[council] GNSO Council resolution 19 February 2009

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Council Members,

Ahead of the complete minutes please find the resolution that was passed at the 
GNSO Council meeting on 19 February 2009.

Thank you.
Kind regards,
Glen

MOTION on Registration Abuse Policies Charter
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Proposed by Kristina Rosette
Seconded by Mike Rodenbaugh

Whereas GNSO Council Resolution (20081218-3) dated December 18, 2008 called for 
the creation of a drafting team "to create a proposed charter for a working 
group to investigate the open issues documented in the issues report on 
Registrations[sic] Abuse Policy".

Whereas a drafting team has formed and its members have discussed and reviewed 
the open issues documented in the issues report.

Whereas it is the view of the drafting Team that the objective of the Working 
Group should be to gather facts, define terms, provide the appropriate focus 
and definition of the policy issue(s), if any, to be addressed, in order to 
enable the GNSO Council to make an informed decision as to whether to launch 
PDP on registration abuse.

Whereas the drafting team recommends that the GNSO Council charter a Working 
Group to (i) further define and research the issues outlined in the 
Registration Abuse Policies Issues Report; and (ii) take the steps outlined 
below. The Working Group should complete its work before a decision is taken by 
the GNSO Council on whether to launch a PDP.

The GNSO Council RESOLVES:
To form a Working Group of interested stakeholders and Constituency 
representatives, to collaborate broadly with knowledgeable individuals and 
organizations, to further define and research the issues outlined in the 
Registration Abuse Policies Issues Report; and take the steps outlined in the 
Charter. The Working Group should address the issues outlined in the Charter 
and report back to the GNSO Council within 90 days following the end of the 
ICANN meeting in Mexico City.

CHARTER
Scope and definition of registration abuse - the Working Group should define 
domain name registration abuse, as distinct from abuse arising solely from use 
of a domain name while it is registered. The Working Group should also identify 
which aspects of the subject of registration abuse are within ICANN's mission 
to address and which are within the set of topics on which ICANN may establish 
policies that are binding on gTLD registry operators and ICANN-accredited 
registrars. This task should include an illustrative categorization of known 
abuses.

Additional research and identifying concrete policy issues - The issues report 
outlines a number of areas where additional research would be needed in order 
to understand what problems may exist in relation to registration abuse and 
their scope, and to fully appreciate the current practices of contracted 
parties, including research to:

'Understand if registration abuses are occurring that might be curtailed or 
better addressed if consistent registration abuse policies were established' 

'Determine if and how [registration] abuse is dealt with in those registries 
[and registrars] that do not have any specific [policies] in place' 

'Identify how these registration abuse provisions are [...] implemented in 
practice or deemed effective in addressing registration abuse'. 

In addition, additional research should be conducted to include the practices 
of relevant entities other than the contracted parties, such as abusers, 
registrants, law enforcement, service providers, and so on.

The Working Group should determine how this research can be conducted in a 
timely and efficient manner -- by the Working Group itself via a Request for 
Information (RFI), by obtaining expert advice, and/or by exploring other 
options.

Based on the additional research and information, the Working Group should 
identify and recommend specific policy issues and processes for further 
consideration by the GNSO Council.

SSAC Participation and Collaboration
The Working Group should (i) consider inviting a representative from the 
Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) to participate in the Working 
Group; (ii) consider in further detail the SSAC's invitation to the GNSO 
Council to participate in a collaborative effort on abuse contacts; and (iii) 
make a recommendation to the Council about this invitation.

Workshop at ICANN meeting in Mexico City on Registration Abuse Policies - In 
order to get broad input on and understanding of the specific nature of 
concerns from community stakeholders, the drafting team proposes to organize a 
workshop on registration abuse policies in conjunction with the ICANN meeting 
in Mexico City. The Working Group should review and take into account the 
discussions and recommendations, if any, from this workshop in its 
deliberations.

The working group established by this motion will work according to the process 
defined in working_group_process.
https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?working_group_process


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org