[council] Re: Early draft: questions for our sessions with the Board and the GAC tomorrow

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Councillors,

My thanks to those who have already made comments or sent edits to the list I 
sent earlier.

Here is a new version of the list, which includes those comments. I have also 
added the suggested Board questions to us at the end of the document.

Stéphane

Board

Red Cross and Olympic Committee names: the GNSO is getting mixed messages from 
the Board and Staff. What exactly is expected of the GNSO in terms of policy 
development? If we send you a mtion this week, will you act on it?

Presenter: Alan Greenberg

 

WHOIS RT final report recommendation implementation: a discussion of the policy 
issues here versus the expectations that some may have that these 
recommendations could be implemented straight away.

Presenter: Jeff Neuman

 

IANA contract: can you provide any further information on this?

We expect the Board will amend and submit a revised ICANN proposal that 
addresses what NTIA says was lacking in the first proposal. Question: will the 
Council need to undertake any policy development to enable the revised proposal?

Presenter: Stéphane Van Gelder

 

RAA: The Board's Dakar resolution requested an Issue Report for a PDP "as 
quickly as possible" to address "remaining items that may be suited for a PDP" 
relating to the RAA. Given that negotiations are ongoing on certain topics 
between ICANN staff and the Registrars Stakeholder Group, and that the Final 
Report on the RAA was just issued (on which the Council will be expected to 
act) is it the Board's expectation that the time frame and specific topics for 
a PDP will be dependent on the duration and outcome of the negotiations?

What is the Board's view on the relationship between the scope of the topics to 
be negotiated directly and that for a PDP, especially as regards topics that 
may be considered policy matters?

Presenter: Mary Wong

 

 

GAC

What advice can the GAC give the GNSO about the human rights impact assessment 
requirements of the PDP in light of the United Nations Human Rights Councils 
recent HRC Panel on Freedom of Expression and the Internet?

For more background see reports about the Geneva Human Rights Council Session:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CnrqLUZ4hpEaCD_kxC0-FRTL_f8Hu_cKbxYT9fktj5E/edit?pli=1#

 

http://www.ccianet.org/index.asp?bid=89&BlogEntryID=224&FormID=300&catid=0

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-j-black/uns-itu-could-become-next_b_1332768.html

Presenter: Joy Liddicoat

 

RAA: Update from registrars. Why does the GAC think pushing for Whois 
verification will resolve cybercrime, and will you push for the same level of 
verification for all TLDs worldwide, including ccTLDs?

Another question (Wendy): How can the GNSO engage the GAC in discussion about 
the LEA recommendations, such as verification and regulations on privacy/proxy 
providers, so that the negotiations reflect realistic options from the 
viewpoint of the community?  We need to have these discussions in parallel, 
rather than having an unacceptable agreement come back to Council and be 
rejected on Policy grounds.

Presenter: Mason Cole

 

 

General suggestion from Jonathan Robinson

There are issues within each of these topics that we have grappled with and we 
would like to have a discussion with you on those issues.

 

 

 

Possible questions from the Board:

 

What will be in your view the medium-term impact of the new gTLD program on the 
structure of ICANN in general, and challenges it brings to the gNSO, its 
constituencies and policy development process. What are the potential issues 
and how to anticipate them?"  this I s a question they would like to have all 
parts of the community starting to consider. 

 

Another question is: What is the view on the need for stronger protections 
against defensive registrations at the second level, and a shift to WHOIS data 
authentication at time of data submission?

 

Resolution of conflict with NPOC.

 

What is the Council's mid-term policy development calendar?