Team:   Carlos Raul Gutierrez, Kaili, Kan, Drew Bagley, Jonathan Zuck, Laureen Kapin,

Gaonglalewe Mosweu, Fabri Steibel,  Waudo SIganga, Jordyn Buchanan, Calvin Browne, Megan Richards

Observers:  None.

Staff:  Jean-Baptiste Deroulez, Pamela Smith, Brian Aitchison, Eleeza Agopian, Antonietta Mangiacotti , Margie Milam, Alice Jansen

Apologies:  Carlton Samuels, Jamie Hedlund, Dejan Dukic, David Taylor

Agenda:  

AGENDA

1. Research updates
1. DNS Abuse Study
2. Economic Study
3. NTLD Stats
2. Stan’s “wish list”
3. Plenary call preps

- Welcome, roll roll-call, SoI  SoI (2 5 min)

-Build recommendations based on Competition & Consumer Choice High-level findings (45 min)
 Basic Market Share Consultations & Size Distribution of TLDs (Stan)
 Concentration Ratios (Jordyn)
 Price Analysis (Stan)
 Registrar Competition with Registries (Waudo)
 Registry Policies (Dejan)
 Registrations in new gTLDs available in .com (Jordyn)
 URS vs. UDRP (Dejan)
 Use .BRAND TLDs (Waudo)
 Benefits vs. Confusion to end users (Megan)
 Trademarks (Stan) Industry Structures (Stan)
 Effect of new gTLD entry on concentration (Stan)

- Build recommendations based on Safeguards & Trust High-level findings (45 min)     

-        Has the New gTLD Program Put Sufficient Mechanisms in In Place to Mitigate risks to the Trustworthiness of the DNS? papers i.e.          o

• Have the Safeguards been Implemented in a Manner that Promotes Effective Enforcement?
              
  • • Technical safeguards (Calvin)
              
  • • Implemented GAC safeguards (Laureen)
              
  • • Voluntary PICs 5drew, Laureen)
              
  • • RPMs (David)
            o
  • • Have the New gTLD Operators complied with:
                
    • • • Technical safeguards (Fabro)
                
    • • • GAC implemented safeguards (Fabro)
                
    • • • RPMs (David)
              o
    • • What was the impact of the New Safeguards on DNS Abuse? (Drew)
              o
    • • Did the New Rights Protection Mechanisms mitigate certain risks involved with the Expansion of the New gTLD program? (David)

                -        Has the New gTLD program put mechanisms in to improve trustworthiness in the DNS?           o

    • Background of History of GAC Safeguards and new Registry Agreement (Laureen)
              o
    • Description of Technical Safeguards and Implementation (Calvin)
              o
    • Description of Safeguards Applicable to all gTLDs and Implementation (Laureen)
              o
    • Description of Safeguards Applicable to sensitive/highly regulated gTLDs and Implementation (Laureen)
              o
    • Description of Voluntary Public Interest Commitments (Drew/Laureen
    /Jamie
    • )
              o
    • Description of Rights Protection Mechanisms (David)

                -        Effectiveness of Procedures to Enforce Safeguards          o

    • Are the new procedures effective in enforcing safeguards? (Carlton)

                -        Have these efforts had an impact on public perception of the DNS?
              o papers?

    • What is the level of consumer awareness of the new gTLDs? (Carlton, Gao)
              o
    • Have consumers expressed trust in the new gTLD program efforts? (Laureen)
              o
    • Has consumer trust in the DNS improved overall since the introduction of new gTLDs? (Jamie)

      

     - Identify findings on Application and Evaluation paper (15 min)         

    -        Was the application and evaluation process effective at addressing the needs of underserved areas and markets? (Waudo)

    - Determine required additional research (5 min)  

    - Draft report structure & next steps (5 min)

    - A A.O.B (3 5 min)

    
    Documents:

    Recordings:

    • Adobe Connect

    • mp3

    Chat Transcript:  EN

    Transcript:  EN

    Notes:

    Recommendations Template: Given Finding X, we see a deficiency/excess/limitation Y limitation Y and therefore recommend Z to address it.

     

    * ST-02. Technichal Safeguards_Calvin v4: 

    •       Rec 1:  Calvin to review Compliance Reporting to restate the first recommendation to be more specific
    •       Rec. 2:  Calvin to update 2nd recommendation to reference known costs of safeguards (by cost center - registrar, registrant, etc.)
    •      New Rec:  ICANN to be whitelisted & not rate limited for WHOIS lookups
    •  ACTION ITEM:   ICANN to get info from WHOIS ARS on rate limiting challenges

    *ST-Voluntary PICs_Drew_v2:

    •       Rec:  Registries to self report on voluntary pics
    •  ACTION ITEM:   Drew and Carlos to come up with language on self reporting recommendation

    * CCC FINDINGS:

    gTLD Market:

    •  ACTION ITEM:  ICANN legal to provide information on whether ICANN should be collecting price data directly

    Parking:

         Effects of parking - DNS abuse study

        Assertions of increased parking with new gTLD's and negative effects of parking  

    •  New Rec:   Recommendations to study parking