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Register Now: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House – 1 March 2018 - ICANN
by Nathalie Peregrine Feb. 8, 2018

Feb. 8, 2018

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-02-08-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> Register Now: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House – 1 March 2018 The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Recordings of the sessions will be made available here[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. Please register via this form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_vZw8kM&d=DwMGaQ…> by 26 February 2018! In this interactive 60-minute open house, the focus will be an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_dVbmhQOT8…> or email them to policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN61, the "Pre-ICANN61 Policy Report" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN61 Edition" will be published by Monday, 26 February 2018. Please be sure to download and review these materials beforehand for helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as: * An overview of the cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN61: * General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): WHOIS Compliance Models * A Walk in the Shoes of a New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Operator * Name Collisions * Open Data at ICANN * Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): * Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) * Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs * Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS * International Governmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution Mechanisms * Protections for Red Cross National Society Names in the Domain Name System * New gTLD Subsequent Procedures * Regional Internet Registry policy development activities * Advisory Committee activities within the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and Security & Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC): * Organizational Review of the At-Large community * At-Large Summit (ATLAS) III * GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process * GAC discussion on evolving relationships with ICANN Board and ICANN Org * RSSAC statement on entries in DNS Root Sources * RSSAC & SSAC Response to the GNSO's New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group on Root Scaling * SSAC Response to the ICANN Internationalized Domain Name Guidelines Working Group * SSAC work concerning the use of emoji in domain names * Other topics of note: * Organizational Review of the ASO * ccNSO Rejection Action Procedure as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community * Impact of ICANN's Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on ccTLDs The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN61! Please register via this form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_vZw8kM&d=DwMGaQ…> by 26 February 2018! About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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Action Items from 07 February Working Group Call
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 8, 2018

Feb. 8, 2018

Dear All, The action items noted by staff from the Working Group call held on 07 February 2018 (1800 UTC) are as follows. Staff to recirculate the latest version of the Compilation of Current URS Discussion Documents (see attached the latest version which was updated from the meeting on 01 February); NEXT 48 HOURS: Staff seeks direction from the Working Group on whether they should proceed with data extraction for all URS cases, some URS cases, or no URS cases. If some URS cases, then staff can extract data based on specific data elements to be agreed by the Working Group (e.g. types of cases for which such data extraction is deemed needed). Staff have posted to the wiki space the action items and notes. Please note that these will be high-level notes and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript or recording. The recording, transcript, Adobe Connect chat, and attendance records are posted on the wiki. Best Regards, Julie Julie Hedlund, Policy Director

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Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 February 2018
by Julie Bisland Feb. 8, 2018

Feb. 8, 2018

Dear all, Please find the attendance and AC Chat transcript of the call attached to this email. The MP3 and Adobe Connect recording are below for the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call held Thursday, 01 February 2018 at 04:00 UTC. Attendance and recordings of the call is posted on agenda wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/uAxyB MP3: https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-rpm-review-01feb18-en.mp3 Adobe Connect recording: https://participate.icann.org/p6mww2tis6b/ The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master Calendar page: https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** Mailing list archives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/ Main wiki page for the working group: https://community.icann.org/x/wCWAAw Thank you. Kind regards, Terri

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Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Wednesday, 7 February 2018
by Julie Bisland Feb. 7, 2018

Feb. 7, 2018

Dear all, Please find the attendance and AC Chat transcript attached to this email, and the MP3 and Adobe Connect recording below for the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call held Wednesday, 7 February 2018 at 18:00 UTC. Attendance and recordings of the call is posted on agenda wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/ugxyB MP3: https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-rpm-review-07feb18-en.mp3 Adobe Connect recording: https://participate.icann.org/p3bggfgq73k/<https://participate.icann.org/p3bggfgq73k/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=965d4db171c7a81f…> The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master Calendar page: https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** Mailing list archives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/ Main wiki page for the working group: https://community.icann.org/x/wCWAAw Thank you. Kind regards, Julie

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Agenda for 07 February Working Group Call
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 6, 2018

