Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

Tue Mar 29 14:27:05 UTC 2016

so excellent, Phil.

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Subject: RE: Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:17:26 +0000

To be clear, I’m not in any way surprised by the number of volunteers. Given the global interest in trademarks and domains, and the likelihood that the results
 of this PDP will set ICANN’s internal rules for their relationship over the next decade or two, I’ve been predicting that participation would likely pass the 100 mark, and it new seems evident that it will do so.

The successful operation of the CWG-IANA and CCWG-Accountability WGs demonstrates that groups this large can be effectively and efficiently managed. While a
 large number of participants poses challenges, it also provides a wealth of expertise and perspectives, and also permits the creation of dedicated subgroups to focus on discrete issues if that seems like a productive course to the Co-Chairs.

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From: Marilyn Cade [mailto:marilynscade at hotmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:10 AM

To: Marie Pattullo; Phil Corwin; 'Zahid Jamil-IG'; 'Chantelle Doerksen'; bc-gnso at icann.org

Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'

Subject: RE: Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

While I respect that the number seems high, I will recall that the Transfer Task Force and the first WHOIS Task Force both had similar participant list. We had no staff then, and I chaired
 both, and somehow, it worked.  

I personally want to celebrate the engagement. 

I agree with Phil that 'coordination' of the group will be a challenge, but openness and transparency is paramount for ICANN, especially now.  And I also agree that having co chairs from
 different groups, will be extremely helpful. 

We just lived through remarkable experiences of the CSG and CCWG. 

I look forward to the next experience. 

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Sent: mardi 29 mars 2016 15:31

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bc-gnso at icann.org

Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'

Subject: RE: Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

Marie:

As Interim Chair of the WG and GNSO Liaison I have been informed by ICANN staff that the initial call/Adobe chat for the group will be the second or third week of April. While
 there is no absolute deadline for signing up, doing so now ensures that you’ll be there at the start.

It is already up to 98 members and 39 observers (see

https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58729950 )so the management of a group that large, dealing with the multitude of issues it faces, will be a challenge. I am presuming that it will have several co-chairs who will collectively sort
 out a path forward for its important work.

Hope that helps.

Very best, Philip

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From:
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On Behalf Of Marie Pattullo

Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:05 AM

To: 'Zahid Jamil-IG'; 'Chantelle Doerksen'; 
bc-gnso at icann.org

Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'

Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

Sorry to ask daft questions but: by when must we sign up to be official members of the group? And Zahid – would you be a star and check my draft SOI (when
 I can get into it) to make sure it’s in the correct form?
(I’m remote working on a rather temperamental connection – again, apologies).
M

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On Behalf Of Marie Pattullo

Sent: mardi 29 mars 2016 14:51

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Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'

Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

Apologies all, I have been away from the office.

I too will sign up – hopefully today if my wifi permits! I am also hoping to persuade some of my expert members to do likewise given the vital importance
 of this work to right holders.

Kind regards

Marie

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Cc: Glen de Saint Géry

Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

As a former member of the IRT expert group and the STI as a GNSO councilor, each related the development of the RPMs would be happy to volunteer. 

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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:43 PM -0700, "Chantelle Doerksen" <chantelle.doerksen at icann.org> wrote:

Dear BC Members,

Volunteers needed. Please see below.

Kind regards,

Chantelle

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https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-21-en
Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
In Brief
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers for a new Working Group that will conduct a Policy Development Process (PDP) to Review
 All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in All Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The GNSO Council approved the PDP Working Group's
Charter
[PDF, 510 KB] on
9 March 2016.
What This Team Will Do
1.     
Conduct the PDP in two phases
This PDP Working Group is being chartered to conduct a review of all RPMs in all gTLDs in two phases as defined in the
approved charter
[PDF, 524 KB]: Phase One will focus on a review of all the RPMs that were developed for the New gTLD Program (i.e. the Trademark Clearinghouse and associated notification and
 sunrise mechanisms, the Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure, and the Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures), and Phase Two will focus on a review of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
At a minimum, in each Phase of this PDP, the Working Group will be expected to first assess the effectiveness of the relevant RPM(s), for which it should seek the
 input of experienced online dispute resolution providers and other subject matter experts, as appropriate. The Working Group is also expected to look at the interplay between and complementary roles of each RPM in seeking to more fully understand their overall
 functioning and effectiveness. Ultimately, the goal is for the Working Group to consider the overarching issue as to whether or not all the RPMs collectively fulfill the purposes for which they were created, or whether additional policy recommendations are
 needed, including to clarify and unify the policy goals.
In public comments to the
UDRP Final Issue Report
 [PDF, 2.69 MB], the RPM Staff Paper
 [PDF 2.5 MB], and the Preliminary Issue Report
for this PDP, various community groups and participants had identified a number of issues that they considered appropriate for review in a PDP. As such, the Working Group is
 expected to consider these community suggestions, which have been listed in the Working Group Charter, with further modifications, additions and deletions to be determined by consensus of the Working Group.
2.     
Coordinate its work with other parallel efforts
The Working Group will monitor the progress of and, where appropriate, coordinate with, other ICANN groups that are working on topics that may overlap with or otherwise
 provide useful input to this PDP. These other efforts include the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team, the Trademark Clearinghouse Independent Review and the GNSO's PDP Working Group on New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures. In this regard,
 the GNSO Council directed that a GNSO community liaison be appointed by the two GNSO PDP Working Groups. Further, as the manager of the policy development process, the GNSO Council is to be kept informed about the various coordination efforts so that in case
 of conflict between these groups, the Council may take the appropriate action to align the different work processes.
At the conclusion of Phase One of its work, the Working Group is expected to assess the need for modification to its Charter and, if appropriate, submit a request
 to the GNSO Council accordingly for the subsequent phase(s) of its work.
How This Team Will Work
ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this PDP Working Group will be recorded and transcribed, and the recordings and transcriptions
 will be available to the public. The mailing list for the Working Group will be archived publicly. The group will collaborate using a public workspace for draft materials and all final work products and milestones will be documented on the
WG's
 wiki. The PDP WG is expected to follow the
GNSO Working Group Guidelines
 [PDF, 350 KB] as well as the GNSO PDP Manual
 [PDF, 300 KB].
How to participate
There are two ways to volunteer:

