Note: The latest status update date is provided for each item.
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policies Part B (IRTP B) - Michele Neylon - chair - 5 February 2010
Super Marika has prepared a 1st draft and in tandem we are now focussing on revisiting the various points in the charter to see what we can agree on at this juncture.
Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) - Tim Ruiz - Working Group Liaison to GNSO Council - 5 January 2010
Following the ICANN meeting in Seoul, ICANN Staff continued to gather information for the registrar survey which is intended to help inform the deliberations of the Working Group. The survey reviews current registrar practices regarding domain name expiration, renewal, and post-expiration recovery. The final results have now been posted at https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/ and were on the agenda to be discussed by the group on today's call. (5 January 2010)
Following the finalization of the registrar survey, the Working Group will need to review the results in further detail to determine how these may potentially influence its response to the charter questions.
JIG (Joint ccNSO/GNSO IDN Group - Edmon Chung - 18 February 2010
- a kick off discussion between the co-chairs and staff was conducted
- a first meeting of the group is planned for Nairobi
- 3 items of common interest has been identified, with a 4th being considered and discussed
- IDN TLD Variants
- Single Character IDN TLDs
- IDN TLD Acceptance (universal acceptance of IDN TLDs by Internet applications, databases, filters etc.)
- IDN TLD information to be included for IANA considerations
International Registration Data (IRD) Working Group - Edmon Chung - co-chair - 17 December 2009 - no update
- Bi-weekly phone conference being established
- Co-chairs identified: Myself from GNSO, Jeremy Hitchcock from SSAC
- Continuing from staff initial study
- Context of other WHOIS studies along with IRD being considered (i.e. what should be done by this group versus other items)
- Schedule and scope of work to be laid out
Internationalized Domain Names Group (IDNG) - Edmon Chung - co-chair - 18 February 2010
IDNG Drafting Team
- a potential issue regarding "confusingly similar strings" with special consideration for IDN gTLDs that may be considered by the council was identified (in fact in Dec 2009), this may or may not result in a statement from the Drafting Team to the council (a draft has been circulating)
Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) Working Group (WG) - Greg Aaron - chair - 5 February 2010
The RAPWG delivered its Initial Report on February 12th. The RAPWG has offered to update the GNSO Council in Nairobi, and plans to offer an open meeting at Nairobi to present the Initial Report's highlights to interested members of the community.
Geo Regions Working Group - Olga Cavalli - 10 February 2010
There will be a teleconference on Feb 15th and a face to face meeting in Nairobi.
There are no major news in relation with the open survey about regions.
Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Sub-team A (Registrant Rights Charter) - Beau Brendler coordinator - 5 February 2010
In its most recent series of meetings the RAA subteam A decided to uncouple the creation of an "aspirational list" of potentially new RAA amendments, and move this task to the At-Large's RAA working group, which plans to convene on the topic in Nairobi. Subteam A decided it was appropriate to send the plain-language version of the pertinent contract information to the regional organizations for rapid review and feedback. It was decided that this regional feedback was important enough to obtain, that we would forgo making the February 4 deadline so that we could have time to get the regional feedback, review it, and make it part of the final RAA document as appropriate for submission to the GNSO on or about February 14.
Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) subteam B (identifying issues for possible RAA amendments) - Steve Metalitz coordinator - 26 January 2010
I can now report that subteam B continues to meet to go through the list of topics identified for potential amendments to the RAA.
We have adopted a timetable which calls for our report to be submitted in time for the Council's April 21 meeting.
We will of course submit a status report for discussion in Nairobi.
ccNSO update - Olga Cavalli - 10 February 2010
ccNSO is organizing their agenda for Nairobi, also revising the status of the different open working groups.
They are also in the process of selecting candidates for the revision teams of the AOC.
Belize has become the 103rd member of the ccNSO.
Travel drafting team - Olga Cavalli - 10 February 2010
No Update
GNSO Work Prioritization Model Drafting Team - Olga Cavalli - chair - 10 February 2010
No changes from previous text. The group meets weekly.
The GNSO Work Prioritisation model drafting team is in the process of revising the prioritization procedures that have been definied and used in a first excercise among the drafting team.
When this procedure is revised and defined it will be presented to the whole GNSO council.
Also a red team will be formed to review the process from the outside, Adrian Kinderis has volunteered to be part of this red team, other council members may join Adrian in this effort, if this is the case please let Olga know.
