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gTLD REGISTRIES STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETING
Ramada Plaza Herradura San Jose, Costa Rica
La Paz B
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
DAVID MAHER, CHAIR
AGENDA
9:00 – 11:45 a.m. Open Session
- I. Attendance
- Introduction of attendees
- Introduction of attendees
- II. Agenda Review and Approval
- Stakeholder Group Meeting
- Meeting with ICANN Board and Staff
- Joint meeting with Registrars Stakeholder Group
- III. Discussion and pending votes for Issues/Reports posted on ICANN Proceedings posted for public comment http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment
- Draft Roadmap to Implement SAC 051 (due 18 March)
- IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps (due 18 March)
- WHOIS Policy Review Team Draft Report (due 18 March)
- Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs (due 23 March)
- Draft Advice Letter on Consumer Trust, Consumer Choice and Competition (due 3 April)
- IV. New gTLD Process Developments (John Jeffrey and Kurt Pritz)
- “Confusingly similar” strings for (new and existing) gTLDs
- Bundling of IDN Versions of (new and existing) TLDs
- Vertical Integration
- Trademark Clearing House
- V. IDN Updates
- IDN Variant TLD Issues Project (VIP) Update
- Single Character IDN TLDs
- Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs
- VI. GNSO and ICANN Updates
- GNSO Council Motions for 14 March meeting
- Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) Review Teams
a. Accountability and Transparency
b. WHOIS
c. Security, Stability and Resiliency
- Inter-Registrar Transfers Working Group (IRTP) Update (Barbara Knight)
- GNSO Improvements
a. Web site update (Karla Valente and Rob Hoggarth)
- WHOIS Updates
a. WHOIS Studies (Michael Young)
b.Thick WHOIS (Jeff Neuman
- Protection of IOC/Red Cross Names at the Top Level Proposal (Jeff Neuman)
- European Union Privacy Issues
- Framework for the ICANN FY 13 Budget (Juan Ojeda and Xavier Calvez)
- Update on other current developments
- VII. ICANN Contractual Compliance (Maguy Serad) (11:00 a.m.)
- Update on the implementation of a graduated response for Registrar non-compliance
- Update on status of the definition and authentication of a law enforcement agency
- Discussion on overall expectations and challenges
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch (will be provided for delegates of regular RySG
members and observer members)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Working Meeting with the ICANN Board (closed to all but
delegate of regular RySG members and observer members)
2:15 – 4:00 p.m. Continuation of morning session
- VIII. RySG Business
- Registrar Onboarding Sub Team Update (Roy Dykes)
- Impact of New gTLDs to Registries Stakeholder Group operations (i.e., voting, etc.)
- New gTLD Applicant Interest Group (AIG) (Keith Drazek)
- IX. ICANN Nominating Committee (Vanda Scartezini, Chair, and Rob Hall, Chair Elect) – discussion on profile for the ICANN Director (3:15 p.m.)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registries/Registrars Stakeholder Groups Joint
Meeting
Key Topics for discussion:
- Changes to RySG and/or RrSG Bylaws and/or rules of procedures to avoid conflicts and crossover in membership under Vertical Integration.
- Standardizing the Registrar Onboarding Format
- General issues involving the GNSO Council and the Contracted Party House
- Discussion on New gTLD Issues (as permitted)
- Update on RAA negotiations