July 2015 - council - lists.icann.org

Please participate - GNSO Meeting Survey
by Marika Konings Oct. 22, 2015

Oct. 22, 2015

Dear All, In order to provide your feedback on the GNSO meetings in Buenos Aires and assist with the preparations for the ICANN meeting in Dublin, please complete the following survey and share the link with your respective communities: https://s.zoomerang.com/s/PR55KC2. Thanks, Marika

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FW: Correspondence from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

All, Please see attached. Jonathan From: Glen de Saint Géry [mailto:Glen@icann.org] Sent: 28 July 2015 06:57 To: jrobinson(a)afilias.info Cc: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org>; Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> Subject: FW: Correspondence from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Dear Jonathan, Attached please find the correspondence from Steve Crocker. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org/> http://gnso.icann.org From: Wendy Profit [mailto:wendy.profit@icann.org] Sent: mardi 28 juillet 2015 02:28 To: Glen de Saint Géry <gnso-secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso-secretariat@gnso.icann.org> > Cc: Marika Konings <marika.konings(a)icann.org <mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> >; Erika Randall <erika.randall(a)icann.org <mailto:erika.randall@icann.org> >; Jamie Hedlund <jamie.hedlund(a)icann.org <mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org> >; Steve Chan <steve.chan(a)icann.org <mailto:steve.chan@icann.org> > Subject: Correspondence from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson Dear Glen, Please forward the attached correspondence from Steve Crocker to Jonathan Robinson, GNSO Council Chairman regarding the ICANN New gTLD Program Committee Resolutions concerning exclusive registry access for gTLD strings representing generic terms. I will ensure the letter is posted on both the ICANN Correspondence and New gTLD Correspondence pages. With kind regards, Wendy Profit ICANN Board Support Specialist 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Mobile: 1-310-773-6811 Office: 1-310-578-8695

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Public comments on GNSO Review - extended period
by Mary Wong July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015

Dear Councilors, We would be grateful if, for those GNSO SG/Cs and any other interested SO/AC that have yet to but wish to submit a public comment, you are able to draw their attention to the fact that the public comment forum for Westlake¹s initial report on the GNSO Review has been extended through this Friday 31 July: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-24-en Comments can be submitted through the link found on this page, on which you can also see the comments that have already been submitted, including by some SG/Cs: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en. Thank you! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4889 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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GNSO Council chair election: proposed procedure & timetable
by Glen de Saint Géry July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015

Dear Councillors, As discussed at the Council meeting on Thursday, 23 July 2015, please find the draft GNSO Chair election timetable and procedure that is published at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-council-chair-election-24jul15-en.pdf This will be an agenda item for formal consideration and approval at the next Council meeting on Thursday, 3 September 2015, so you are encouraged to share any comments you may have on the dates and the procedure on the Council mailing list. As a reminder, 'each house will be allowed to nominate one candidate for GNSO Council Chair. Each house is responsible for determining how to nominate its candidate. A candidate for GNSO Council Chair does not need to be a member of a house, but must be a member of the GNSO Council'. For further information, please see section 2.2 of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GNSO Operating Procedures v3. 24 June 2015 <http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf>) Proposed procedure in Dublin -October 2015 Each candidate will have the opportunity of meeting with Council Members during the GNSO working sessions in Dublin on the weekend of 17/18 October 2015 (remote participation possible). Election of the chair by voting of the Council will take place during the Council meeting in Dublin on Wednesday, 21 October 2015. In order for the vote to take place, the Council meeting will be split in two parts: · Standard, open and public Council meeting with the current Council. · Adjourn the meeting · Re-seat the Council with the new Councilors. · Re-start new meeting, with one specific agenda item: Election of the Chair In summary, the timeline is as follows: * 25 September - deadline for nominations * 2 October - candidate statements * 17/18 October - Q & A with candidates * 21 October - GNSO Chair Election Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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GNSO Council - Development & Induction Session - Friday 23 October 2015
by Glen de Saint Géry July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

