[council] News Alert -- Toronto Presentations Published

Fri Aug 28 20:58:23 UTC 2009

Gee, Mike, didn't you read the FY2010 budget as approved by the Board?  I thought the only two constituencies that exist are the contracted party constituencies.  After all, they're the only ones mentioned in the budget. (See Constituency Support sections of the Organizational Activities (Section 4.7, p. 11) and Operating Plan Activities (Appendix A (A.7), p. 34-35)).  

Setting aside the irony of only mentioning 2 of 6 constituencies in the budget at a time when we're told that increasing the breadth and depth of stakeholder participation is an organizational goal, I agree that it would be valuable to have the same special access to information and presentations.  Personally though, I'd prefer to participate remotely.  I already spend about 1 month each year traveling to and attending ICANN meetings. That's enough for me.

There is a little value in being excluded, though.   I've definitely gotten mileage out of describing these meetings to the outside world; if we were included, I wouldn't be able to do that. . . 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 5:58 PM
To: 'Council GNSO'
Subject: RE: [council] News Alert -- Toronto Presentations Published

Thanks Glen.

Just curioius, when is the next regional meeting of the non-contracting parties scheduled?  Many of us would be very interested to have some of these same discussions and staff presentations, without the contracting parties around.  Such meetings might surely enhance knowledge and foster better cooperation between ICANN and its NON-contracted stakeholders.

Really, are these regional meetings really necessary when there are 3 ICANN meetings a year already?  And the contracting parties constantly and ubiquitously complaining about travel funding for ICANN Staff and volunteers??

Also, no mention of the Afilias-sponsored Major League Baseball game in this note, but is it a conflict of interest for contract parties to provide perks to ICANN Staff?  (I presume some were sponsored, but I do not know.)  If so, should they be publicly disclosed somewhere?  Is there a policy on that?
Just curious, as it seems there ought to be one if there's not.

Thanks,
Mike

Mike Rodenbaugh
Rodenbaugh Law
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San Francisco, CA  94104
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www.rodenbaugh.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Glen de Saint Géry
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:46 PM
To: Council GNSO
Subject: [council] News Alert -- Toronto Presentations Published

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-25aug09-en.htm

________________________________

Toronto Presentations Published

25 August 2009

On 20-21 August 2009, ICANN hosted its North American Registry/Registrar Regional Event in Toronto, Ontario. Remote participation for the event was made available via Adobe Connect and an audio conference bridge. 

The regional event model was introduced in 2006 as a means to inform and educate gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars about ICANN activities and processes that may impact their operations. These events also broaden participation in the ICANN multi-stakeholder governance model for registry and registrar staff members who do not generally attend ICANN's annual public meetings. ICANN subject matter experts facilitated discussions on issues such as gTLD registry continuity, contractual compliance, new gTLDs, GNSO policy activities, security initiatives, the 2009 Registrar Accreditation Agreement, and the terminated registrar transition process.
Such discussions enhance knowledge and foster better cooperation between ICANN and its contracted stakeholders. 

The Toronto event also featured a session on registry/registrar areas of interest that was facilitated by David Maher, Chair, Registry Constituency, and Mason Cole, Chair, Registrar Constituency. The chairs co-led a discussion about how the two groups might work better together on joint areas of interest such as electing leaders for the GNSO Council and engaging in discussions when new registry service requests, submitted via the Registry Services Evaluation Process (RSEP), have the potential to impact registrars. 

In the interest of transparency, the presentations are being made public. 

The following information is available about the event: 

*	Master PPT presentation:
http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf
[PDF, 11,100K] 
*	New gTLDs:
http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-new-gtlds-toronto-20aug0
9-en.pdf [PDF, 369K] 

Time

Thursday 20 August 09

Friday 21 August 09

09:00

gTLD Registry Continuity Plan Workshop
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>
- Patrick Jones (pages 3-33) 

Contractual Compliance
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>
- Stacy Burnette (pages 84-96) 

09:30

10:00

New RAA Implementation - Tim Cole 

10:30

Core Planning Team Meeting/Registry Data Escrow - Patrick Jones 

Coffee

11:00

Coffee

Registry/Registrar Dialogue
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-registrar-registry-toro
nto-20aug09-en.pdf>  - David Maher and Mason Cole 

11:30

Welcome/Introductions/Key Messages - Craig Schwartz/Tim Cole 

12:00

ICANN Policy
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>
- Margie Milam (pages 38-75) 

12:30

Registry Presentations

13:00

Lunch

Lunch

14:00

Registry Presentations

Registrar Constituency Update
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-registrar-constituency-
toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>  - Mason Cole

14:30

Terminated Registrar Transition Process - Mike Zupke

Security
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>
- Yurie Ito (pages 103-134) 

15:00

15:30

Coffee

Coffee

16:00

New gTLDs
<http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-new-gtlds-toronto-20aug
09-en.pdf>  - Kurt Pritz

National Cyber Forensic Training Alliance <http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/regional-gathering-toronto-20aug09-en.pdf>
(NCFTA) (pages 136-155) 

16:30

17:00

________________________________

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org

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