Operations Sreering Committee (OSC) - Chuck Gomes - OSC chair - 12 February 2010
- Philip Sheppard will replace Chuck Gomes as OSC chair effective immediately.
- No new recommendations have been sent from the WTs to the OSC.
- The OSC has a meeting scheduled on Sunday in Nairobi from 3:30 to 4:45 pm local time.
OSC Constituency & Stakeholder Group WT progress report - Olga Cavalli - chair - 10 February 2010
Team is making final revision of outcome documents about principles and recommendations for constituencies and stakeholdergroups.
The group will held a face to face meeting in Narobi on Sunday 6 March. Remote participation will be provided.
OSC Community Coordination Communications Work Team - Mason Cole - chair 10 February 2010
In early December, after its review of our report, the OSC sent me a letter (7 December 2009) in which it offered a number of suggestions for our consideration. One of the OSC's specific recommendations was to split the original CCT report into two components:
- Technology Improvements
- All Other Communications and Coordination Recommendations
The OSC was generally complimentary of the technology sections and thought they could be quickly amended and sent as a separate document. To comply with the OSC's recommendation, Staff took our original report and bifurcated it into two portions that are now called:
Report I - Technology
Report II - Communications and Coordination
In December-January, Staff reorganized the material, addressed various OSC suggestions, and added a lot of new content based upon the work of the sub-team that included Chris Chaplow and Steve Holsten supported by Ken Bour and Scott Pinzon from Staff.
We have a newly completed Report I, which has been reviewed, edited, and approved by both Steve Holsten (Vice-Chair) and me. We believe that this report is essentially ready to be resubmitted to the OSC and we're asking for the CCT to review and ratify. As soon as possible, Report I-Technology will be submitted to the OSC for its final review before being forwarded to the GNSO Council.
Report II-Communications and Coordination has also been overhauled by Staff and I will be sending a version along with a recommendation that we reconvene a teleconference in a couple of weeks to discuss it. Unlike Report I, there is potentially a bit more work to do in finishing that report. My goal is to have this second report completed no later than the Nairobi meeting at which time this Work Team's efforts will have come to a successful close.
OSC GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) - Ray Fassett - chair - 5 February 2010
- The Work Team has submitted for ICANN staff legal review an Abstention Procedure as its recommendation for a permanent solution and addition to the GNSO Council Rules of Procedure. Upon such review, the recommended procedure will be forwarded to the OSC for its review and recommendation to the GNSO Council for adoption as part of its meeting in Nairobi (along with the Council's subsequent request for ICANN staff to post for public comment).
- The Work Team is has turned its attention to finalizing Statement of Interest and Declaration of Interest documents previously worked on.
- In addition, the Work Team will be focusing on the recent interim procedure approved by the GNSO Council with regards to ICANN's Board Seat 13 towards the goal of a Work Team recommendation to the OSC of a permanent procedure.
PPSC Policy Development Process work team (PDP-WT) - Jeff Neuman - chair/Marika Konings - Staff support - 11 February 2010
The PDP-WT divided its work into five stages and "overall issues". They are:
- Stage I - Planning and Initiation
- Stage II - Proposal Review and Voting Thresholds
- Stage III - Working Group phase
- Stage IV - Voting and Implementation
- Stage V - Assessment of Policy Effectiveness and Compliance
The PDP WT is currently discussing Assessment of Policy Effectiveness and Compliance (Stage V) and reviewing report and recommendations for stage I, II and III. It will then consider other issues such as translation and timing.
PPSC Working Group model work team (WGWT) - J. Scott Evans - chair/ Marika Konings - Staff support - 10 February 2010
The proposed timeline for next steps is as follows:
- Consensus call to WG-WT to publish Working Group Guidelines document for public comment - DONE
- Final discussion / updates, if any on WG-WT meeting - DONE
- Open public comment period on Working Group Guidelines document for 45 days ends March 22, 2010
- WG will decide at its meeting in early February whether a public consultation session will be organised in Nairobi TBA, we are planning on having a session and are working with Staff to coordinate
- Initial presentation of WG Guidelines to PPSC in Nairobi - the meeting with the PPSC is still being evaluated
- Following Nairobi, review public comments received during public comment period and comments made during Nairobi sessions and update Working Group Guidelines if appropriate - timing to be decided (TBC)
Constituency/Stakeholder Group Update Report For 18 February 2010 GNSO Council Meeting
Submitted by Rob Hoggarth - 10 February 2010
Renewed "Re-confirmation" Efforts For Existing GNSO Constituencies
The Board adopted a concept of "re-confirming" the charters and operational mechanisms of each GNSO Constituency every three years (see - http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-28aug08.htm). The initial Constituency re-confirmation process was slated for 2009, but the process took a back seat as the Board focused its efforts on evaluation and approval of the new GNSO Stakeholder Group structures and approval of the processes and recommended Bylaws changes necessary for seating the new GNSO Council. Since the Board has generally resolved those issues, during the Seoul meeting it set a deadline of the Nairobi meeting for formal re-submission of any revised re-confirmation proposals by the existing GNSO Constituencies and directed the ICANN Staff to assist constituency leaders in developing those submissions (see - 30 October 2009 Board Meeting Resolutions - Consent Agenda Item 1.3 – see http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-30oct09-en.htm). Given the GNSO community’s focus on other substantive policy matters it is likely that that timeline will need to be extended until the Brussels meeting.
