RE: Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I respect that the number seems high, I will recall that the Transfer 
Task Force and the first WHOIS Task Force both had similar participant list. We 
had no staff then, and I chaired both, and somehow, it worked.  

I personally want to celebrate the engagement. 
I agree with Phil that 'coordination' of the group will be a challenge, but 
openness and transparency is paramount for ICANN, especially now.  And I also 
agree that having co chairs from different groups, will be extremely helpful. 
We just lived through remarkable experiences of the CSG and CCWG. 
I look forward to the next experience. 



From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Phil Corwin
Sent: mardi 29 mars 2016 15:31
To: Marie Pattullo; 'Zahid Jamil-IG'; 'Chantelle Doerksen'; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'
Subject: RE: Marie:[bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development 
Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs  
Marie: As Interim Chair of the WG and GNSO Liaison I have been informed by 
ICANN staff that the initial call/Adobe chat for the group will be the second 
or third week of April. While there is no absolute deadline for signing up, 
doing so now ensures that you’ll be there at the start. It is already up to 98 
members and 39 observers (see 
https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58729950 )so the 
management of a group that large, dealing with the multitude of issues it 
faces, will be a challenge. I am presuming that it will have several co-chairs 
who will collectively sort out a path forward for its important work. Hope that 
helps. Very best, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding PrincipalVirtualaw LLC1155 
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"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marie Pattullo
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:05 AM
To: 'Zahid Jamil-IG'; 'Chantelle Doerksen'; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process 
Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Sorry to 
ask daft questions but: by when must we sign up to be official members of the 
group? And Zahid – would you be a star and check my draft SOI (when I can get 
into it) to make sure it’s in the correct form?(I’m remote working on a rather 
temperamental connection – again, apologies).M From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marie Pattullo
Sent: mardi 29 mars 2016 14:51
To: 'Zahid Jamil-IG'; 'Chantelle Doerksen'; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Glen de Saint Géry'
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process 
Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs Apologies 
all, I have been away from the office. I too will sign up – hopefully today if 
my wifi permits! I am also hoping to persuade some of my expert members to do 
likewise given the vital importance of this work to right holders. Kind regards 
Marie From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Zahid Jamil-IG
Sent: lundi 21 mars 2016 23:11
To: Chantelle Doerksen; bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Glen de Saint Géry
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Call for Volunteers: New GNSO Policy Development Process 
Working Group to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs As a 
former member of the IRT expert group and the STI as a GNSO councilor, each 
related the development of the RPMs would be happy to volunteer. 