Individual Members – anyone interested can volunteer to join the PDP Working Group as a member, regardless
 of whether they are members of the ICANN community. Members are expected to actively contribute to mailing list conversations as well as meetings – it is anticipated that the Working Group will at a minimum meet on a weekly basis via teleconference. Members
 are expected to provide essential input to the process. Members will be required to provide a Statement of Interest (SOI).
Mailing list observers – for those who are merely interested in monitoring the Working Group's deliberations,
 it is possible to sign up as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access to the mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted to post, will not receive invitations to the meetings of the Working Group and will not have to complete
 a Statement of Interest. At any point in time, a mailing list observer can join the WG as a member simply by informing the
GNSO Secretariat.
In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through public consultations and public comment processes that the PDP Working Group is expected to organize.
How to Join
If you are interested in joining the Working Group either as an individual participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the
sign up form
 or send the Word
 document [DOCX, 72 KB], filled in, to the
GNSO Secretariat.

All members and observers will be listed on the PDP Working Group's wiki page.
Next steps
The GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated as widely as possible in order to ensure broad representation and participation in the Working
 Group. it is anticipated that the Working Group will convene online for the first time in early April 2016. Following that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Working Group's work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of
 its first tasks.
Further information and preparation
For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are strongly encouraged to review the following materials prior to the first meeting of the PDP WG:

The Final
 Issue Report [PDF, 1 MB]
The approved
 charter [PDF, 510 KB]
Materials available at the Working Group's
online
 wiki workspace
Background
The question of who legally has rights to, or is the legitimate holder of, a domain name can be open to dispute. In relation to domain name disputes concerning
 the registration and use of legally protected trademarks, the Uniform
 Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is the longest standing alternative dispute resolution procedure. As a result of the New gTLD Program, several new rights protection
 mechanisms (RPMs) were developed to mitigate potential risks and costs to trademark rights holders that could arise in the expansion of the gTLD namespace, which included certain safeguards to protect registrants who engage in legitimate uses of domain names:
 the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS);
 the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH)
and the associated availability through the TMCH of Sunrise periods and the Trademark Claims notification service; and
the Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures (PDDRPs).
 Prior to the launch of the New gTLD Program, on 3 October 2011 ICANN staff had published a Final Issue Report on the current state of the UDRP. The recommended course of action in that
UDRP Final Issue Report
 [PDF, 2.69 MB] was not to initiate a PDP at the time, but to hold off launching any such PDP until after the new URS had been in operation for at least eighteen (18) months. In addition, the September 2015 revised
RPM Staff Paper
 [PDF 2.5 MB] had explicitly noted that some of the concerns identified by the community for consideration as part of a review of the RPMs might be appropriate topics for policy development work. The UDRP has not been subject to comprehensive review. There
 has also not been a full review of all the RPMs developed to date by ICANN, to consider whether or not they are collectively achieving the objectives for which they were created.

In preparation for this PDP, a new
Preliminary Issue Report
 [PDF, 1.4 MB] was published for public comment
 on 9 October 2015. A Final Issue Report
 [PDF, 1.2 MB] was subsequently published on 7 October 2015, including links to all public comments received, along with a draft charter for the
PDP WG
 [PDF, 510 KB]. The final charter was approved by the GNSO Council on 9
 March 2016, enabling the formation of a GNSO working group of community volunteers to conduct this PDP.

More information can be found on the activities webpage for
GNSO PDP Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs
 and the Working
 Group's online wiki workspace, which includes the charter, community input provided during the public comment period, and an extensive library of foundational materials
 to inform the Working Group's deliberations.

As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, anyone interested in helping to shape the review of all RPMs in all gTLDs are encouraged to volunteer for this Working Group

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org

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