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GNSO Working Session Dakar Sunday 2011-10-23

GNSO Working Session Dakar Sunday 2011-10-23

Salon Vert

9:00-9:30  Interview the only candidate, Stéphane van Gelder, for position of GNSO Council chair

9:30 - 10:00 GAC/Reserved Names

10:30-13:00 New gTLDs - Kurt Pritz

  • New gTLD Program
  • Applicant Support
  • Variant Issues Project
  • Strategic Plan

 13:00 -14:00 Working lunch in meeting room - Prepartion for the meeting with the Board/GAC/ccNSO

14:00 - 15:30 ICANN Board/GNSO Discussion

  1. What qualities do you think we ought to be seeking in a new CEO? what are your criteria for openness, transparency, etc. in the hiring process, bearing in mind considerations of responsibility to candidates and community, privacy, Board confidence, etc.  (Jonathan R.)
  2. As we work to develop ethics guidelines, what are your top 3 concerns and proposals to address them ( within the confines of the multistakeholder, voluntary participation model)? (Kristina)
  3. What is the Board doing to increase participation in the industry/community in ICANN? (Adrian)
  4. Council’s view on the JAS Report (Mary Wong)
  5. Update on discussion to define consumer trust and what is within scope for ICANN to improve. (John Berard - Remotely)
  6. Consequences of the New gTLDs program on the GNSO organization? (Jeff)
  7. Update on WHOIS work and likely timeframes for any policy development (Jeff – or anyone else that volunteers)

15:45-17:15 ICANN Board/GAC discussions

  • GAC and GNSO briefs on respective working methods and procedures; PDP
  • GAC & LEA recommendations to registrars
  • As needed: Protection mechanism for IOC & RC; UDRP review

17:30:18:15 - SSR-RT discussion
Exchange of views among those present, including the SSR-RT, about the main strengths and weaknesses of ICANN's support for the SSR of the DNS at present. The SSR-RT will present some questions arising from its work to date. The emphasis of the meeting will be on large-scale, systemic risk factors and on concrete measures that ICANN has undertaken or should undertake to strengthen its approach.

18:15-18:30 - DSSA

Joint (At Large, ccNSO, GNSO, NRO, SSAC) DNS security and Stability Analysis (DSSA) working group.  A progress update with the additional goals of raising awareness and soliciting feedback on work to date.  

Presentation:
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/presentation-dssa-update-oct11-en.pdf

Presented by Mikey O'Connor DSSA co-chair representing the GNSO (participating remotely).