteers: * Zahid Jamil- (CBUC) * Scott McCormick - (CBUC) * Mikey O'Connor - (CBUC) * Adam Palmer- (CBUC Symantec) * George Asare-Sakyi - (NCSG) * Rafik Dammak - (NCSG) * Matt Serlin - (MarkMonitor, RrSG) * Rick Wilhelm (Networksolutions RrSG) * Greg Aaron- (Afilias, RySG) * Keith Drazek- (Verisign, RySG) * Don Blumenthal - (PIR, RySG) * Mike Rodenbaugh - (IPC) * Chris Wright - (RrSG) * Forest Rosen - (RrSG) * Rossella Mattioli - (NCSG) 6.1 Finalise list of volunteers 6. 2 Selection of GNSO co-chair for the WG. Item 7: Study Group on Use of Names of Countries and Territories (15 minutes) The call for volunteers for this group has now closed. The ccNSO has agreed to a maximum of 8 volunteers from the GNSO. Current GNSO volunteers: Carlos Aguirre - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee George Asare-Sakyi - NCSG Ilya Bazlyankov - RrSG Olga Cavalli - GNSO Nominationg Committee Appointee Ching Chiao - RySG - Liaison for GNSO Council Avri Doria - NCSG Jothan Frakes - Volker Greimann - RrSG Tony Harris- ISPCP Garth Miller - Krista Papac - RrSG Alexei Sozonov - RrSG 7.1 Update from Liz Gasster 7.2 Discussion * Council * Audience 7.3 Select 8 volunteers to be put forward to ccNSO. Item 8: Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) (30 minutes) Two motions have been made on this topic. Motion 5 will only be considered for a vote by Council at this meeting if motion 4 fails. Refer to Motion 4 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 8.1 Discussion * Council * Audience 8.2 Vote Refer to Motion 5 https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?16_march_motions 8.3 Discussion * Council * Audience 8.4 Vote Item 9: Pending Projects - GNSO Toolkit of services (25 minutes) Update on this work. The "toolkit" refers to a list of basic services approved by the GNSO Council 17 Dec 2009 that will be made available to eligible GNSO organizations. Implementation proposals have been discussed and feedback requested by Feb 15, 2011. Refer to GNSO Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf. 9. 1 Update on work, indication of proposed next steps - Rob Hoggarth, ICANN Staff 9. 2 Discussion * Council * Audience 9. 3 Next steps Item 10. Other Business (5 minutes) Item 11. Open Microphone (30 minutes) Appendix 1: GNSO Council Voting Thresholds (ICANN Bylaws, Article X, Section 3) 9. Except as otherwise specified in these Bylaws, Annex A hereto, or the GNSO Operating Procedures, the default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires a simple majority vote of each House. The voting thresholds described below shall apply to the following GNSO actions: 1. Create an Issues Report: requires an affirmative vote of more than 25% vote of each House or majority of one House; 2. Initiate a Policy Development Process ("PDP") Within Scope (as described in Annex A): requires an affirmative vote of more than 33% of each House or more than 66% of one House; 3. Initiate a PDP Not Within Scope: requires an affirmative vote of more than 75% of one House and a majority of the other House ("GNSO Supermajority"); 4. Approve a PDP Recommendation Without a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a majority of each House and further requires that one GNSO Council member representative of at least 3 of the 4 Stakeholder Groups supports the Recommendation; 5. Approve a PDP Recommendation With a GNSO Supermajority: requires an affirmative vote of a GNSO Supermajority; and 6. Approve a PDP Recommendation Imposing New Obligations on Certain Contracting Parties: where an ICANN contract provision specifies that "a two-thirds vote of the council" demonstrates the presence of a consensus, the GNSO Supermajority vote threshold will have to be met or exceeded with respect to any contracting party affected by such contract provision. Appendix 2: Absentee Voting Procedures (Council Operating Procedures 4.4) Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a vote on the following items may vote by absentee ballot: 1. Initiate a policy development process; 2. Forward a policy recommendation to the Board; 3. Recommend amendments to the ICANN Bylaws; 4. Fill a position open for election. 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 following 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. There must be a quorum for the meeting in which the vote is initiated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local time between October and March, Winter in the NORTHERN hemisphere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference (Coordinated Universal Time) UTC 20:30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- California, USA (PST) UTC-8+0DST 13:30 New York/Washington DC, USA (EST) UTC-5+0DST 16:30 Buenos Aires, Argentina (ART) UTC-3+0DST 17:30 Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo Brazil (BRST) UTC-2+1DST 17:30 London, United Kingdom (BST) UTC+0DST 20:30 Darmstadt, Germany (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:30 Paris, France (CET) UTC+1+0DST 21:30 Karachi, Pakistan (PKT) UTC+5+0DST 01:30 next day Hong Kong, China (HKT) UTC+8+0DST 04:30 next day Tokyo, Japan (JST) UTC+9+0DST 05:30 next day Melbourne,/Sydney Australia (EDT) UTC+10+1DST 07:30 next day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DST starts/ends on last Sunday of March 2011, 2:00 or 3:00 local time (with exceptions) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For other places see http://www.timeanddate.com Thank you, Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org

