Please find the details below for the Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in all gTLDs PDP Working Group call scheduled for Thursday, 29 October 2020 at 17:00 UTC for 90 minutes.
For other places see: https://tinyurl.com/y2h8h3ur
PROPOSED AGENDA
- Review Agenda and Updates to Statements of Interest
- Review draft Final Report – please review only the new highlighted revised Background section (text from Kathy Kleiman and staff) at pp. 11-12 and 19 of the Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jw_B6xGwc-Du9dMbCGjsQnsq40NbZWgT5aC86nP9UN0/edit - heading=h.qy8hqkubxy8i [docs.google.com]
- Description of Consensus Call Process; see the GNSO Working Group Guidelines [gnso.icann.org], pages 8-10
- AOB
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
Please note that the RPMs PDP WG has only 1 more regularly scheduled meeting on 29 October before the Consensus Call begins on the WG’s email distribution list. WG members are requested to review only the new highlighted text in the section of the draft Final Report in the agenda below. WG members should flag only factual errors, if any, in the revised Background section (text from Kathy Kleiman and staff) at pp. 11-12 and 19 of the Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jw_B6xGwc-Du9dMbCGjsQnsq40NbZWgT5aC86nP9UN0/edit - heading=h.qy8hqkubxy8i [docs.google.com] by 16:00 UTC, Thursday, 27 October. Note that once a section has been reviewed/discussed in a meeting, it is considered closed.
RECORDINGS
PARTICIPATION
Notes/ Action Items
Action Items:
ACTION ITEM: Staff to send the consensus designation email to the WG on the email distribution list with a PDF of the Final Report Recommendations and contextual language to open the Consensus Call not later than Friday, 30 October for a period of 10 days.
Notes:
- Updates to Statements of Interest: No updates provided.
2. Review draft Final Report:
Background Section – Edits by Kathy Kleiman and staff (pp. 11-12 and 19): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jw_B6xGwc-Du9dMbCGjsQnsq40NbZWgT5aC86nP9UN0/edit?usp=sharing
-- The WG accepts the edits; no further edits are suggested.
Phase 1 Final PDP Recommendations (pp.28-29): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aSFKsXW9Z3CfBODC_T_7kY_rCVo_pTkiWUH0cFG1Gac/edit# [docs.google.com]
Staff revised the contextual language of the TMCH Final Recommendation #1
-- Staff notes that for the completeness of the record – given no objection to Griffin’s suggested edits and the agreement by the WG during today’s meeting, Griffin’s edits have been incorporated in the final contextual language of the TMCH Final Recommendation #1.
Next Steps: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HaCI2EkvIS9ejSGrS1YslCY9ZTOHvbxBc3pIdiUL5Ng/edit [docs.google.com]
Staff made minor edits to the content based on input received during the call yesterday. The updated content is as follows:
“This Final Report will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its consideration and potential approval. If approved by the GNSO Council, the Final Report will then be forwarded to the ICANN Board of Directors for its consideration and potential action in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws.”
-- The WG accepts the edits; no further edits are suggested.
Executive Summary (p.3): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R99_8v0BYmIRVhW27Xwz_BA1v-5ksHyifWUtiTfZhKw/edit [docs.google.com]
Revise the content under “conclusions and next steps” similar to that under “next steps”:
“This Final Report will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its consideration and, if approved, forwarded to the ICANN Board of Directors for consideration and potential action in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws.”
-- The WG accepts the edits; no further edits are suggested.
3. Description of Consensus Call Process; see the GNSO Working Group Guidelines [gnso.icann.org], pages 8-10
-- Staff will send a request for consensus designation to the WG on the email distribution list by Friday, 30 October and ask for a response in 10 days by Sunday, 08 November.
-- The Co-Chairs will meet to determine the consensus designations for the Recommendations and Implementation Guidance on 10 November. If necessary, the Co-Chairs may schedule a meeting on 12 November to discuss the consensus designations.
-- The Co-Chairs may take into account whether a WG member is representing a group, constituency, or stakeholder group, or acting as an individual, when determining consensus designation.
-- The Co-Chairs note that there has been broad support for the Recommendations and Implementation Guidance as the text was drafted and in the final review, so it is not expected that there should be significant opposition to or divergence on the Recommendations and Implementation Guidance.
ACTION ITEM: Staff to send the consensus designation email to the WG on the email distribution list with a PDF of the Final Report Recommendations and contextual language to open the Consensus Call not later than Friday, 30 October for a period of 10 days.
