gTLD Registries Durban Meeting 2013-07-16

gTLD REGISTRIES STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETING

ICC Durban Convention Centre

Hall 3B

Durban, South Africa

 Tuesday, 16 July 2013

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 KEITH DRAZEK, CHAIR

 AGENDA

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

            I.     Welcome and Attendance

          II.     Agenda Review and Approval

        III.     New gTLD Process Developments (Cyrus Namazi and staff)

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Break

       IV.     Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT 2) – (Brian Cute, Chair, and Vice Chairs Alan Greenberg, Avri Doria and Lise Fuhr) (10:30 to 11:30 a.m.)

         V.     GNSO and ICANN Updates

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.  Lunch (RySG and NTAG members only) (in meeting room)

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.   Working Meeting with the ICANN Board (Hall 6)

2:15 – 4:00 p.m.

       VI.     Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) (Patrik Fälström) (2:15 to 2:45 p.m.)

Briefing

Questions from the RySG

     VII.     Discussion and pending votes for Issues/Reports posted on ICANN Proceedings posted for public comment http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment

   VIII.     RySG Business

       IX.     Brand Registry Group - Update and Discussion (Philip Sheppard) (3:15 to 3:45 p.m.)

         X.     Wrap up and adjourn to joint meeting with the Registrars Stakeholder Group

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.     Registries/Registrars Stakeholder Groups Joint Meeting (Hall 2C)

KEY TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

1.    TMCH Issues – discussion with Deloitte and IBM

2.     Pending motions before GNSO Council

3.     Registrar Onboarding Implementation (Chris Gift, ICANN)

4.     GNSO Review

5.     Changes to RySG and/or RrSG Bylaws and/or rules of procedures to avoid conflicts and crossover in membership under Vertical Integration

6.     Other general issues involving the GNSO Council and the Contracted Party House