NCUC Buenos Aires Meeting 2015-06-23

NCUC Constituency Day @ ICANN 53, Buenos Aires

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 - 09:30 to 13:00
Room Retiro C
Remote participation information at http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-ncuc

Agenda

I. 9:30 – 10:00 Organizational Matters

1. Participant introductions

2. Misc. Updates & ICANN 53 events of particular interest

3. ICANN 54 @ Dublin Event?

4. Membership Affairs Team Survey (conversation may continue 11:00 - 11:30)

5. AOB

II. 10:00-10:30 Brief Operational Visits

Joining us will be:

10:00 - 10:15 Sandra Hoferichter, Chair of the ICANN Academy Working Group

10:15 - 10:30 Chris Gift, VP for Digital Services, ICANN

Background Information:

10:30ish – 11:00 ICANN coffee break

IV. 11:00 – 12:00 The GNSO Review and Constituency Structural Issues

11:00 - 11:30 Internal discussion

11:30 - 12:00 Joining us will be:

Richard Westlake and Colin Jackson of Westlake Governance (the consultant for the GNSO Review)

Background Information:

NCUC response to Westlake’s initial working text released during the Singapore meeting (download at bottom)
http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-review-dt/msg00287.html

Revised Draft Report by Westlake (May 2015) and public comment period to 20 July
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en

V. 12:00 – 13:00 The .sucks Brouhaha and its Wider Implications

Joining us will be:

12:00 - 12:30 John Berard, CEO of Vox Populi Registry

12:30 - 13:00 Gregory S. Shatan, President of the Intellectual Property Constituency

Background Information:

Shatan/IPC letter, “ICANN Requested to Immediately Halt .SUCKS Predatory Registration Scheme Designed to Exploit Trademark Owners” (27.03.2015)
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/shatan-to-atallah-27mar15-en.pdf

ICANN letters to the US Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Office of Consumer Affairs (09.04.2015)
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-ramirez-knubley-09apr15-en.pdf

Philip S. Corwin, “ICANN.WTF? FTC & OCA Asked Whether .SUCKS is a Law Breaker (Part I),” CircleID (14.04.2015)
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150414_icann_dot_wtf_ftc_oca_asked_whether_sucks_is_a_law_breaker_part_i/

Philip S. Corwin, “ICANN.WTF? FTC & OCA Asked Whether .SUCKS is a Law Breaker (Part I),” CircleID (15.04.2015)
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150415_icann_dot_wtf_ftc_oca_asked_whether_sucks_is_a_law_breaker_part_ii/

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