[council] REMINDER: Express Interest in Becoming a Panel Member for the New gTLD Program PIC Dispute Resolution Procedure

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05feb14-en.htm
Express Interest in Becoming a Panel Member for the New gTLD Program PIC 
Dispute Resolution Procedure
5 February 2014

ICANN is seeking Expressions of Interest to serve on the Public Interest 
Commitment Dispute Resolution Procedure Standing Panel. Please send to 
PICDRP-SP-EOI@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:PICDRP-SP-EOI@xxxxxxxxx> by 19 February 2014. 
Expressions of Interest will be maintained as confidential. Respondents are 
urged to read the 
PICDRP<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/picdrp-19dec13-en.pdf> [PDF, 
208 KB] prior to submitting an Expression of Interest.

Background

 1.  As part of the New gTLD Program, ICANN has put in place the Public 
Interest Commitment Dispute Resolution 
Procedure<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/picdrp-19dec13-en.pdf> 
[PDF, 208 KB] ("PICDRP") to address reports of a Registry Operator's 
non-compliance with one or more of the public interest commitments included in 
Specification 11 of its Registry Agreement with ICANN.
 2.  During the compliance review and investigation process for a report 
submitted to ICANN under the PICDRP, ICANN may call upon the Standing Panel to 
review one or more reports in order to evaluate whether the Registry Operator 
was or was not in compliance with Specification 11 of the Registry Agreement.

Composition of Standing Panel

 1.  The Standing Panel shall consist of a minimum of three members, with more 
members to be added as deemed necessary. Not all members of the Standing Panel 
are necessary to the consideration of each report referred by ICANN.
 2.  The Standing Panel members should have diversity in geographic and 
cultural representation. Diversity of experience will be considered in 
completing the composition of the Panel.

Proposed Qualifications of Standing Panel Members

1.     In consideration of the scope and areas of expertise required, that 
Standing Panel members, in the aggregate, should have expertise and significant 
knowledge in the following (or similar) aspects/areas.

    *   Online content
    *   Public policy
    *   Trademark protection
    *   International dispute resolution
    *   Cultural studies
    *   Judicial and/or legal experience
    *   DNS technical experience
    *   Regulatory background
    *   Sociological research experience
    *   Contract interpretation experience
    *   Licensing experience
    *   Cybersecurity

2.     Panel members should have demonstrated recognition of expertise and 
knowledge through high-level positions, peer group recognition, and/or history 
of publications/presentations on relevant topics.

Conflict of Interests

All Panel members must be independent from ICANN (i.e., not an ICANN employee; 
not a member of any ICANN Sponsoring Organization or Advisory Committee; not 
affiliated with any registrar or registry holding a contract with ICANN). 
Further, all Panel members must adhere to ICANN's conflicts of interest policy 
and annually complete a Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form.

Time Commitment

 1.  To keep the costs and burdens of evaluation as low as possible, absent 
exceptional circumstances, the Standing Panel is expected to conduct its 
proceedings by email, by telephone and otherwise via the Internet.
 2.  It is anticipated that the Standing Panel may start to have matters 
referred to it by ICANN within one month of the Panel formation. The members of 
the Standing Panel will be required to review reference and training materials 
prior to receiving matters such that the Panel members understand the Public 
Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Process. For each matter referred, the 
Standing Panel will be expected to evaluate compliance by the Registry Operator 
and report its evaluation results to ICANN. The Standing Panel is expected to 
deliver its evaluation results to ICANN within 15 days of reference by ICANN.
 3.  At present it is unclear how many matters will be referred to any given 
Standing Panel member; over time this may become more predictable based on the 
nature and number of the reports submitted.

Fees for Service on Standing Panel

Fees to be determined based on, among other things, proposals received.

Terms of Standing Panel Member

For the purpose of continuity and consistency, the terms of Standing Panel 
members will be staggered. For a start, the terms of two of the Standing Panel 
member shall be two (2) years and the term of the third member shall be one (1) 
year. Subsequent terms of new members and renewal of terms shall be two (2) 
years and members, with agreement from ICANN, are allowed to renew for a 
maximum of two (2) terms.

Timing

It is anticipated that the Standing Panel membership will be announced by end 
of March 2014.

Submit an Expression of Interest

Send an email to PICDRP-SP-EOI@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:PICDRP-SP-EOI@xxxxxxxxx> by 19 
February 2014.

[NOTE: This announcement was first published on newgtlds.icann.org in December 
2013. The deadline for expressions of interest has been extended to 19 February 
2014 and we're publishing here on icann.org to get the word out to a broader 
audience.]


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