FYI Please join if you can. I shall be on a Eurostar train, and so will disappear for about 20 minutes during the journey. So, if any of you can make it (I know it's an early hour for our US colleagues), that would be great. Kind regards Emily ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org> Date: 16 January 2012 23:00 Subject: GNSO Council meeting - Whois RT update -Thursday 19 January at 11:00 UTC To: "emily@emilytaylor.eu" <emily@emilytaylor.eu> Cc: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org> Dear Emily,**** ** ** Following on from Stéphane van Gelder’s email, we would welcome you on the GNSO Council call on Thursday 19 January at 11:00 UTC.**** The update on the Whois review team that you will be providing has been placed third on the agenda so will probably be within the first 15 minutes of the call. However, if you would prefer it at another time, please let us know. The Council meeting usually lasts for two hours. The full agenda is added below as well as the relevant urls. **** The dial in numbers for the UK are:**** UNITED KINGDOM BIRMINGHAM: 44-121-210-9025 0808-238-6029 ** ** UNITED KINGDOM GLASGOW: 44-141-202-3225 0808-238-6029 ** ** UNITED KINGDOM LEEDS: 44-113-301-2125 0808-238-6029 ** ** UNITED KINGDOM LONDON: 44-20-7108-6370 0808-238-6029 ** ** UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER: 44-161-601-1425 0808-238-6029 ** ** Pass code: Council**** ** ** However if you would prefer the operator to call you just before your item comes up, please provide us with your telephone number.**** ** ** Thank you very much for your willingness to participate.**** We look forward to hearing you.**** Kind regards,**** ** ** Glen**** ** ** *Item 3: Update Whois Review Team (RT) (10 minutes) *Recent events like the recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) letter http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-crocker-03jan12-en.pdf show that Whois remains very much in the spotlight. It therefore appears useful for the Council to have an update from the Whois RT so that the Council has a clearer idea of what potential policy development it might be called to work on in the near future**** The Chair of the Whois RT has kindly agreed to participate in this meeting and provide an update.**** Update from Whois RT Chair (Emily Taylor)**** Discussion**** ** ** ** ** *Draft Agenda for GNSO Council Meeting – 19 January 2012***** http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-19jan12-en.htm**** *Wiki Agenda* https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Agenda+19+January+20... *GNSO Council motions* https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+January+2... **** This agenda was established according to the GNSO Council Operating Procedures approved 22 September 2011 for the GNSO Council and updated. http://gnso.icann.org/council/gnso-operating-procedures-16dec11-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.**** Meeting Time 11:00 UTC<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=GNSO+Council+Meetin...> **** Coordinated Universal Time: 11:00 UTC**** 03:00 Los Angeles; 06:00 Washington DC; 11:00 London; 12:00 Paris; 20:00 Tokyo;**** 20 January 2012 00:00 Wellington**** Dial-in numbers will be sent individually to Council members. Councilors should notify the GNSO Secretariat in advance if a dial out call is needed.* *** *GNSO Council meeting audiocast ***** *http://stream.icann.org:8000/gnso.m3u***** *Item 1: Administrative matters (10 minutes)***** **1.1 **Roll Call* * 1.2 Statement of interest updates 1.3 Review/amend agenda **** 1.4. Note the status of minutes for the previous Council meeting per the GNSO Operating Procedures:**** **· **15 December GNSO Council minutes –approved on 3 January 2012. http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-council-15dec11-en.htm**** . ** *Item 2: GNSO Pending Projects List (5 minutes)***** Standard agenda item looking at changes made to the GNSO's Pending Projects list since the previous meeting. Refer to Pending Projects list http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf**** 2.1 Changes to Pending Projects List since last Council meeting (Stéphane Van Gelder)**** • GNSO activities: 9 (9 - No change). • Other activities: 10 (10 – No Change) • Joint SO/AC WGs: 7 (7 - no change). • Outstanding recommendations: 2 (2 - no change).**** *Item 3: Update Whois Review Team (RT) (10 minutes)***** Recent events like the recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) letter http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-crocker-03jan12-en.pdf **** show that Whois remains very much in the spotlight. It therefore appears useful for the Council to have an update from the Whois RT so that the Council has a clearer idea of what potential policy development it might be called to work on in the near future.**** ** ** The Chair of the Whois RT has kindly agreed to participate in this meeting and provide an update.**** ** ** Update from Whois RT Chair (Emily Taylor)**** Discussion**** ** ** *Item 4: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B (IRTP B) Rec 9 part 2 (10 minutes)***** As adopted by the Council on 22 June 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201106-1 the Council requested Staff to provide a proposal for replacing denial reason #7 by adding a new provision in a different section of the IRTP on when and how domains may be locked or unlocked, taking into account the IRTP Part B WG deliberations in relation to this issue (see IRTP Part B Final Report - (Recommendation #9 - part 2).* *** Staff submitted its recommendation on January 3, 2012 http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12545.html ICANN Staff Proposal on IRTP Part B Recommendation #8<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/irtp-b-8-staff-proposal-22nov11-en.pdf> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/irtp-b-8-staff-proposal-22nov11-en.pdf ICANN Staff Proposal on IRTP Part B Recommendation #9 part 2<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/irtp-b-9-part-2-staff-proposal-22nov11-en.pdf>[ http://gnso.icann.org/issues/irtp-b-9-part-2-staff-proposal-22nov11-en.pdf** ** Council must now consider whether to approve it.