FYI GNSO SG & Constituency Chairs Dear GNSO Colleagues, Following on from the successful sessions that we have held after the past two ICANN Annual General meetings the GNSO Council will again hold an induction and development session after the Dublin meeting on Friday, 23 October 2015. The primary purpose is to induct and introduce "new" councillors who are joining the Council for the first time following the annual meeting and to introduce the entire council to working together through some evaluation and planning work. In taking this initiative, we aim to avoid the situation where councillors joining the Council are not adequately inducted and also to ensure that the Council functions as effectively as possible from the outset. A key component of the induction and ongoing development of the Council is to ensure that the Council is also properly oriented within the GNSO. In the past this has been effectively handled by ensuring that Councillors are aware of the role and remit of the Council and moreover, by inviting GNSO Stakeholder Group & Constituency leadership representatives to participate in the first session of the Development and Induction day. Accordingly, you (or an appropriate alternate) are invited, together with the two ICANN GNSO selected board members, to participate on the morning of Friday 23rd October 2015. The initial session in which you are invited to participate is expected to run from approximately 10 to 11h30 and we will be very pleased if you could factor this into your planning for ICANN 54 in Dublin. We sincerely hope that you (or an appropriate alternate from your SG or Constituency) will be able to attend this important session and, in any event, look forward to meeting with you in October. Confirmation of receipt of this email and ideally acceptance to attend the session will be much appreciated. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan Robinson Chair ICANN GNSO Council

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GNSO Council action items
by Glen de Saint Géry July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

Dear All, Please find the action items arising from the GNSO Council meeting on 23 July 2015. The meeting transcript is posted at: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-council-23jul15-en.pdf Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects & Action List GNSO Council Development Session Action Items: • Arrange for a facilitator for the Council Development and Induction session in Dublin on Friday 23 October 2015. • Formally communicate to parting councilors that they are welcome to attend the Council Development and Induction. Item 4: Motion to Approve GNSO Review of GAC Communiqué from Buenos Aires Action Items: • GNSO Council Chair to communicate the GNSO Review of Buenos Aires GAC Communiqué to the ICANN Board • GNSO Council Chair to inform the GAC Chair as well as the GAC-GNSO Consultation Group of the communication between the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board. Item 5: Purpose of New gTLD Registration Data Policy Development Process (PDP) Action Item: Encourage GNSO SG & C’s to provide input to the public comment forum. Item 6: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability – CCWG Accountability Action Items: • Encourage GNSO SG and C’s to review the notes<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53778863> from the Paris meeting. • Encourage GNSO SG and C’s to provide input to the public comment forum. Item 7: Proposed Cross Community Working Group On New gTLD Auction Proceeds Action Item: Encourage GNSO SG and C’s provide input to the public comment forum. Item 8: COUNCIL ACTION – GNSO Chair Election Timetable Action Item: Publish the proposed GNSO Chair Election Timetable. Place on agenda for formal consideration and approval at September Council meeting. Item 9: Any Other Business 9.1 - Staff request for time extension in preparing the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Preliminary Issue Report. Action Item • Accept request for time extension in preparing the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Preliminary Issue Report • Note Council discussion – some councilors expressed concern about the delay • Council to further discuss and resolve the length of the public comment period 9.2 – Discuss appointment of three experts from the GNSO to join new Working Group to review IDN Guidelines: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en (due 3 August 2015) Action Item GNSO Council Chair to follow up in writing with Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies. Councilors to work with Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies seeking suggested names of experts. 9.3 – Selection of a PDP Working Group for facilitated face-to-face meeting at ICANN54. Part of the continued GNSO Council Pilot Project to improve PDP effectiveness. Action Item GNSO Council Chair to communicate to the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP working group that, based on the analysis by staff, the working group would benefit from a face to face meeting in Dublin and ask for confirmation that the working group would like to take up the offer. 9.4 – Discuss possible Council action regarding IETF proposed standard for .onion as a Special Use Domain Name: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-onion-tld/ (due 11 August 2015) Action Item Council needs to consider whether there is scope for future co-operation between the GNSO Council and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 9.5 – Planning for ICANN54 Action Item GNSO Council Vice Chair (Volker Greimann) to assist Chair and staff in Dublin meeting preparations 9.6 – Other topics Phillip Corwin, co-chair of the GNSO working group on Curative Rights Protection for IGOs and INGO brought to the Council’s attention the letter<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/gurria-to-chehade-20ju…> sent by the OECD Secretary-General to ICANN’s CEO Fadi Chehade Action Item WG chair’s concern on the process and substance of the letter is noted by the Council. Phillip Corwin to report back to the Council at or before the next Council meeting Please let me know if you have any questions or if anything has not been captured. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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For your action: GNSO appointees to the new IDN Guidelines Working Group
by Mary Wong July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015