Also, the GNSO Constituency Operations Work Team is continuing to make progress on a set of recommendations regarding Constituency and Stakeholder group operations for review by the GNSO’s Operating Steering Committee. A document may be completed by the work team before Nairobi and that work product could be combined with the re-confirmation effort.
One Potential New GNSO Constituencies Remain Under Consideration
ICANN Board members conducted substantial discussions in Seoul regarding the proposals for four new GNSO Constituencies. At its 9 December 2009 meeting the Board decided to "not approve" the proposed charters for the potential new CyberSafety, City TLDs and IDNgTLDs constituencies. If they desire, the proponents for those potential constituencies can revise and re-submit their proposals in the future. The proposal for a new Consumers Constituency remains "pending" and a public comment period on the latest version of that proposal ran through 13 February 2010 (see - http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201002-en.htm#newco). The process also remains available for other interested parties to develop proposals for new GNSO Constituencies and to submit them to the Board.
Permanent Stakeholder Group Charters
When the Board approved the four (4) new GNSO Stakeholder Group structures last year, it acknowledged that the charters for the Commercial Stakeholder Group and the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group were to be transitional/temporary and that permanent charters were to be developed over the course of the coming year. Based on discussions in Seoul, the Staff will be working to develop opportunities for dialogue and further community discussion of these important matters.
Denise Michel - Advisor to the CEO- ICANN Board Update - 18 February 2010
The preliminary meeting report is posted at
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-04feb10-en.htm
- Approved the Registry Services Evaluation Policy request to amend the .CAT Registry Agreements to allocate one and two-character domain names; in doing so noted the recommendations of the GNSO Reserved Names Working Group to permit the release of one and two-character domain names.
- Approved release of $1.5 million from the existing FY10 budget contingency line item for FY10 operating expenses, and directed Staff to undertake cost containment efforts while maintaining essential services.
- Approved a re-delegation of .IN (India)
- Approved a July 2010 - June 2013 Strategic Plan, directed Staff to move forward with the community-based Operational planning process, noted minor edits to the Strategic Plan will be provided by the Board by 8 Feb. and will be subject to the Chairman's approval (final Strategic Plan not posted as of this writing).
- Adopted an "Event Security Risk, Contracts and Cancellation Management Policy," which was precipitated by the Nairobi meeting.
- Received an update from Staff on work related to the "Expressions of Interest in new gTLDs," deferred a decision on EOI until the Nairobi meetings, asked for a Staff summary and explanation of major issues raised in the public comment process, and directed Staff to schedule a forum on this topic in Nairobi.
- Received a brief update on the final report on relaxing the 3-character requirement for gTLDs.
- Received a brief update on the ICANN Proposed Security Initiatives
- Asked the Board Governance Committee to develop a plan for research and analysis on Board Chairman remuneration.
- Received an update on the ICANN CEO's media relations planning.
- Briefly discussed an Ombudsman case report that focused on civility within ICANN and its effect on participation, affirmed "that all participants in ICANN are expected to adhere to the Expected Standards of Behavior" (http://www.icann.org/en/transparency/acct-trans-frameworks-principles-10jan08.pdf), and asked Staff to consider the Ombudsman proposals to enhance civility.
- The Board received a brief update on Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) ccTLD Fast Track requests (four requestors had successfully completed the string evaluation stage).
- Discussed Vertical Integration (after two Directors and four Liaisons withdrew from participation in the discussion due to their conflicts of interest).
- Received a brief update on the status of the Affirmation of Commitments reviews.