**** Refer to motion :**** https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+January+2... **** ** ** 4.1 Reading of the motion (Mason Cole).**** 4.2 Discussion**** 4.3 Vote**** *Item 5: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B (IRTP B) Rec 8 (10 minutes)* **** As adopted by the Council on 22 June 2011 http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#201106-1 the Council requested Staff to provide a proposal designed to ensure a technically feasible approach can be developed to meet the following recommendation "prior to the consideration of approval of the recommendation regarding the standardizing and clarifying WHOIS status messages regarding Registrar Lock status".**** Staff submitted its recommendation on January 3, 2012 http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12545.html Council must now consider whether to approve it.**** Refer to motion https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+19+January+2... **** 5.1 Reading of the motion (Mason Cole).**** 5.2 Discussion**** 5.3 Vote**** *Item 6: Cross Community Working Group Drafting Team (CCWG DT) (10 minutes) ***** On January 4, 2012, the CCWG Drafting Team sent the Council Chair its final recommendations with regard to the GNSO's approach on Community Working Groups. Refer to: Draft Principles for Cross‐Community Working Groups (CWGs) http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-principles-for-cwgs-23dec11-en.pdf**** Council must now consider whether to approve these recommendations.**** Refer to motion http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12545.html**** 6.1 Reading of the motion (Jonathan Robinson).**** 6.2 Discussion**** 6.3 Vote *Item 7: Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B (IRTP B) Rec 7 (10 minutes)* **** A resolution was passed by the Council at its Dec 15, 2011 meeting to address recommendation 7 of the IRTP part B WG on the requirement to lock a domain subject to UDRP proceedings.**** Refer to Dec 15 resolution : http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201112**** The new GNSO PDP rules state that a group of volunteers should be convened to draft a WG charter, which should then be approved by the Council.**** This is an information item on the state of the DT.**** 7.1 Update by Staff (Marika Konings).**** 7.2 Discussion**** 7.3 Next steps**** *Item 8: Outreach Task Force Charter (20 minutes)***** As part of the GNSO improvements, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC)'s Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team worked on a set of recommendations on a global outreach program**** The Council has considered motions on this recently been no agreement has been found. As the original request came from the ICANN Board, the Council leadership feels an answer should be provided. That answer may be not to approve, to approve, or to determine that the Council as a body does not want to voice an opinion, although specific GNSO SGs and Cs are obviously still free to.**** The Council ledareship suggests that is that this topic be discussed at the GNSO week-end sessions in the forthcoming ICANN International Meeting in March 2012. To set the scene for these discussions, this agenda item is to provide some historical context into this topic.**** 8.1 Update and presentation from staff (Liz Gasster)**** 8.2 Discussion**** ** ** *Item 9: Whois Accessibility (20 minutes)* ** ** The GNSO Council resolved at its meeting on 6 October to request the Whois Survey Drafting Team to consider including the issue of WHOIS Access as recommended by the RAP WG as part of the survey it has been tasked to develop. The Whois Survey Drafting Team provided its response to the GNSO Council on 10 January (see http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg12559.html) noting that 'the WSWG determined inclusion of the RAPWG’s recommendation aligned more with policy and thus the WSWG considered it to be out of scope'. In addition, the WSWG provided the GNSO Council in its response with additional information 'so that it may make a better informed decision about the access recommendation'.**** **9.1 **Response of WGWS (Wendy Seltzer, Council Liaison to WSWG**** **9.2 ** Discussion**** 9.3 Next steps**** ** ** *Item 10: Any Other Business (5 minutes)* ** ** Glen de Saint Géry**** GNSO Secretariat**** gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org**** http://gnso.icann.org**** ** ** *De :* owner-gnso-chairs@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-chairs@icann.org] *De la part de* Stéphane Van Gelder *Envoyé :* lundi 16 janvier 2012 16:56 *À :* emily@emilytaylor.eu *Cc :* Gnso Chairs *Objet :* [gnso-chairs] Whois RT update**** ** ** Thanks Emily,**** ** ** That's great. We have set aside a slot for this in our agenda for the next Council meeting, this Thursday.**** ** ** Glen, the Council secretariat, will liaise with you to find the time which best suits you to do this.**** ** ** Thanks agains.**** ** ** Stéphane**** **** **** **** *From:* Emily Taylor [mailto:emily@emilytaylor.eu <emily@emilytaylor.eu>] *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2012 5:59 AM *To:* Stéphane Van Gelder *Cc:* Emily Taylor; Neuman, Jeff; Wolf Knoben *Subject:* Re: Whois RT update**** **** My goodness! What a coincidence. I was on the point of writing to you to suggest a briefing with Council. I would be very happy to join a call and perhaps if you let me know the timings I can throw the invitation open to other members of the Whois Review Team, in case they are also able to make the call. Kind regards and best wishes for the New Year Emily On Monday, 9 January 2012, Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> wrote:
Hi Emily,
I hope you are well and I wish you a very Happy New Year.
We have a GNSO Council meeting next week and in planning for that meeting, I was wondering in the light of the recent NTIA letter that the Whois is once again very firmly in the spotlight. Would it be useful to have an update from you or someone from the Whois RT so that the Council has a clearer idea of what potential policy development might be in the wings?
Thanks,
Stéphane
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