Feb. 6, 2018

Dear All, Per the Working Group Co-Chairs, please see the following draft agenda for tomorrow’s call at 1800 UTC (07 February): Draft Agenda: 1. Summary of actions and notes from the 01 February meeting re: Part 3 of the Compilation of Current URS Discussion Documents – The Co-Chairs’ Statement on URS Review 2. Staff presentation of possible URS case review framework Please also see the attached document for reference for item 1 on the agenda, which summarizes the discussion with respect to the action items captured from the call (per the message below) and reflected in the revised Compilation of Current URS Discussion Documents that was sent last week following the call (attached again for reference). Kind regards, Julie, Mary, Ariel, and Berry From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 5:00 PM To: "gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items from 01 February Working Group Call Dear All, Per the action items below, please see the attached revised Compilation of Current URS Discussion Documents based on the discussion on today’s Working Group call. Best regards, Julie From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Ariel Liang <ariel.liang(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 12:09 PM To: "gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org> Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items from 01 February Working Group Call Dear All, The action items noted by staff from the Working Group call held on 01 February 2018 (04:00-05:30 UTC) are as follows: Staff to move the 4 bullet points/questions suggested by the Co-Chairs (page 10, including comments noted on the page) to Column 3 of Section M in Part 2 of the consolidated document; WG members to consider if additional edits to the Co-Chairs suggested 4 bullet points/questions are needed in view of discussion on the call of 1 Feb (see notes, 'alternative questions'). Staff have post to the wiki space the action items and notes. Please note that these will be high-level notes and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript or recording. The recording, transcript, Adobe Connect chat, and attendance records are posted on the wiki. Best Regards, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Analyst | Washington, DC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 February 2018
by Paul Keating Feb. 6, 2018

