Team:   Carlos Raul Gutierrez, Kaili, Kan, Drew Bagley, Jonathan Zuck, Laureen Kapin,

Gaonglalewe Mosweu, Fabri Steibel,  Waudo SIganga, Jordyn Buchanan, Calvin Browne, Megan Richards

Observers: 

Staff:  Jean-Baptiste Deroulez, Pamela Smith, Brian Aitchison, Eleeza Agopian,

Antonietta Mangiacotti , Margie Milam, Alice Jansen

Apologies:  Carlton Samuels, Jamie Hedlund, Dejan Dukic, David Taylor

Agenda:  

- Welcome, roll-call, SoI (2 min)
- Build recommendations based on Competition & Consumer Choice High-level findings (45 min)
 Basic Market Share Consultations & Size Distribution of TLDs (Stan)
 Concentration Ratios (Jordyn)
 Price Analysis (Stan)
 Registrar Competition with Registries (Waudo)
 Registry Policies (Dejan)
 Registrations in new gTLDs available in .com (Jordyn)
 URS vs. UDRP (Dejan)
 Use .BRAND TLDs (Waudo)
 Benefits vs. Confusion to end users (Megan)
 Trademarks (Stan)
 Industry Structures (Stan)
 Effect of new gTLD entry on concentration (Stan)
- Build recommendations based on Safeguards & Trust High-level findings (45 min)
     - Has the New gTLD Program Put Sufficient Mechanisms in to Mitigate risks to the Trustworthiness of the DNS? papers i.e.
          o Have the Safeguards been Implemented in a Manner that Promotes Effective Enforcement?
             Technical safeguards (Calvin)
             Implemented GAC safeguards (Laureen)
             Voluntary PICs 5drew, Laureen)
             RPMs (David)
          o Have the New gTLD Operators complied with:
             Technical safeguards (Fabro)
             GAC implemented safeguards (Fabro)
             RPMs (David)
          o What was the impact of the New Safeguards on DNS Abuse? (Drew)
          o Did the New Rights Protection Mechanisms mitigate certain risks involved with the Expansion of the New gTLD program? (David)
            - Has the New gTLD program put mechanisms in to improve trustworthiness in the DNS?
          o Background of History of GAC Safeguards and new Registry Agreement (Laureen)
          o Description of Technical Safeguards and Implementation (Calvin)
          o Description of Safeguards Applicable to all gTLDs and Implementation (Laureen)
          o Description of Safeguards Applicable to sensitive/highly regulated gTLDs and Implementation (Laureen)
          o Description of Voluntary Public Interest Commitments (Drew/Laureen/Jamie)
          o Description of Rights Protection Mechanisms (David)
            - Effectiveness of Procedures to Enforce Safeguards
          o Are the new procedures effective in enforcing safeguards? (Carlton)
            - Have these efforts had an impact on public perception of the DNS?
          o What is the level of consumer awareness of the new gTLDs? (Carlton, Gao)
          o Have consumers expressed trust in the new gTLD program efforts? (Laureen)
          o Has consumer trust in the DNS improved overall since the introduction of new gTLDs? (Jamie)
 - Identify findings on Application and Evaluation paper (15 min)
          - Was the application and evaluation process effective at addressing the needs of underserved areas and markets? (Waudo)

- Determine required additional research (5 min)
- Draft report structure & next steps (5 min)
- A.O.B (3 min)

Documents:

Recordings:

• Adobe Connect

• mp3

Chat Transcript:  EN

Transcript:  EN

Notes:

Recommendations Template: Given Finding X, we see a deficiency/excess/limitation Y and therefore recommend Z to address it.

* ST-02. Technichal Safeguards_Calvin v4: 

•       Rec 1:  Calvin to review Compliance Reporting to restate the first recommendation to be more specific
•       Rec. 2:  Calvin to update 2nd recommendation to reference known costs of safeguards (by cost center - registrar, registrant, etc.)
•      New Rec:  ICANN to be whitelisted & not rate limited for WHOIS lookups

•  ACTION ITEM:   ICANN to get info from WHOIS ARS on rate limiting challenges

*ST-Voluntary PICs_Drew_v2:

•       Rec:  Registries to self report on voluntary pics
•  ACTION ITEM:   Drew and Carlos to come up with language on self reporting recommendation

* CCC FINDINGS:

gTLD Market:

•  ACTION ITEM:  ICANN legal to provide information on whether ICANN should be collecting price data directly

Parking:

     Effects of parking - DNS abuse study

    Assertions of increased parking with new gTLD's and negative effects of parking  

•  New Rec:   Recommendations to study parking