Members:
- Laureen Kapin (Subteam Chair)
- Carlton Samuels
- Carlos Raul Gutierrez
- Gao Mosweu
- Fabro Stiebel
- Jamie Hedlund
- Drew Bagley
- David Taylor
- Calvin Browne
Mandate: This sub team was created to explore two key areas of the CCT Review as outlined in section 9.3 of the Affirmation of Commitments: "...the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted ... consumer trust ... as well as effectiveness of ... safeguards put in place to mitigate issues involved in the introduction or expansion."
Documents
Document (Versions in red are latest) | File |
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| BRAINSTORMING DOCUMENT | |
v1 (23 Feb) v2/3 (3 March) v4 (4 March) v5 (10 March) Priority list v6 (31 March) v7 (28 April) v8 (7 June) | |
| SAFEGUARDS EFFECTIVENESS MANAGEMENT TABLE | |
v1 (27 May) v2 (6 June) v3 (13 June) v5 (21 June) | |
| SAFEGUARDS ANALYSIS CHART | |
| v1 (1 August) | G-doc |
| DISCUSSION PAPERS - TOPIC LIST | |
v1 (12 July) v2 (20 July) | |
| SCOPE & MANDATE WITH SUBQUESTIONS | |
v1 (28 August) v2 (29 August) v3 (29 August) v4 (30 August) v5 (6 September) v6 (18 September) | |
| VOLUNTARY PICS | |
| v1 (13 July) | DOC - PDF |
| OTHER | |
| Regulated and sensitive strings delegated (29 April 2016) | XLS - PDF |
ARCHIVES - DOCUMENTS NO LONGER APPLICABLE  | |
| WORK PLAN | |
v1 (3 May) v2 (2 June) v3 (23 June) |
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Assignments/Ownership Post Vienna Meeting
Topic 1: Has New gTLD Program put mechanisms in to improve trustworthiness in the DNS? | ||
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| Background of History of GAC Safeguards and new Registry Agreement | Carlos | |
| Description of Technical Safeguards and Implementation | Calvin | |
| Description of Safeguards Applicable to all gTLDs and Implementation | Laureen | |
| Description of Safeguards Applicable to sensitive/highly regulated gTLDs and Implementation | Laureen | |
| Description of Voluntary Public Interest Commitments | Drew/Laureen | |
| Description of Rights Protection Mechanisms (templates 7, 8) | David | |
Has the New GTLD Program put sufficient mechanisms in place to mitigate risks to the trustworthiness of the DNS? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Have the Safeguards been Implemented in a Manner that Promotes Effective Enforcement? | ||
| Technical Safeguards (template 2) | Carlos |
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| Implemented GAC Safeguards (templates 2,4,5,11) | Laureen | |
| Voluntary PICs (template 6, new paper) | Drew/Laureen | |
| RPMs | David | |
| Have the New gTLD Operators Complied with: | ||
| Technical Safeguards (templates 4,7) | Fabro | |
| GAC Implemented Safeguards (templates 4, 7) | Fabro | |
| Voluntary PICs (new template) | Jamie | |
| RPMs (templates 7, 8) | David | |
| What was the Impact of the New Safeguards on DNS Abuse? | ||
| (template 1, 3, 4, 5) | Drew | |
| Did the New Rights Protection Mechanisms Mitigate Certain Risks Involved with the Expansion of the gTLD program? (templates 7, 8) | David | |
Have these efforts had an impact on public perception of the DNS? | ||
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| What is the level of consumer awareness of the new gTLDs? | ||
| For consumers (template 9) | Carlton | |
| For registrants (template 9) | Gao | |
| Have consumers expressed trust in the new gTLD program efforts? | ||
| For consumers (template 10) | Laureen | v1 |
| For registrants (template 10) | Laureen | |
| Has consumer trust in the DNS improved overall since the introduction of new gTLDs? | ||
| (new template) | Jamie | v1 |
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Discussion Papers for Vienna Meeting
| DISCUSSION PAPERS - FOR VIENNA MEETING | Google drive |
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DNS Abuse 1. Is there more or less DNS Abuse in the new gTLDs Drew (lead), Fabro, Calvin - (g-doc) Impact of Safeguards & PICs - Technical Category/DNS Abuse 2. Have the safeguards been fully implemented?Laureen (lead), Carlos, Calvin (g-doc) 3. What role did the new gTLD safeguards play in preventing DNS abuse? Drew (lead), Fabro, Calvin (g-doc) 4. Have new gTLD registry operators complied with the safeguards? Fabro (lead), Carlton, David (g-doc) - Specification 11 5. How was Specification 11 implemented by new gTLD registry operators Paper? Laureen (lead), Carlos, Calvin (g-doc) 6. Did the use of PICs help prevent DNS abuse? Drew (lead), Carlos, Gao, Fabro (g-doc) - Rights Protection Mechanisms 7. Did the use of Rights Protection Mechanisms mitigate the risks involved with the expansion of the gTLD program? David (lead), Jamie, Fabro (g-doc) 8. Have the new dispute resolution processes reduced trademark infringement? (TBD) David (lead), Jamie, Carlos (g-doc) Consumer End User Behavior 9. Are consumers in the global space aware of new gTLDs? Carlton (lead), Gao, Calvin (g-doc) 10. Do consumers trust new gTLDs? Laureen (lead), Gao, Carlos (g-doc) Effectiveness of Procedures to Enforce Safeguards 11. Are the new procedures effective in enforcing safeguards? Carlton (lead), Jamie, Laureen (g-doc) | |
