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[announce] NC Meeting minutes,12 Nov. 2001 Marina del Rey


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     DNSO Names Council Meeting in Marina del Rey on November 12, 2001 -
                                  minutes

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21 November 2001.

The DNSO Names Council meeting in Marina del Rey, California held on Monday
12 November 2001, 14:00 - 17:00, [@ Marina Beach Marriott, Catalina Room] .

(14:00 Los Angeles, 17:00 New York, 22:00 UTC, 23:00 CET, 11:00 Auckland
next day)

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Agenda http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20011112.NCmdr-agenda.html

List of attendees:

  Peter de Blanc                 ccTLD
  Elisabeth Porteneuve           ccTLD
  Oscar Robles Garay             ccTLD
  Philip Sheppard                Business
  Marilyn Cade                   Business
  Antonio Harris                 ISPCP
  Greg Ruth                      ISPCP
  Tony Holmes                    ISPCP
  Ken Stubbs                     Registrars
  Roger Cochetti                 gTLD
  Cary Karp                      gTLD
  Richard Tindal                 gTLD
  Axel Aus der Muhlen            IP
  Caroline Chicoine              IP
  Youn Jung Park                 NCDNH
  Vany Martinez                  NCDNH
  Milton Mueller                 NCDNNH
  Glen de Saint Géry             Secretary

List of attendees online:

  Erica Roberts                  Registrars
  Paul Kane                      Registrars
  Grant Forsyth                  Business

Absent:

  Guillermo Carey                 IP constituency with apologies, proxy to
Caroline Chicoine

Quorum (11) present at 14:00 Los Angeles time (UTC 22:00)

Ph. Sheppard chaired the NC meeting.

  1. Adoption of minutes of October 11, 2001 teleconference:

     A motion to adopt the minutes was moved by Ken Stubbs and seconded by
     Marilyn Cade.

     Decision D 1: All in favour of the motion and the minutes of the
     October 11 teleconference were adopted.

  2. Verification of telephone patch-in of remote Board Members

     Paul Kane, Erica Roberts and Grant Forsyth were on line.

  3. Agenda Item 3: At-Large - session with ALSC:

     The Chair welcomed Karl Bildt who gave the presentation of the ALSC
     final report:
     http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/mdr2001/archive/pres/bildt-alsc.html

     The recommendation is that an ALSO should be a self financing low-cost
     body to allow for maximum participation. One third of the ICANN board
     and two thirds of the membership would be required to make structural
     changes. The ALSC recommends an extension of its life until March 2002
     to maintain momentum, seen as important for the stability of ICANN.

     The constituency conclusions:
        * The BC and the gTLDs and the ISPC are generally supportive.
        * The Registrars have made proposals that they are working on in
          parallel with the comments and are taking a closer look at the
          impact it will have on ICANN in 4/5 years.
        * The ccTLDs do not agree with the restriction of membership to DN
          holders.
        * The NCDNH believes there should be 9 At large directors.
        * The IPC said that verification could be used to improve the
          accuracy of the WHOIS and recommended 6 board seats.

     The chair concluded the discussions saying issues of detail were still
     pending and a further working relationship between the ALSC and the NC
     on these issues is foreseen.

  4. Agenda Item 4: Transfers - NC resolution

     Marilyn Cade, interim chair to the Transfers Task Force, reported on
     concerns within the Registrar constituency and that other
     constituencies were keen to see a rapid resolution of the issue.
        * it is estimated that 70% of domain name registrants are indirect
          and may be unaware of who their registrars are.
        * policies need to take this into account
        * the relationship between registrant and registrar needs to be
          thought through, whether or not the registrar gets power of
          attorney
        * there are concerns about delays when transfers do not work and
          inconsistency between registrars
        * there must be clarification that the issue under discussion is
          transfers between registrars
        * set milestones for the task Force and complete the work within 3
          months.

     The following motion was proposed by Paul Kane and seconded by Grant
     Forsyth:

          That the NC shows its support for the Transfer Task Force and
          the importance of its work. The NC requests ICANN staff to
          assist the task force in any legal definitions and the
          identification of any contract modifications that may be
          needed. The NC looks forward to receiving a resolution of
          this important issue by the Ghana meeting (March 2002).

     Decision D2: The motion was voted on and passed unanimously

  5. Agenda Item 5: IDN - NC resolution:

     Elisabeth Porteneuve reported that progress had been made on better
     understanding of the issue. It is complicated by the fact that a
     variety of internet services rely on domain names. All services may not
     work with all implementations of IDNs. Modifications may be required on
     end-user software. A series of teleconferences are scheduled between 26
     November and 4 December for information and clarification from IETF,
     Verisign and MINC. IETF work has been postponed slightly.

        o The IDNs will be part of the DNS thus part of ICANN's
          responsibility for overall reliability, stability and utility of
          the internet
        o IDN implementation will offer functionality and partial
          implementation may impose substantial costs on registrars.

     Action: Ken Stubbs suggested inviting an IETF representative to the
     next teleconference

  6. Agenda Item 8: GAC reaction to NC resolution - probable informal
     dialogue with GAC member:
     http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20011026.gac-answer-NCresol.html

     Christopher Wilkinson said:
        o that there had been support from the dot INFO registry and ICANN
          for a "holding phase" for the most sensitive strings
        o many countries would have preferred to protect more strings.
        o no decision has been made on future new TLDs
        o the GACs concern is not restricted to either deceptive trade
          practices or pure authority - countries vary.
        o names conflicts are a classic issue for the Names Council.

     R. Cochetti suggested that one of the task forces could take this issue
     on board.
     Philip Sheppard thanked the GAC vice-chair for the clarification that
     their request does not go beyond dot INFO and ISO 3166.

  7. Agenda Item 6: Adoption of final report from the Review Task Force:

     The gTLDs constituency introduced a last minute objective to one part
     of the report. The NC Chair expressed his regret about this as there
     had been a due process and timetable for such comments. In debate it
     emerged that there was no intent of the task force to change the DNSO
     consensus process - they had merely recommended a clarification.
     It was decided to defer a vote and further discussion to the Wednesday,
     14 November meeting.

  8. Agenda Item 7: Dot Org interim report:
     http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/Arc06/msg00142.htm

     The final report will be sent to the Names Council by December
     following agreement by the task force. There was good participation.
     Although the task force would like to review the RFP drawn up by ICANN
     to make sure it reflects the policy, it will not live on beyond this
     point.

     Ken Stubbs announced the NC dinner on Tuesday night at the Chart House
     at 21.00

The meeting adjourned at 17.10. Los Angeles time

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