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Regarding ICANN complaince staff
by Bruce Tonkin March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

From: http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-15mar11-en.pdf ICANN Bolsters Its Contractual Compliance Team with Two New Hires The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that two seasoned professionals have been hired to bolster its contractual compliance team. Maguy Serad, an experienced technology and business manager, has been named Senior Director of Contractual compliance. Ms. Serad has more than two decades of experience in compliance, technology, program management and global business operations. She has most recently served in senior manager positions in the Information Systems Department and Value UP and Synergy Departments of Nissan North America, Inc. "Maguy's strong skills in compliance and global business management are exactly what we need to strengthen and lead ICANN's contractual compliance team," said Rod Beckstrom, ICANN's President and Chief Executive Officer. While at Nissan, Ms. Serad became a certified Black Belt Six-Sigma expert, who has led multiple strategic organization projects and cross-functional teams in support of Nissan's strategic objectives. She also established a Service Management Governance Organization to govern a multi-supplier outsourced environment. Maguy is fluent in English, French and Arabic and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. She was born in Liberia and is a citizen of Lebanon. She will begin her role on April 4th. Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor Also joining the contractual compliance team is Carlos Alvarez, an accomplished intellectual property attorney, who has been named ICANN's Contractual Compliance Manager/Auditor. Before joining ICANN on February 28, Alvarez practiced law in Colombia and the United States for over 10 years. He graduated from the Colombian Universidad de los Andes Law School. Alvarez was an attorney with the law firm Espinosa & Asociados Abogados in Colombia for many years, where he led teams and coordinated audit activities over 4,500 companies regarding software piracy. He has worked with and trained law enforcement operatives in software antipiracy and cybercrime legal issues, and created a High Tech and Computer Law division within the Espinosa & Asociados. Alvarez is a former representative for Colombia of both the Counter Pedophilia Investigative Unit and is a member of the Electronic Commerce Subcommittee of the International Chamber of Commerce in Bogota. His articles on terrorism and piracy, digital evidence, cybercrime, information security, and other major issues have been published in Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Spain; he has given lectures before many audiences, including the Interpol South America Cyber Crime Working Group, Peruvian Interpol, and Colombia's main law enforcement agencies and military forces. Carlos, a citizen of Colombia, is bilingual in English and Spanish.

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Tomorrow's Open Council meeting, latest updates
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, As the schedule for this ICANN meeting seems to be in constant flux, I thought it might be useful for you to have a reminder of where and when for tomorrow. The meeting will start at 1:30pm, in Tower Salon A, which is the room we were in all weekend. Lunch will be provided in the same room at 1pm. Please note this lunch is for Council members only. As you know, the doors to the main ballroom will open at 5pm for Clinton's speech there. As such, it may be that we will lose all of our audience at that point, and that Councillors may also wish to go to the ballroom. As the last 30 minutes of our meeting are scheduled for the open mic, we may decide to end the meeting early if that suits everyone. Please let either Glen or myself know if you need any more information. See you tomorrow. Stéphane

