GNSO Working Session San Jose 2012-03-10
09:00 - 10:00 Standing Committee on Improvement Implementation (SCI) (face to face meeting)SCI members and interested participants
What is it about: The SCI is responsible for reviewing and assessing the effective functioning of recommendations resulted from the GNSO improvements process.
Agenda:
- Roll call
- Statements of Interest
- GNSO council “consent agenda”
- Items for future discussion:
- Bi-cameral House + SG/constituency structure
- Periodic reviews / reviews on request
- Outreach (SCI)
- AOB
Session Leaders: Wolf-Ulrich Knoben
Roll Call and brief introduction of participants
10:00 - 10:30 - Ongoing and Pending Projects: Staff update and Council priorities
What is it about: Review and prioritize the existing projects to assist the GNSO in making decisions as to what extent potential new work could efficiently be covered (e.g. Policy Development process (PDPs), drafting teams, community working groups (WGs), etc.)
Background information: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf
Presenters: Liz Gasster & Stéphane van Gelder
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
10:30 - 11:30 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Red Cross (RC) names: status, GAC issues and council positions
What is it about: Develop policy advice (in cooperation with the GAC) re the protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level
Background information: As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):
“incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public interest” (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm)
A GNSO Working Team is preparing related recommendations.
Presenter: Jeff Neuman
Session Leader: Jeff Neumann
10:30 - 11:00 - BREAK
11:30 - 12:30 - Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA): status, GAC issues and council positions
What is it about: Develop RAA amendments including law enforcement e.a.
Background information: Following GAC requests and an ICANN Board resolution passed in Dakar (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7)
- the negotiations should include law enforcement and GNSO working group recommendations as well as other topics that would advance the twin goals of registrant protection and DNS stability
- an Issues Report should be created to undertake a GNSO policy development process (PDP) as quickly as possible to address remaining items suited for a PDP
Presenter: Mason Cole
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
12:30 - 13:30 - Working Lunch preparation for GNSO meeting with Board and GAC
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13.30 – 14.30 - GNSO Outreach: further development and next steps
What is it about: The Council has considered motions on this recently; no agreement has been found. As the original request to work on a set of recommendations on a global GNSO outreach program came from the ICANN Board, the Council leadership feels an answer should be provided.
*Background information:*As part of the GNSO improvements, the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) sent to Council recommendations for a Global Outreach Program and Outreach Task Force (OTF). The OTF Drafting Team presented a draft charter to the GNSO council for approval. This motion as well as an alternative one have been defeated.
This debate touches the question whether the responsibility of setting guidelines for outreach lies in the scope of the GNSO council rather than it should be in scope of the Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies.
Presenter: Wolf Ulrich Knoben
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
14:30 - 15:00 - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C (IRTPC) Update
What is it about: The Co-Chairs of the IRTP Part C Policy Development Process Working Group will provide the GNSO Council with a status update with regard to the activities of the WG in addressing the following charter questions:
a) "Change of Control" function, including an investigation of how this function is currently achieved, if there are any applicable models in the country-code name space that can be used as a best practice for the gTLD space, and any associated security concerns
b) Whether provisions on time-limiting Form Of Authorization (FOA)s should be implemented to avoid fraudulent transfers out.
c) Whether the process could be streamlined by a requirement that registries use IANA IDs for registrars rather than proprietary IDs.
In addition, the Co-Chairs would welcome any input or feedback the GNSO Council might have for the WG in relation to the charter questions and its proposed approach for tackling these.
Background information: The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) is a consensus policy adopted in 2004 to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name holders to transfer domain names between registrars. An overall review of this policy identified areas that require clarification or improvement. Because the initial review identified a wide range of issues related to transferring domain names, the issues have been categorized into subsets. At its meeting of 22 September 2011, the GNSO Council passed a resolution chartering a Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG) to address the topic of Inter-Registrar Transfer Policies (IRTP) Part C. This Working Group tackles the issues referred to as “Part C”.
Presenter: Avri Doria, James Bladell (Co-Chairs, IRTP Part C PDP Working Group)
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
15:00 - 15:30 - Status of implementation of IRTP Part B & PEDNR recommendations
What is it about: The GNSO Council’s recommendations on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery were adopted by the ICANN Board at the ICANN meeting in Dakar (see http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#1.5). The GNSO Council’s recommendations on IRTP Part B were adopted by the ICANN Board in August 2011 (see http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-25aug11-en.htm#1.2). ICANN Staff will provide an update on the status of implementation with regards to both sets of recommendations.
The GNSO Council’s Policy Recommendations on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) aim in part to create predictability and reduce registrant confusion about renewal and redemption of domain names.
Background information: In October 2011 the ICANN Board of Directors adopted the GNSO Council’s Policy Recommendations on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR). The PEDNR recommendations aim in part to create predictability and reduce registrant confusion about renewal and redemption of domain names. The adopted IRTP Part B recommendations provide, amongst others, for registrars to provide a Transfer Emergency Contact (TEAC) to address certain situations where an urgent response is necessary; to modify the current policy to require the registrar of record to notify the registered name holder of a transfer out, and; a modification of one of the reasons for denying a transfer under the IRTP.
Presenter: Brian Peck (IRTP Part B)/Mike Zupke (PEDNR)
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
15:30 - 16:00 - BREAK
16:00 - 16:30 - Cross Community Working Group: status and next steps
What is it about: As ICANN policy work is increasing where close co-operation between different SOs/ACs is apparently needed a working model for such “Cross Community Working Groups” is to be established.
Background information: In the past several “Cross Community Working Groups” have already been established - e.g. JIG (Joint ccNSO/GNSO Internationalized Domain Working Group), JAS (Joint Applicant Support), VI (Vertical Integration). Chartering of such Working Groups as well as evaluating of their results is critical. On Oct 6, 2011, a motion to create a GNSO Drafting Team on Cross Community Working Groups (CCWG) was adopted. This team is responsible for developing a proposed framework under which working groups jointly chartered by other ICANN Supporting Organizations (SO) and Advisory Committees (AC) along with the GNSO can effectively function and produce meaningful and timely reports and recommendations on topics that are of interest of such SO/ACs.
Presenter: Jonathan Robinson
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
16:30 - 17:00 - Uniformity of Contracts Preliminary Issue Report
What is it about: Staff summary of the Issue Report. Opportunity for GNSO dialogue and discussion of potential comments on WG recommendations.
Background information: In addressing thr remaining Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) Working Group Recommendations the GNSO on Oct 6, 2011, requested an Issue Report to evaluate whether a minimum baseline of registration abuse provisions should be created for all in scope ICANN agreements, and if created, how such language would be structured to address the most common forms of registration abuse.
Presenter: Rob Hoggarth
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
17:00 - 17:30 - Geographic Regions Review WG Final Report
What is it about: Staff summary of Working Group status and review of current recommendations. Final Report may be close to completion by this time. Opportunity for GNSO dialogue and discussion of potential comments on WG recommendations.
Background information: Over time, community members have developed concerns about the implementation of the ICANN Geographic Regions and related representational issues. The ccNSO Council approved a resolution in 2007 recommending that the ICANN Board appoint a community-wide working group to further study and review the issues related to the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, to consult with all stakeholders and submit proposals to the Board to resolve the issues relating to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions. The rest of the community supported the concept of the working group and the Board authorized its formation at its December 2008 Meeting.
Presenter: Rob Hoggarth
Session Leader: Stéphane van Gelder
