Re: [gnso-metrep-wg] GNSO MetRep - Charter - Draft Final

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

i like Pam’s rewording just fine (Pam, i’m assuming i could take out the extra 
layer of parentheses in your revised “Data Availability” section, right?).

you others OK with her version?

mikey


On Jan 8, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Pam Little <pam.little12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I share Tony’s concern and have taken the liberty of marking up the latest 
> version of the draft Charter for your review and consideration.
>  
> As I previously commented during one of our calls, the 2013 RAA and the new 
> gTLD Registry Agreement require contracted parties to collect abuse data and 
> provide such data to ICANN upon request (see excerpts below). I hope my 
> suggested edits make sense in light of these new (and onerous) obligations on 
> contracted parties and the new (and powerful) compliance tools that were not 
> previously available to ICANN.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Pam
> ~~~
> 
> 2013 RAA
> 
> 3.18 Registrar's Abuse Contact and Duty to Investigate Reports of Abuse.
> 
> 3.18.1 Registrar shall maintain an abuse contact to receive reports of abuse 
> involving Registered Names sponsored by Registrar, including reports of 
> Illegal Activity. Registrar shall publish an email address to receive such 
> reports on the home page of Registrar's website (or in another standardized 
> place that may be designated by ICANN from time to time). Registrar shall 
> take reasonable and prompt steps to investigate and respond appropriately to 
> any reports of abuse.
> 
> 3.18.2 Registrar shall establish and maintain a dedicated abuse point of 
> contact, including a dedicated email address and telephone number that is 
> monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to receive reports of Illegal 
> Activity by law enforcement, consumer protection, quasi-governmental or other 
> similar authorities designated from time to time by the national or 
> territorial government of the jurisdiction in which the Registrar is 
> established or maintains a physical office. Well-founded reports of Illegal 
> Activity submitted to these contacts must be reviewed within 24 hours by an 
> individual who is empowered by Registrar to take necessary and appropriate 
> actions in response to the report. In responding to any such reports, 
> Registrar will not be required to take any action in contravention of 
> applicable law.
> 
> 3.18.3 Registrar shall publish on its website a description of its procedures 
> for the receipt, handling, and tracking of abuse reports. Registrar shall 
> document its receipt of and response to all such reports. Registrar shall 
> maintain the records related to such reports for the shorter of two (2) years 
> or the longest period permitted by applicable law, and during such period, 
> shall provide such records to ICANN upon reasonable notice.
> 
> New gTLD Registry Agreement, Specification 11 (PUBLIC INTEREST COMMITMENTS)
>  
> b.      Registry Operator will periodically conduct a technical analysis to 
> assess whether domains in the TLD are being used to perpetrate security 
> threats, such as pharming, phishing, malware, and botnets. Registry Operator 
> will maintain statistical reports on the number of security threats 
> identified and the actions taken as a result of the periodic security checks. 
> Registry Operator will maintain these reports for the term of the Agreement 
> unless a shorter period is required by law or approved by ICANN, and will 
> provide them to ICANN upon request.
>  
> From: owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf Of Onorato, Tony
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 7:20 AM
> To: Mike O'Connor; Berry Cobb
> Cc: GNSO Metrics and Reporting
> Subject: RE: [gnso-metrep-wg] GNSO MetRep - Charter - Draft Final
>  
> Mikey –
>  
> I read over the draft again last night and a question occurred to me:  we 
> identify as Out of Scope “Problem-report tracking – transparent processes to 
> collect, analyze and publish summaries of valid policy-violation reports, the 
> root-causes of the problems and their final disposition”.  My concern is 
> whether this suggests to the WG that aggregate numbers of UDRPs or URSs or 
> other means by which abuse trends might be captured, are meant to be excluded 
> from the universe of desirable metrics.
>  
> If you/the team share this concern, perhaps it could be re-worded as 
> “Problem-report tracking – transparent processes to collect, analyze and 
> publish summaries of valid policy-violation reports and/or analyses of the 
> root-causes of the problems and their final disposition, in contrast with 
> underlying data concerning, e.g., the reported frequency of an abuse” 
>  
> Thanks very much for all your hard work on this.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Tony
>  
> From: owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf Of Mike O'Connor
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:44 PM
> To: Berry Cobb
> Cc: GNSO Metrics and Reporting
> Subject: Re: [gnso-metrep-wg] GNSO MetRep - Charter - Draft Final
>  
> thanks Berry,
>  
> sounds like a good plan to me.
>  
> m
>  
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Berry Cobb <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> 
> Mikey beat me to the New Year announcement!  Welcome to 2014, all!
>  
> I agree that by the close of this week and if no one objects, we forward the 
> Charter and Draft Motion to the Council by the 13 Jan 2014, 23:59 UTC 
> deadline.  Because this is a motion for the Council to consider, Mikey you 
> should submit it as the maker of the motion and ask for a second.
>  
> I will send Mikey final versions of the report and motion on Friday morning.
>  
> Please let me know if anyone has any questions.
>  
> Thank you.  B
>  
> Berry Cobb
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> 720.839.5735
> mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> @berrycobb
>  
>  
> From: owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx] 
> On Behalf Of Mike O'Connor
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 13:17
> To: GNSO Metrics and Reporting
> Subject: Fwd: [gnso-metrep-wg] GNSO MetRep - Charter - Draft Final
>  
> hi all,
>  
> welcome back from the holidays.  just in time to take a last look at the 
> draft charter.  let’s say that if we get to the end of the week without 
> anybody raising an issue, we’ve got us a final draft — and that Berry can 
> push the draft and the resolution along to Council?  sound OK?  Berry, i 
> snuck my revised version of the motion into this pile...
>  
> mikey
>  
>  
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 
> 
> From: "Berry Cobb" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [gnso-metrep-wg] GNSO MetRep - Charter - Draft Final
> Date: December 18, 2013 at 11:10:40 PM CST
> To: <gnso-metrep-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
>  
> WG Members,
>  
> Please find attached version v0.7 of our draft charter.  I also included a 
> clean version for easier review.  Pending any other suggested changes, this 
> version is what will be sent to the GNSO Council the week prior to the GNSO 
> Documents and Motions deadline of 13 Jan 2014.  Basically, we have until 8 
> Jan 2014 should we need to deliberate any changes.  Please consider the work 
> tasked to the future WG over the holidays and respond back to the list if you 
> think we missed something.
>  
> I also included a draft of the motion for the GNSO Council to approve the 
> charter after they discuss it on the 23 Jan 2014 GNSO Council meeting.  
> Should the Council approve the charter, we will conduct a call for volunteers 
> for the Working Group.  I suspect most members here intend to participate on 
> the WG, but for those that may choose not participate, please let me know and 
> I can have you removed from the mailing list.
>  
> Lastly, I attached the high-level, proposed work plan once the call for 
> volunteers concludes and the WG would tentatively begin.  This is not a set 
> schedule, but it should give you an idea of the WG’s schedule over the coming 
> months leading up to Singapore and subsequently London.
>  
> I wish everyone a great holiday.  Should you have any questions, please reach 
> out to me.
>  
> Thank you.  B
>  
> Berry Cobb
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> 720.839.5735
> mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> @berrycobb
>  
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