2021-03-18 EPDP Team Phase 2A - Meeting #11

PROPOSED AGENDA

1.                            Roll Call & SOI Updates (5 minutes)

2.                            Welcome & Chair updates (Chair) (5 minutes)

a.     Update on submission of legal committee questions to Bird & Bird (Becky)

3.                            Legal vs. natural (70 minutes)

1. 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“); 
2. What guidance, if any, can be provided to Registrars and/or Registries who differentiate between registrations of legal and natural persons.

a.       ICANN org supplemental information on legal / natural study

• Brief overview of supplemental information provided (ICANN org liaisons)
• EPDP Team questions & comments
• Confirm next steps, if any

Guidance development

b.       Review input provided on legal vs natural thought experiment

• See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hf-Nt-VMznpGE4WZ7wWaHF8pXdm8qA28OW7Mjr4MH_A/edit [docs.google.com]
• Teams to provide a brief summary of their main observations, focusing on new insights or ideas
• Confirm next steps

c.       Review input provided on RrSG proposal

• See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YyiBmtcpa5PxsPnKDXZFfU0WEPVhgjN5ySv9KvQb6Tw/edit [docs.google.com]
• Teams to provide a brief summary of their main observations, focusing on new insights or ideas
• Confirm next steps

d.       Development of guidance proposal(s)

• If/how should the broadly supported aspects of the different proposals (RrSG, proposal 1a and thought experiment) be brought together?
• One proposal or several?
• High level vs. detailed?
• How to allow for sufficient flexibility to accommodate different business models, while at the same time providing helpful insights to those that want to differentiate?
• Volunteers to take a first stab, or should the staff support team be tasked with developing a first draft?

4.                            Wrap and confirm next EPDP Team meeting (10 minutes):

a. Update to GNSO Council 24 March at 17.00 UTC by Chair and Council Liaison (open to observers)

b. EPDP Team Meeting #12 Thursday 25 March at 14.00 UTC.

c. Confirm action items

d. Confirm questions for ICANN Org, if any

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

Audio Recording

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Chat Transcript 

GNSO transcripts are located on the GNSO Calendar