[bc-gnso] Bi-Weekly Status Report - March 29th, 2013

[Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BC Members,

Please find below the bi-weekly Status Reports submitted by the 
Executive Committee and myself - BC Secretariat:
_/*March 29, 2013*/_

*Elisa Cooper, Chair*

 * Hosted 3 member calls (1- Beijing Planning, 2 - Arab Center for
   Dispute Resolution Discussion, and 3 -Survey Results Review)
 * Sent survey results to all members
 * Finalized agenda for Beijing meeting and assisted with preparation
   of draft materials for CSG events
     o Agreed to participate at ICANN Outreach Event to Business in
       Beijing on the morning of  April 11

*Steve DelBianco, Vice Chair - Policy Coordination
*

 * Breakfast meeting with ICANN CEO and senior staff in Washington DC
   on 21-Mar.   Marilyn and I acknowledged CEO for the public interest
   specification, RAA requirement, and Strawman implementation
   decisions.  Also raised concern over Singular and Plural TLD string
   decision, which Fadi agreed was very troubling.
 * Singular vs plural contention sets: asked US and EC GAC Reps whether
   they had concerns about this issue. (USG had not yet looked at it)
 * Comment on new Registry Agreement: drafted comments and circulated
   for member review; made revisions based on member comment; submitted
   to ICANN on 20-Mar.
 * Comment on ACDR's proposal to be a UDRP provider: edited and
   circulated draft comment by Phil Corwin on 20-Mar; conducted member
   discussion call on 28-Mar; preparing alternate draft now.

*Chris Chaplow, Vice Chair - Finance & Operations*

 * Prepare BC Newsletter and BC Factsheet for Beijing.
 * Receive docs from contributors and finalize plan for designer and
   proof drafts V1 and V2 and V3 with designer and Excom. Planning
   meeting at printers.
 * Resource Chinese Translator for Newsletter and Factsheet.
 * Research ICANN Leadership Team, Global responsibilities ,
   departments and VP for new newsletter chart. Confirm with Head of
   ICANN HR.
 * Final drafting of SO/AC Fast Track budget requests for Secretariat
   Support. Solicit input from Excom and advise members. Submit to
   controller and confirm receipt.
 * Attended ICANN outreach webinar and preparing submission of BC @
   Chamber of Commerce in Spain May 7th Event to the Outreach Wiki in
   section for outreach community events.
 *   Attended Beijing Policy Webinar, gLTD update webinar, IRTP-D WG
   Call. BC Beijing Planning Call.

*Marilyn Cade, CSG Representative*

 * Discussions with CSG excomm members to develop balanced input and
   collaboration on topics for CSG and Cross Constituency Breakfast
 * Met with GAC Chair and other governments informally to discuss Cross
   Constituency Breakfast
 * Provided article "On the road to Beijing" for Newsletter; review and
   edits to support Newsletter
 * Participated in members calls held to listen and understand members
   views and concerns
 * Interactions re Thursday breakfast with Chinese Industry with ICANN
   staff
 * Interaction with CEO and ICANN staff
 * Review of CSG Charter and BC Charter/validation of Charter review
   process with ICANN staff

*
John Berard, GNSO Councilor*

 *  From the perspective of the GNSO Council, in the course of setting
   an agenda for the ccNSO Council and GNSO Council meeting in Beijing,
   there is significant push-back from the cc's with regard to the
   findings of the reputation research ICANN staff has conducted.  The
   consensus of the ccTLD managers is that they are viewed differently
   and more favorably than are gTLDs.


*Benedetta Rossi, BC Secretariat:*

Continued 2013 Membership Invoices procedure & follow up


·Drafted & submitted GNSO Toolkit Services Request to ICANN Staff on 
behalf of the BC for FY14
oSubmitted to Excomm & full membership


·Scheduled, attended and ensured smooth running of:

oBC Members Beijing Planning Call

oBC Members ACDR Discussion Call

oBC Members Survey Discussion Call

oCSG Excomm Beijing Planning Call


·Drafted and submitted minutes for BC Members Beijing Planning Call


·Submitted notes to CSG Excomm from the CSG Excomm Beijing Planning call


·Wiki Updates:

oConference call information, transcripts, MP3 recordings


·Beijing Preparation

oFinalized invitation to Cross Constituency Breakfast for Beijing

oUpdated BC Members attendance list

oDrafted tent cards for Cross Constituency Breakfast with GAC and handed 
them to GNSO Secretariat to bring to Beijing
oLiaised with CSG for support regarding Beijing Preparation

oDrafted BC annotated agenda


·Assisted with preparation of BC Newsletter for Beijing

oResearched different SGs & Constituencies

oProofread and submitted edits


·BC Membership Applications:

oReceived, checked and submitted one applications to Credentials 
Committee: Pfizer

·Managed member queries (eg: change in contact, mailing list updates, 
dial out set up)

·Sent ICANN announcements to the BC list


·Drafted Status Report & aggregated all other reports to submit to members


Thank you,

--
Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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