Feb. 6, 2018

While I also have some concerns about the ³re-litigating² issue, there is no need to do so. We are only trying to determine at a relatively high level if the correct standard appears to be applied consistently. I feel a review is appropriate. However any review must be of a statistical meaningful sample. I don¹t believe that focussing only on appeals is an appropriate sample from which to make determinations regarding the entire pool of URS cases. Appeals happen because of many things which may or may not be related to the standard having been correctly applied (e.g. Domain value, low cost of appeal, personal vendettas, etc). And, I believe that the review should be undertaken with a request for the underlying complaint and response (if any). These documents are needed so as to ensure that the orders do in fact correctly apply the standard to the actual evidence submitted. Obviously we need to provide appropriate protection for the documents at issue with gated access to a limited group who will retain the documents in confidence. Paul From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of "BECKHAM, Brian" <brian.beckham(a)wipo.int> Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 3:18 PM To: "Tushnet, Rebecca" <rtushnet(a)law.harvard.edu>, Julie Bisland <julie.bisland(a)icann.org>, "gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org> Cc: "gnso-secs(a)icann.org" <gnso-secs(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 February 2018 > Thanks Rebecca, > > On this perhaps somewhat semantic point, I tend to agree, and I could be wrong > but I think what is actually meant is a ³substantive² review (which as was > noted by several people on the call, risks re-litigating cases without the > benefit of the pleadings and drawing policy implications therefrom). Below > I was merely quoting from the transcript. > > In terms of the appeals/lack thereof, with respect, I think it is pretty well > articulated below (³to see if registrants themselves believe the standard is > being misapplied²). > > Another perhaps more colloquial way of putting it would be to say, if there > are misgivings about the standard being applied in the URS and to your point > about drawing policy inferences form the rate of default, and especially when > it literally costs nothing* to respond are people putting their money where > their mouth is, so to speak? > > * Except in consolidated cases against 15 or more domain names, which I think > may not yet have even occurred. > > The point was that we are in somewhat of a chicken-and-egg scenario, so my > suggestion was merely intended to propose a more rational and focused first > pass to review select cases, if indeed it is even the collective consensus of > the WG to do so (which so far seems far from clear). > > If a first pass at such a narrower dataset reveals it would be beneficial to > expand the effort, the WG could take it from there. > > Best regards, > > Brian > > > From: Tushnet, Rebecca [mailto:rtushnet@law.harvard.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 2:26 PM > To: BECKHAM, Brian; Julie Bisland; gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org > Cc: gnso-secs(a)icann.org > Subject: Re: Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all Rights > Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 February > 2018 > > > I'd like to reiterate to the mailing list that "subjective" is often being > used in an undefined and I think unjustified way. As was pointed out on the > call, there are plenty of qualitative inquiries on which we can expect > agreement and which shouldn't be deemed "subjective" by any standard: did the > panelist identify the domain name at issue? Did the panelist identify the > abusive use? Aggregated, these individual observations provide valuable > information about the transparency and functioning of the process as a whole. > > > > In general, many in this group don't trust the average registrant involved in > a dispute, so it's not clear to me why their appeals, or lack thereof, would > guide whether we think the process is working. Especially when there are a > lot of defaults, the appeal rate doesn't indicate much--similar to debt > collection against poor people in the US, where there are lots of defaults but > when individual claims are examined they often don't hold up. I expect that > the rate of valid claims in the URS is much higher than the rate of valid > claims in US debt collection cases, but that's just an expectation in advance > of a lot of data. Relatedly, the appealed cases are ones where the process is > most likely to work as intended, because the parties join the issues. But > again, that's an expectation, and should be examined. > > > > > Rebecca Tushnet > > Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law, Harvard Law School > 703 593 6759 > > > From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of BECKHAM, Brian > <brian.beckham(a)wipo.int> > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 6:04:27 AM > To: Julie Bisland; gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org > Cc: gnso-secs(a)icann.org > Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all > Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 > February 2018 > > > > Thanks Terri, Julie, > > > > Having listened to the call recording, it is plain to see there is strong (and > well-reasoned) disagreement on whether to proceed with a ³subjective and > qualitative review² of URS decisions with respect to the standard of evidence. > > > > Given this, and perhaps as a start, we can look to see the number of cases > which have been appealed -- whether on the merits or following a default -- to > see if registrants themselves believe the standard is being misapplied. A > statistically low number of appeals would suggest the answer may be ³no². > > > > If on the other hand, there is a significant instance of appeals, that may > merit the type of ³review² proposed by some WG members. For that event, > perhaps the WG should already agree to avoid an approach that would risk > re-litigating the decisions themselves; instead, the WG could agree to only > review select URS decisions with a view to possible ³improvements² going > forward (e.g., as I believe Jeff Neuman proposed, suggesting that decisions > should contain some minimal reasoning/elements). > > > > Brian > > > > From: gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Julie > Bisland > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 2:24 PM > To: gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org > Cc: gnso-secs(a)icann.org > Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Recordings, Attendance, & AC Chat for Review of all > Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call on Thursday, 01 > February 2018 > > > > Dear all, > > > > Please find the attendance and AC Chat transcript of the call attached to this > email. The MP3 and Adobe Connect recording are below for the Review of all > Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group call held Thursday, 01 > February 2018 at 04:00 UTC. Attendance and recordings of the call is posted on > agenda wiki page: https://community.icann.org/x/uAxyB > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_… > xyB&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQvQBo8UWqE1LwEiDR3PcWlfM0I-0jiI1c > 4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQCCLKIA&s=B6_xLKTzbSMugFS24znCh5-A > OPHfaylATml5PH6QU2Q&e=> > > MP3: https://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-rpm-review-01feb18-en.mp3 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__audio.icann.org_gnso_g… > o-2Drpm-2Dreview-2D01feb18-2Den.mp3&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQ > vQBo8UWqE1LwEiDR3PcWlfM0I-0jiI1c4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQC > CLKIA&s=a5MR5HKPZXxEzSYhPVLgBP-z5u9CfwX-FYF4NAYkUmE&e=> > Adobe Connect recording: https://participate.icann.org/p6mww2tis6b/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__participate.icann.org_… > mww2tis6b_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQvQBo8UWqE1LwEiDR3PcWlfM0I > -0jiI1c4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQCCLKIA&s=RJs2bS_ca1WJo0SpJ > IVmki2x7PKi3Vys_oqa-pAwDgA&e=> > > > > The recordings and transcriptions of the calls are posted on the GNSO Master > Calendar page: https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_grou… > 2Dactivities_calendar&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQvQBo8UWqE1LwEi > DR3PcWlfM0I-0jiI1c4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQCCLKIA&s=ur-xpg > tinOuwMSg8wnX6YTUr9mQF4tVqWR5Uu867J80&e=> > > > > ** Please let me know if your name has been left off the list ** > > > > Mailing list archives: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-rpm-wg/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mm.icann.org_pipermail_… > so-2Drpm-2Dwg_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQvQBo8UWqE1LwEiDR3PcWl > fM0I-0jiI1c4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQCCLKIA&s=d08WTVPvoIs8p > baizleMN-TkGoViJWukVFjCsoQa_as&e=> > > > > Main wiki page for the working group: https://community.icann.org/x/wCWAAw > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_… > WAAw&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=E-M4OQvQBo8UWqE1LwEiDR3PcWlfM0I-0jiI1 > c4ous0&m=2682DBiTWiUf_zL-BdajRcoU9eSWQS053WkHQCCLKIA&s=WDlCIXZEF11cuAabLb8GpAm > IJEA5R1y6gEpqKCi5D1A&e=> > > > > Thank you. > > Kind regards, > > Terri > > > _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list > gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg