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Fwd: Additional elaboration on remaining GAC Board sessions
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, FYI and communications to your respective groups. Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : > De : Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Date : 16 mars 2011 01:35:07 HNEC > À : Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com>, Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, Chris Disspain <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, Mason Cole <masonc(a)snapnames.com>, "David W. Maher" <dmaher(a)pir.org>, "J. Scott Evans" <jscottevans(a)yahoo.com>, Tony Holmes <tony.ar.homes(a)bt.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org>, "Metalitz, Steven" <met(a)msk.com> > Cc : Peter Dengate Thrush <peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org>, Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org>, Barbara Clay <barbara.clay(a)icann.org>, John Jeffrey <jeffrey(a)icann.org> > Objet : Additional elaboration on remaining GAC Board sessions > > All: > > As stated earlier, there is no GAC-Board meeting this afternoon at 4PM. The Board and GAC continue to work separately, continuing its review of the exchange of information as well as consider the recent community inputs and transcripts from the recent the public session. > > The GAC came to the session today with a lot of ideas and the Board is taking time to process them all. This schedule change should not be seen as an indication of disagreement, but rather reflecting the volume of work that is being completed and processed in a short period of time. > > The Board will be available to receive additional comments from the community tomorrow. It is intended to be a session to receive additional comments on the pending issues. Comments that were made during the previous session have already been noted and do not need to be restated. Written statements should be provided for posting and will not need to be read into the record, but will be considered by the Board. > > The sessions are currently scheduled as follows: > > New gTLD Program: Discussion of Issues Identified by Governmental Advisory Committee, Wed 16 Mar 2011 at 09:00AM, Grand Ballroom. The session will be held but may be shortened depending upon comments to allow more time to work on preparation for the Board / GAC discussions. > > The Board/GAC consultation will be open to the public again at Thur 17 March 2011 @ 0900. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Regards, > > Kurt Pritz > ICANN > >

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ICANN compliance dept.
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 16, 2011

March 16, 2011

Councillors, FYI, information about new hires to ICANN's compliance dept. Stéphane http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-15mar11-en.pdf

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Fwd: Public Sessions on Recent Board-GAC consultations - Community Input
by Stéphane Van Gelder March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Councillors, Further to Bruce's earlier email, please see below Kurt's announcement. Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : > De : Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Date : 16 mars 2011 00:17:56 HNEC > À : Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl(a)gih.com>, Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder(a)indom.com>, Chris Disspain <ceo(a)auda.org.au>, Mason Cole <masonc(a)snapnames.com>, "David W. Maher" <dmaher(a)pir.org>, "J. Scott Evans" <jscottevans(a)yahoo.com>, Tony Holmes <tony.ar.homes(a)bt.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Avri Doria <avri(a)acm.org>, "Metalitz, Steven" <met(a)msk.com> > Cc : Peter Dengate Thrush <peter.dengatethrush(a)icann.org>, Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz(a)icann.org> > Objet : Public Sessions on Recent Board-GAC consultations - Community Input > > All: > > On behalf of Peter Dengate Thrush, please be advised that the remainder of the Board-GAC consultation, set for 4PM this afternoon, is cancelled. Both the board and GAC continue to work issues in separate sessions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused but believe the cancellation is for good purpose. > > The session for tomorrow is still planned - Peter and Heather Dryden will discuss details for it and report back to you. > > Please let me take this opportunity to thank you for the constructive work and participation of the stakeholder groups in yesterday's session. > > > Sincerely, > > Kurt Pritz > ICANN

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GAC/Board consultation with resume on 9am on Thursday
by Bruce Tonkin March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Hello All, Just a quick heads up. The Board/GAC consultation will resume at 9am on Thursday. We will be listening to further GNSO constituency and public input tomorrow, before we finalise our positions. Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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FW: [council] GNSO Statement to the ICANN Board
by Glen de Saint Géry March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Dear All, Please note that the GNSO Council statement http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gnso-council-gac-scorecard-stateme… has been posted on page: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence Thank you. Kind regards, Glen -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:53 PM To: Peter Dengate Thrush; Secretary; Heather Dryden Cc: council(a)gnso.icann.org GNSO; Karen Lentz; Kurt Pritz Subject: [council] GNSO Statement to the ICANN Board Heather, Peter, On behalf of the GNSO Council, please find attached the comment I have just read out in the public session. Thanks, Stéphane

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