GNSO Working Session LA Saturday 11 October 2014

Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation meeting

What it's about: The SCI is responsible for reviewing and assessing the effectiveness of the GNSO's Operating Procedures, including Working Group Guidelines and other processes. It recently finalized its recommendations for a proposed new process to enable the GNSO Council to vote on motions outside a regularly scheduled GNSO Council meeting, and on a mechanism for electronic/remote voting.  The recommended changes to the GNSO Operating Procedures are out for public comment.  The SCI will review comments, consider whether revisions are necessary, and prepare the motion for approval by the GNSO Council.

Meeting Agenda: http://tinyurl.com/mmysyjt

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Mary Wong

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Standing Committee on GNSO Improvements Implementation update

What it's about: The SCI will update the GNSO community on its work regarding requests to clarify/amend certain provisions of the GNSO Operating Procedures, including a discussion of its role in reviewing all the Procedures in light of the coming GNSO Review.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/5ILT

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Mary Wong

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IGO-INGO Curative Rights Protection WG

What it's about: This Working Group (WG) was chartered by the GNSO Council in June 2014 to explore whether amendments should be made to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and/or Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure (URS) to enable effective use of them by International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), or if a special, narrowly-tailored dispute resolution procedure based on the UDRP and URS should be designed specifically to address problems faced by IGOs and INGOs in using the two processes. The WG co-chairs will update the GNSO community on the progress and status of its work to date, including the research it is performing to assess the scope of the problems faced by IGOs and INGOs.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg

Policy Staff: Mary Wong, Steve Chan

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Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part D PDP WG 

What it's about: The Group has recently submitted its Final Report. A motion has been tabled to cosider the adotion the Report and its 18 recommendations during the GNSO Council meeting on Wednesday. James Bladel, Chair of the IRTP Part D PDP Working Group will present an overview of the recomendations and answer any questions that may arise.

Final Report: http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/transfers/irtp-d-final-25sep14-en.pdf

Policy Staff: Lars Hoffmann

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IDN Variants – Briefing and status update

What it's about: With effect from ICANN49 in Singapore in March 2014, ICANN's IDN Variant Program staff has been providing the GNSO community with a briefing at each ICANN meeting on its work and the status of various efforts underway to ensure effective implementation of IDN variants in all gTLDs. Here the Program staff will update the GNSO community on the status of work on the Maximal Starting Repertoire and the formation of Label Ruleset Generation Panels in various scripts, which is critical work that needs to be completed prior to permitting any IDNs in the root zone.

Background Information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/variant-tlds-2012-05-08-en

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Discussion Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures update

What it's about: The DG is reviewing the first round of the new gTLD program to discuss and reflect upon experiences gained. The DG is expected to draft a report of its findings, which may include a set of subjects for future GNSO issue reports and suggested changes to subsequent new gTLD application procedures.

Background Information: http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/non-pdp-new-gtld

Policy Staff: Steve Chan, Lars Hoffman

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Data and Metrics for Policy Making WG update

What is it about? Status update on WG activities to date

Background: The WG is exploring opportunities to review standard methodologies of reporting and metrics that could better inform fact-based policy development and decision making; including how the community can collaborate with contracted parties and other service providers in the sharing of metrics and data.

For more information: please see http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/dmpm

Policy Staff: Steve Chan, Lars Hoffmann

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Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP WG update

What it's about: The PPSAI WG has reached preliminary conclusions on some of the questions in its Charter, and identified a number of issues and challenges on which community feedback will be useful. This update session will outline some of the more significant preliminary conclusions and describe the issues and challenges faced by the WG.

Background Information: https://community.icann.org/x/9iCfAg

Policy Staff: Marika Konings, Mary Wong

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GNSO Review

What is it about: The objective of the GNSO Review is to examine organizational effectiveness of the GNSO, including its structure components (GNSO Council, GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies). The review scheduled to begin on or about 1 July 2014 will be tightly scoped based on objective and quantifiable criteria provided to the independent examine. An update on the preparation for the review will be provided during this session.

Background information: https://community.icann.org/x/OJLhAg

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Q & A Session with Council Chair Candidate

Open and substantial strategic discussion

GNSO PDP Improvements

What is it about: The GNSO Council supported the exploration and implementation of ten proposed improvements that are aimed to streamline and enhance the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP). During this session and update will be provided by staff on the status of implementation and expected next steps.

Background information: http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/pdp-improvements-table-16jan14-en.pdf

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SSAC Update & Discussion

What is it about:  This is an update from the SSAC on its current activities.

Background information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ssac-2012-02-25-en

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Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP WG

What it's about: This PDP Working Group effort is chartered to explore the need to translate and/or transliterate domain name contact information. The WG Co-Chairs will update the GNSO about their progress so far and the Groups envisaged progress towards its Initial Report.

Background information: https://community.icann.org/x/h5HhAg

Policy Staff: Julie Hedlund, Lars Hoffmann

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Policy & Implementation WG update

What is it about: Status update on the WG activities to date

Background: The GNSO Council formed a Working Group which has been tasked to provide concrete recommendations on how to address certain issues stemming from the policy & implementation debate from a GNSO perspective. The WG completed a set of working definitions and principles which are intended to guide its deliberations on the charter questions (see https://community.icann.org/x/9xrRAg) and has commenced its deliberations on the charter questions. The WG will provide an update on its activities. For further information, please see https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag.

Policy Staff: Marika Konings, Mary Wong

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Jonathan Robinson