Saturday, 7 March 2020
AFRALO/AFRICANN Meeting - SV
Notes
Seun welcomed the African community to the first call of ICANN67.
Maureen Hilyard expressed...
Goran thanked
Caleb - Asked question regarding the expansion of the ICANN Nairobi office. Thanked GM for the first ICANN virtual meeting. More remote hubs would be useful if there were future virtual calls.
GM - Appreciated question and feedback regarding the virtual meetings. Regarding the African office, we he have increased the personnel and other resources. We will continue to expand our resources for the African community. However, the African region is not the only region to request resources. We would like to ensure that all regions are able to contribute effectively to the MSM.
SO - Asked about virtual meetings:
GM - Noted that F2F meetings are in the DNA of ICANN. It was the Coronavirus that was the reason for holding a virtual meeting. The world seemed to be more complicated - visa issues, the Coronavirus, etc. The SOAC leaders should perhaps start a discussion as many of these questions belong to the community.
Leon Sanchez -
Pierre: Commented that AFrica GSE team has been focusing on DNS abuse for a couple of years. Noted role that AFRALO members played in the discussions. Invited all African members to the African Strategy Meeting on Monday 9 March.
TBJ - Provided the background of the AFRALO/Africann statements. Introduced the DNS Abuse statement and aim to raise awareness of the issue.
Barrack Otieno - Read the draft statement
Hadia provided comments on the statement.
TBJ - Noted that the statement was intentionally high-level regarding increased awareness and simple-language material on DNS Abuse.
The statement was approved.
Action Items
N/A
Monday, 9 March 2020
At-Large Leadership Session: Welcome to ICANN 67, At-Large Talking Points and Policy Platform - SV
Notes
- Maureen gave an overview of the meetings during the week
- JZ encouraged all members to join in the DNS abuse session
- JZ gave a high level overview of the talking point, namely : DNS, PIR, Subsequent procedure, PICs, EPDP, Reviews
- DNS abuse: one of the 2 most significant points for the year as it is the #1 for internet end users. Any new round must wait for a policy on DNS abuse.
- in 2012 At-Large was vocal about ICANN not being ready to launch a new round. Specific recommendations include thresholds for TLDs, holistic tools for compliance, more research on machine learning to predict DNS abuse, increase friction for bulk registration, decrease friction for access to registrant data.
- PIR : there should be revisions to the contract to guarantee the use of such a reputable domain, PICs are recommended. Board members selection should be revised so as to include reserved board seats for representatives of nonprofits. Focus on Individual registrants and nonprofits should be enshrined to maintain public credibility of the domain.
- Marita mentioned "structural changes" as they were mentioned in the earlier session.
- JZ mentioned the change in legal structure of PIR changing to for-profit company. There is an open public comment being run by PIR.
- B-corp status is a topic to be analyzed so that At-Large can comment it, we should make sure in the CCWG.
- Joanna pointed out that these are talking points and the CCWG welcomes ideas to be discussed via mailing list and weekly calls, all are welcome to join the CCWG calls.
- Subsequent procedures: relates to new rounds. At-Large position is there is no need to have a new round, DNS mitigation reform should happen first. Community priority evaluation, more work to be done on how to handle geonames.
- PICs are part of contracts ICANN signs with Registries to put out a new TLD. Reform is needed on how these PICs are managed to be effective, both voluntary and mandatory. Enforcement has been insufficient. Pathway to enforcement is needed. ALAC should be pre-authorized to bring a PIC DRP, reforms are needed.
- EPDP- support automation whenever possible. supports recommendations SSRT and CCTRT.
Action Items
- With regards to the change in legal structure of PIR changing to for-profit company, the CCWG should analyze the "B-corp status" proposal as a topic, so that At-Large can comment on this aspect. The topic will be discussed within the CCWG.
At-Large Policy Session: DNS Abuse: An At-Large Call to Action - EE
Notes
- Over 244 participants joined.
- Jonathan Zuck presented the At-Large DNS Abuse 101 - EN video, which was very well received.
- Volker Greimann (GNSO/EPDP) shared the DNS Abuse Framework and suggested increased collaboration with At-Large on DNS Abuse.
- Laureen from US FTC noted - FTC.gov (US Trade Commission - "for the consumer") - has many resources to share, said At-Large may use logo on this as well: https://www.ftc.gov/
From Laureen Kapin (U.S. FTC) to Everyone: (02:19 PM)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has very user-friendly educational materials on how to protect users online. This includes materials on spotting and avoiding phishing. See https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/online-security and https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-avoid-phishing-scams The materials are also available in Spanish.
- Mason Cole (GNSO) also requested increased collaboration between GNSO and ALAC/At-Large on DNS Abuse.
- Jonathan Zuck moderated a quiz session for all participants.
Action Items
- Add DNS Abuse to ICANN Learn courses being developed for At-Large: Joanna Kulesza commented this is in progress; can be incorporated in ICANN Learn as well as additional resources across the community, with RALO collaboration via the CBWG.