George: The co-chairs have developed a proposed path forward for WG consideration and feedback that includes a facilitated session. We are waiting on staff review to make sure that it is procedurally and logistically sound. Hopefully that will go out in the next 24 hours to all WG members. There's been some slight delay due to staff being engaged in internal ICANN meetings last week. Best, Philip Philip S. Corwin Policy Counsel VeriSign, Inc. 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 703-948-4648/Direct 571-342-7489/Cell "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey -----Original Message----- From: gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of George Kirikos Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 7:50 AM To: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [gnso-rpm-wg] Mediation 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/ _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg

I found the Nominet call incredibly informative and certainly worth the 46 minutes of your time to watch the AC chat link George provided for anyone interested in seeing how their dispute procedure works in practice. Out of 12 million domain names 1 or 2 cents on each domain name provides for the cost of the dispute procedure. In their system, out of 700 disputes ~225 were resolved at free private mediation ~250 went to determination 3 went to appeal (2 agreed and 1 disagreed) This means free private mediation is resolving is resolving over 30% of all disputes! This is an incredible statistic for resolving disputes. I and I believe several other WG members hope the co-chairs will permit time to discuss including mediation as a recommendation in the IGO/INGO CRP WG’s final report. Hopefully this working group will also be able to see the same benefits and then the benefits can be extended to all complaints not just those initiated by IGOs. w.r.t. to URS in particular the main concern with mediation was a 2 week delay in obviously bad domains being taken down which has to be balanced against >30% settlement rate. Best regards, Paul On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:49 PM, George Kirikos <icann@leap.com> wrote:

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+to+Curative+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+Working+Group

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/ _______________________________________________ gnso-rpm-wg mailing list gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg