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Re: [registrars] Call for participants in Protecting Rights of Others Working Group

perhaps this could provide an opportunity. an example. tim, tucows and go daddy agree that the .eu launch was a fiasco. in my opinion much of that could have been avoided if they had just been willing to listen to people and to learn from the mistakes of the .info and .biz launches. if they had they could have had a more effective launch.
I think this could be a great opportunity to discuss some fundamental principles in order to avoid some of those mistakes again being repeated in subsequent launches. 

Regards

On Feb 18, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Tim Ruiz wrote:
Bruce, I don't get it. So far, what has been suggested as the ToW for this WG is:
"In a new round of proposals for new TLD registries, applicants will be 
asked to propose a number of procedures around the launch of that TLD.
One issue to consider are practices that attempt to minimize abusive
registration activities that affect the legal rights of others.
Relevant practices include measures to discourage the registration of
domain names that infringe intellectual property rights and minimize
abusive registrations.  At present, a number of TLD registries, and
notably some sTLD registries, are required to implement safeguards
against allowing unqualified registration and to ensure compliance with 
ICANN policies designed to protect rights of others. (...)"
That appears to indicate there is no expected change from current practices. So what is the WG really supposed to do? Just reaffirm what the IP lobby wants and has gotten so far? If so, what's the point of any of us spending time on this? 


Tim


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [registrars] Call for participants in  Protecting Rights of
Others Working Group
From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, February 14, 2007 9:52 pm
To: "Registrars Constituency" <registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello All,
The GNSO Council is forming a working group to consider current practices and whether they should be changed or standardized with respect to Protecting Rights of Others in domain name registration processes. The working group is an off-shoot of the discussions in the new gTLD committee with respect to start-up processes for new gTLDs. 

See below for more details.
Please let the GNSO Secretariat (Glen de Saint Géry) or Dr Liz Williams know if you wish to participate. The working group is open to any member of the registrars constituency. 

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner- council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz Williams 
Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:12 AM
To: GNSO Council
Cc: Glen de Saint Gery
Subject: [council] Protecting Rights of Others Working Group: Meeting Call 

Colleagues


There has been something of a lag on getting the PRO-WG group off the
ground. To address that in an efficient manner, I will be convening
the first meeting of the group on Tuesday 20 Feb at 7:30 LA, 10:30 am
EST, 15:30 UTC, 16:30 CET.

Please review the latest draft of the Statement of Work found at
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03194.html

At the first meeting we will:

1.  appoint a chair of the group

2.  review the existing Statement of Work and agree its final form

3.  agree the first tranche of activities to be completed between now
and the ICANN Lisbon meeting

The rules of the Working Group will be similar to those of the IDN-WG
(found at http://gnso.icann.org/announcements/ announcement-18nov06.htm) 

Can I urge you please to consult with your constituencies and propose
participants for the group?  It is MOST likely that there will be an
aggressive schedule of activities to support the work as this work is
being conducted in the context of the new TLDs Committee activities
and is time critical.  This will mean small working groups or
individual efforts and, at a minimum, a weekly conference call.

Please respond to the GNSO secretariat to indicate that you or your
constituency representative wants to be included in a new public
mailing list.

Kind regards and, of course, any questions, please call or email.

Liz

.....................................................

Liz Williams
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN - Brussels
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