Best regards,



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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:43 PM -0700, "Chantelle Doerksen" 
<chantelle.doerksen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Dear BC Members, Volunteers needed. Please 
see below. Kind regards,Chantelle _______ 
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-21-enCall for Volunteers: New 
GNSO Policy Development Process Working Group to Review All Rights Protection 
Mechanisms in All gTLDsIn BriefThe Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) 
Council seeks volunteers for a new Working Group that will conduct a Policy 
Development Process (PDP) to Review All Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) in 
All Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The GNSO Council approved the PDP 
Working Group's Charter [PDF, 510 KB] on 9 March 2016.
What This Team Will Do1.      Conduct the PDP in two phasesThis PDP Working 
Group is being chartered to conduct a review of all RPMs in all gTLDs in two 
phases as defined in the approved charter [PDF, 524 KB]: Phase One will focus 
on a review of all the RPMs that were developed for the New gTLD Program (i.e. 
the Trademark Clearinghouse and associated notification and sunrise mechanisms, 
the Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure, and the Post-Delegation Dispute 
Resolution Procedures), and Phase Two will focus on a review of the Uniform 
Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).At a minimum, in each Phase of this PDP, the 
Working Group will be expected to first assess the effectiveness of the 
relevant RPM(s), for which it should seek the input of experienced online 
dispute resolution providers and other subject matter experts, as appropriate. 
The Working Group is also expected to look at the interplay between and 
complementary roles of each RPM in seeking to more fully understand their 
overall functioning and effectiveness. Ultimately, the goal is for the Working 
Group to consider the overarching issue as to whether or not all the RPMs 
collectively fulfill the purposes for which they were created, or whether 
additional policy recommendations are needed, including to clarify and unify 
the policy goals.In public comments to the UDRP Final Issue Report [PDF, 2.69 
MB], the RPM Staff Paper [PDF 2.5 MB], and the Preliminary Issue Report for 
this PDP, various community groups and participants had identified a number of 
issues that they considered appropriate for review in a PDP. As such, the 
Working Group is expected to consider these community suggestions, which have 
been listed in the Working Group Charter, with further modifications, additions 
and deletions to be determined by consensus of the Working Group.2.      
Coordinate its work with other parallel effortsThe Working Group will monitor 
the progress of and, where appropriate, coordinate with, other ICANN groups 
that are working on topics that may overlap with or otherwise provide useful 
input to this PDP. These other efforts include the Competition, Consumer Trust 
and Consumer Choice Review Team, the Trademark Clearinghouse Independent Review 
and the GNSO's PDP Working Group on New gTLDs Subsequent Procedures. In this 
regard, the GNSO Council directed that a GNSO community liaison be appointed by 
the two GNSO PDP Working Groups. Further, as the manager of the policy 
development process, the GNSO Council is to be kept informed about the various 
coordination efforts so that in case of conflict between these groups, the 
Council may take the appropriate action to align the different work 
processes.At the conclusion of Phase One of its work, the Working Group is 
expected to assess the need for modification to its Charter and, if 
appropriate, submit a request to the GNSO Council accordingly for the 
subsequent phase(s) of its work.How This Team Will WorkICANN Working Groups use 
transparent, open processes. The meetings of this PDP Working Group will be 
recorded and transcribed, and the recordings and transcriptions will be 
available to the public. The mailing list for the Working Group will be 
archived publicly. The group will collaborate using a public workspace for 
draft materials and all final work products and milestones will be documented 
on the WG's wiki. The PDP WG is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group 
Guidelines [PDF, 350 KB] as well as the GNSO PDP Manual [PDF, 300 KB].
How to participateThere are two ways to volunteer:
Individual Members – anyone interested can volunteer to join the PDP Working 
Group as a member, regardless of whether they are members of the ICANN 
community. Members are expected to actively contribute to mailing list 
conversations as well as meetings – it is anticipated that the Working Group 
will at a minimum meet on a weekly basis via teleconference. Members are 
expected to provide essential input to the process. Members will be required to 
provide a Statement of Interest (SOI).Mailing list observers – for those who 
are merely interested in monitoring the Working Group's deliberations, it is 
possible to sign up as a mailing list "observer" which offers read-only access 
to the mailing list. Mailing list observers will not be permitted to post, will 
not receive invitations to the meetings of the Working Group and will not have 
to complete a Statement of Interest. At any point in time, a mailing list 
observer can join the WG as a member simply by informing the GNSO 
Secretariat.In addition, there will be opportunities to provide input through 
public consultations and public comment processes that the PDP Working Group is 
expected to organize.
How to JoinIf you are interested in joining the Working Group either as an 
individual participant or mailing list observer, please fill in the sign up 
form or send the Word document [DOCX, 72 KB], filled in, to the GNSO 
Secretariat.
All members and observers will be listed on the PDP Working Group's wiki page.
Next stepsThe GNSO Council directed that this call for volunteers be circulated 
as widely as possible in order to ensure broad representation and participation 
in the Working Group. it is anticipated that the Working Group will convene 
online for the first time in early April 2016. Following that, regular online 
meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the Working Group's work plan, 
which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.
Further information and preparationFor those interested in volunteering for 
this effort, you are strongly encouraged to review the following materials 
prior to the first meeting of the PDP WG:
The Final Issue Report [PDF, 1 MB]The approved charter [PDF, 510 KB]Materials 
available at the Working Group's online wiki workspaceBackgroundThe question of 
who legally has rights to, or is the legitimate holder of, a domain name can be 
open to dispute. In relation to domain name disputes concerning the 
registration and use of legally protected trademarks, the Uniform Dispute 
Resolution Policy (UDRP) is the longest standing alternative dispute resolution 
procedure. As a result of the New gTLD Program, several new rights protection 
mechanisms (RPMs) were developed to mitigate potential risks and costs to 
trademark rights holders that could arise in the expansion of the gTLD 
namespace, which included certain safeguards to protect registrants who engage 
in legitimate uses of domain names: the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS); 
the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) and the associated availability through the 
TMCH of Sunrise periods and the Trademark Claims notification service; and the 
Post-Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedures (PDDRPs). Prior to the launch of 
the New gTLD Program, on 3 October 2011 ICANN staff had published a Final Issue 
Report on the current state of the UDRP. The recommended course of action in 
that UDRP Final Issue Report [PDF, 2.69 MB] was not to initiate a PDP at the 
time, but to hold off launching any such PDP until after the new URS had been 
in operation for at least eighteen (18) months. In addition, the September 2015 
revised RPM Staff Paper [PDF 2.5 MB] had explicitly noted that some of the 
concerns identified by the community for consideration as part of a review of 
the RPMs might be appropriate topics for policy development work. The UDRP has 
not been subject to comprehensive review. There has also not been a full review 
of all the RPMs developed to date by ICANN, to consider whether or not they are 
collectively achieving the objectives for which they were created.
In preparation for this PDP, a new Preliminary Issue Report [PDF, 1.4 MB] was 
published for public comment on 9 October 2015. A Final Issue Report [PDF, 1.2 
MB] was subsequently published on 7 October 2015, including links to all public 
comments received, along with a draft charter for the PDP WG [PDF, 510 KB]. The 
final charter was approved by the GNSO Council on 9 March 2016, enabling the 
formation of a GNSO working group of community volunteers to conduct this PDP.
More information can be found on the activities webpage for GNSO PDP Review of 
All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs and the Working Group's online 
wiki workspace, which includes the charter, community input provided during the 
public comment period, and an extensive library of foundational materials to 
inform the Working Group's deliberations.
As this will be a complex multi-phase PDP, anyone interested in helping to 
shape the review of all RPMs in all gTLDs are encouraged to volunteer for this 
Working Group
  Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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