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Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items from 01 February Working Group Call
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 1, 2018

Feb. 1, 2018

Dear All, Per the action items below, please see the attached revised Compilation of Current URS Discussion Documents based on the discussion on today’s Working Group call. Best regards, Julie From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Ariel Liang <ariel.liang(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 12:09 PM To: "gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg(a)icann.org> Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Action Items from 01 February Working Group Call Dear All, The action items noted by staff from the Working Group call held on 01 February 2018 (04:00-05:30 UTC) are as follows: Staff to move the 4 bullet points/questions suggested by the Co-Chairs (page 10, including comments noted on the page) to Column 3 of Section M in Part 2 of the consolidated document; WG members to consider if additional edits to the Co-Chairs suggested 4 bullet points/questions are needed in view of discussion on the call of 1 Feb (see notes, 'alternative questions'). Staff have post to the wiki space the action items and notes. Please note that these will be high-level notes and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript or recording. The recording, transcript, Adobe Connect chat, and attendance records are posted on the wiki. Best Regards, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Analyst | Washington, DC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Action Items from 01 February Working Group Call
by Ariel Liang Feb. 1, 2018

Feb. 1, 2018

Dear All, The action items noted by staff from the Working Group call held on 01 February 2018 (04:00-05:30 UTC) are as follows: 1. Staff to move the 4 bullet points/questions suggested by the Co-Chairs (page 10, including comments noted on the page) to Column 3 of Section M in Part 2 of the consolidated document; 2. WG members to consider if additional edits to the Co-Chairs suggested 4 bullet points/questions are needed in view of discussion on the call of 1 Feb (see notes, 'alternative questions'). Staff have post to the wiki space the action items and notes. Please note that these will be high-level notes and are not meant as a substitute for the transcript or recording. The recording, transcript, Adobe Connect chat, and attendance records are posted on the wiki. Best Regards, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Analyst | Washington, DC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Agenda and Materials for 01 February 2018 Meeting
by Julie Hedlund Jan. 31, 2018

Jan. 31, 2018

Hello everyone, The next Working Group meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 01 February at 0400 UTC (31 January for some locations). On the agenda is Part Three: Co-Chairs’ Statement on URS Review, pages 9-10 of the attached document. In addition, the Co-Chairs will preview the agenda for the 07 February meeting on the URS Case Review template. Note: Working Group members are encouraged to send any comments on the Co-Chairs’ Statement to this list. If the comments can be addressed on the list the Thursday meeting may be canceled. For reference, the notes from the previous discussion on the Co-Chair’s Statement may be found on the wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/RARPMRIAGPWG/2018-01-10+Review+of+all+R…. Thanks and cheers Mary, Julie, Ariel and Berry

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Mediation
by George Kirikos Jan. 30, 2018

Jan. 30, 2018

Hi folks, A mediation step within the URS (and also perhaps the UDRP) was discussed on one of our recent calls. I referenced a Nominet presentation made to the IGO PDP that documented the success of their mediation step. An archive of that presentation is at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoicrpmpdp/2017-12-12+IGO-INGO+Access… Today there was an interesting blog post on the IPKat blog regarding mandatory mediation for IP disputes being introduced in Greece: http://ipkitten.blogspot.ca/2018/01/a-legislative-initative-that-merits.html Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/

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