2021-05-20 EPDP Team Phase 2A - Meeting #24

PROPOSED AGENDA

1. Roll Call & SOI Updates (5 minutes)
2.  Welcome & Chair updates (Chair) (5 minutes)
3. Feasibility of unique contacts (15 minutes)

          ii. Whether or not unique contacts to have a uniform anonymized email address is feasible, and if feasible, whether it should be a requirement.

          ii. If feasible, but not a requirement, what guidance, if any, can be provided to Contracted Parties who may want to implement uniform anonymized email addresses.

1. Questions to be considered by the EPDP Team

Note, in a number of instances suggestions were made by some members of the team, which others objected to. Those items have been flagged as changes not applied in the redline version – EPDP Team members are encouraged to reach out to each other to see if a compromise can be reached and communicate these back to the full team for consideration.

1. No specific proposals have been put forward in relation to the topic of web-forms. Various approaches have been suggested during previous calls such as providing guidance to phase 1 IRT, referring this issue back to the GNSO Council for further consideration, not making any reference here but direct those that have expressed concern about web-forms to the phase 1 IRT and/or ICANN compliance from which the issue can be escalated, if necessary.

• Which approach should the EPDP Team follow for the purpose of the Initial Report?
• Are there any volunteers that would be willing to write up a proposal on the agreed approach on this topic for the EPDP Team to consider?

         b. Confirm next steps – EPDP Team to review updated version of write up and flag any comments or suggested edits in the form of comments to the document by Friday 21 May. 

4. Legal vs. natural (45 minutes)

    i. Whether any updates are required to the EPDP Phase 1 recommendation on this topic (“Registrars and Registry Operators are permitted to differentiate between registrations of legal and natural persons, but are not obligated to do so“);

    ii. What guidance, if any, can be provided to Registrars and/or Registries who differentiate between registrations of legal and natural persons.

Consensus policy question write up

1. Staff walk through of updated recommendation concerning standardized data element.
2. Initial feedback & reactions from EPDP Team
3. Confirm next steps - EPDP Team to review updated version of write up and flag any comments or suggested edits in the form of comments to the document by Friday 21 May.   

Guidance write up – outstanding issue

    d. in light of ICANN org input on how guidance/best practices would be implemented by ICANN org (see https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-epdp-team/2021-May/003904.html) is there:

1. Any need for further updates in relation to EPDP Team expectations for implementation of guidance / best practices or is it sufficient to point to this response to clarify how guidance / best practice recommendations would be treated?
2. Any need to further consider possible incentives for CPs to follow this guidance, noting that some concerns were previously expressed that “linking of acceptance of risk to the data rights of registrants in exchange for certain incentives, especially monetary in value” could be problematic? Is this a potential question for which input can be sought during the public comment forum?
3. No indication has been provided that there would be a difference in treatment between guidelines/guidance/best practices – what term should be used in the Initial Report?

5. Homework assignments reminder

• By Friday 21 May, EPDP Team to review the updated LvN consensus question i write up for the Initial Report (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_k0hVA6c2SvQPLiaZAlUllTKdplssofYlRHDkeR4mJ8/edit?usp=sharing). Please provide comments, suggestions and proposed edits in the form of comments.
• By Friday 21 May, EPDP Team to review updated version of feasibility of unique contacts write up for the Initial Report (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpZWZzCNcDsAYuy3FqxV67POgDV2hrOvrwGa3kjddOc/edit?usp=sharing). Please provide comments, suggestions and proposed edits in the form of comments.

Next steps / Timeline reminder

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qLMYb3HC7qGYPQveXbUq5ZSzvedrQ3t8AdVdrRIdrw/edit#gid=0

6. Wrap and confirm next EPDP Team meeting (5 minutes):

    a. EPDP Team Meeting #25 Tuesday 25 May at 14.00 UTC

    b. Confirm action items

    c. Confirm questions for ICANN Org, if any

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

Audio Recording

Zoom Recording

Chat Transcript 

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