Hello everyone, Following from the discussion with Sarmad Hussein at the Buenos Aires meeting, please be informed that the IDN project team has now issued a Call for Experts to join the new Working Group to review the IDN Guidelines: see https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-20-en. They are asking for three GNSO members to the WG, which must be endorsed by their respective SO/ACs and ideally applications should be sent in by 3 August. I¹d be happy to bring this up during AOB on the Council call this week, but in the meantime it would be good if you and your respective SG/Cs could think about who the GNSO could appoint. As I explained in Buenos Aires, this WG was supposed to build on a list of issues identified by the GNSO and the ccNSO; unfortunately, although a small group of community volunteers was formed in February, there has been no discussion or input provided by that group (which has been dormant). Nevertheless, one possibility is of course to endorse those volunteers from that small group should they indicate interest. Given the importance of this issue, we hope that the Council will give the matter due and timely consideration. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4889 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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MP3 recording & Adobe chat transcript GNSO Council teleconference, Thursday, 23 July 2015
by Glen de Saint Géry July 23, 2015

July 23, 2015

[To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] Please find the MP3 recording of the GNSO Council teleconference, held on Thursday, 23 July 2015 on page: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar#jul<http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=KTB340yHI8DoUtMP4BGJnoKlj-2By-2BWIh…> http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-council-23jul15-en.mp3<http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=NrFWbrBstcrPWP369qgbqlXiSKeL20xnUXz…> and the Adobe chat transcript can be viewed here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-chat-council-23jul15-en.pdf Happy listening and reading! Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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Letter on IGO protections
by Mary Wong July 22, 2015

July 22, 2015

Dear Councilors, In respect of the ongoing discussions between the Board¹s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) and the GAC on protection for IGO names and acronyms, please see the following letter, just sent by the Secretary-General of the OECD to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/gurria-to-chehade-20jul 15-en.pdf. Note that the letter refers to positive developments in this process that are expected to result in the delivery to the GNSO of an updated proposal. Given the GAC¹s recent Buenos Aires Communique calling for this to occur by the Dublin meeting, the Council may wish to note this as a possibility. You will recall that from the GNSO perspective there are two aspects to the topic of IGO protections. First, there are the remaining inconsistencies between GAC advice and the GNSO¹s policy recommendations (adopted by the GNSO Council in November 2013) regarding so-called ³preventative² (i.e. pre-registration) protections for IGO acronyms; and secondly, on so-called ³curative² rights (i.e. post-registration dispute resolution procedures), there is an ongoing PDP with a Working Group co-chaired by Council member Phil Corwin and former Council member Petter Rindforth. On the ³preventative² issue, you may recall further that in June 2014 the NGPC had requested the GNSO Council to consider the possibility of amending those of its previously adopted recommendations on IGO acronyms that are inconsistent with GAC advice received on the topic. Those recommendations, developed by a PDP Working Group chaired by Council member Thomas Rickert, had been adopted by the Council in November 2013 but have not to date been adopted by the ICANN Board. Following discussions with NGPC member Chris Disspain in September 2014, the Council had sent a clarifying letter to the NGPC, the upshot of which was that the Council would not act on any possible amendment until further confirmation could be provided by the NGPC as to the status of its ongoing discussions with the GAC. On the ³curative rights² issue, the Council has been receiving regular updates from Phil and Petter as to the progress of the WG that they co-chair, highlighting the need for close engagement with the GAC on this issue. This has also been referenced in recent GAC Communiques, and the WG has been in periodic correspondence with the GAC and the IGOs. There was also an informal meeting between the WG co-chairs, the GAC Chair and two Vice-Chairs, and Mason Cole (GNSO-GAC liaison) in Buenos Aires. We therefore draw this letter to your attention in light of the ongoing work within the GNSO on curative rights and the outstanding matter of preventative protection for IGO acronyms. Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4889 Email: mary.wong(a)icann.org

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Updated Project List
by Glen de Saint Géry July 22, 2015

July 22, 2015

Dear Councillors, Attached please find the updated GNSO Project list. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>

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