All

 

A quick update on planning for Helsinki. A Planning Committee has been established to primarily develop the schedule for the meeting in Helsinki 27-30 June 2016. Attached is the current draft schedule including for the GNSO. Given Meeting B is intended to be an opportunity to progress policy development efforts, most of the GNSO schedule has been carved out for four policy efforts, namely:

·       Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service (4 hours);

·       New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures (3.25 hours);

·       Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms in New gTLDs (2 hours); and

·       IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms (2 hours).

 

You’ll also see that time has been allocated for a Council Meeting, a Council Prep Session, Council Bilateral Meeting Requests, and a Council Wrap Up session. There is also time set aside for the discussion of other topics on Monday—once the full agenda is locked down we can review to understand what topics will require attention. It may also be possible/necessary to schedule some of these topics in parallel; however, they would not conflict with PDP or Council sessions. The topics are consistent with those previously identified by the Council.

 

The Planning Committee is in the process of trying to decide what topics should be Cross-Community Discussions, and I provided input on behalf of the GNSO Council on a number of topics that Councilors had identified. There were 12 topics identified in total and it is not clear at this time what topics will be selected. It is hoped that some of the PDP efforts will become topics identified for Cross Community Discussion and in that event the GNSO Schedule will be adjusted accordingly.

 

This is a work in progress with still a ways to go.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks

 

Donna

 

Donna Austin: Neustar, Inc.
Policy and Industry Affairs Manager

Cell: +1.310.890.9655 Email: donna.austin@neustar.biz

 

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