Notes & Action Items
Apologies: Kaveh Ranjbar, Brad Verd, Nora Abbusita, Alan Greenberg
1. Welcome and introductions;
- DT leadership to produce a set of key milestones for the DT Target time frame - aim to be in a position to share a draft Charter by the next ICANN meeting in June with the ICANN SO/ACs (soft target) and a final Charter by October (hard target).
Action item #1: Circulate background materials and populate DT wiki with all background materials and notes (Staff).
Action item #2: Schedule DT meetings to take place every 2 weeks alternating sequentially between 1300 UTC and 2200 UTC (day to be fixed in relation to other WGs and standing calls) (Staff). DONE (note update to call times to reflect DST)
Action item #3: Develop a set of key milestones for DT (DT Leadership & Staff)
2. Feedback from Board members on expected role (see action item previous meeting);
(i) Purpose of Board involvement is to avoid divergence between group's intentions/expectations and limitations as a result of ICANN’s legal and fiduciary duties. Aim for this to be a collaborative effort. Board members assigned have specific fiduciary roles (Erika is chair of the Board Audit Committee and Asha is co-chair of the Board Finance Committee).
(ii) Need for clarity regarding roles of participants in the DT, including the Board representatives, in relation to any statements made throughout the process. Important to have clarity when there is a Board position on any issue and when speaking in individual capacity.
(iii) While Board will not be a Chartering organization, the Board may affirm the Charter. As such, it would be the expectation that should there be any changes to the charter that would impact the legal and fiduciary components of the Charter, the Board would be expected to reaffirm its support for the Charter.
3. Review & discussion of comments received on discussion paper and how these should be addressed in the development of the charter;
- DT agreed that it would be helpful to review the public comments that were submitted in response to the discussion paper and identified as of possible relevance to the DT/Charter.
Action item #4: Erika Mann and Russ Mundy to review public comments and identify items which should be considered in relation to the development of the Charter.
Action item #5: Staff to add column to public comment review tool to allow for commentary by DT. DONE
4. Review template and commence drafting:
- First review of Draft Charter by individual members;
- Followed by collective review of Draft Charter by group section by section;
Cross-checking of Draft Charter against principles of CWG.
(Charter should aim to set bounds for WG as broadly as possible, within the limitations it seeks to set i.e. by avoiding limiting language.
Action item #6: DT members are encouraged to review draft charter (comment and input, particularly to consider guiding principles which should inform the framework development)
Action item #7: Staff to circulate language from new gTLD Applicant guidebook which may serve as a guiding principle. DONE
Action item #8: Sam to provide briefing note on legal and fiduciary constraints (i.e. applicant guidebook, applicable law etc.) that would need to be taken into account by the DT and subsequent CCWG.
Action item #9: Staff to identify key questions for different sections of the charter and circulate these to the mailing list to stimulate discussion and input.
5. Confirm next steps & next meeting
Next meeting to be scheduled during the week of 21 March.
