Schedule: GNSO Constituencies
Monday, 22 June 2009
Interpretation: There will be French, English and Spanish simultaneous interpretation for this session.
Action Items: English, Français, Español
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A meeting of the NCUC and At-Large community Why it's Important | The changes to the GNSO as a part of the GNSO Improvements programme brings up several issues related to the new Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the interaction between the proposed inclusion of Internet end-users, registrants, consumer groups, as well as the pre-existing NCUC constituency. This meeting allows these communities to discuss these and other issues relevant to them. Who should attend? | Members of the At-Large and NCUC communities. |
Remote Participation Options:
- Telephonic remote participation (English only) Instructions on how to participate remotely may be found at this URL: http://www.atlarge.icann.org/teleconference-participation-en
- Chat between remote participants and those in the room (English, Spanish, and French Chatroom: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/syd_atlarge_ncuc/
Agenda (English):
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Agenda (Français):
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Agenda (Español):
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009
What it is | The gTLD Registries Constituency is a constituency within the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) and its primary role is to represent the interests of gTLD Registries that are currently under contract with ICANN to provide gTLD Registry Services.
Why it's important | The in-person meetings held in conjunction with the ICANN meetings provide an opportunity for productive and constructive discussions on issues that involve ICANN consensus policies that relate to interoperability, technical reliability and/or stable operation of the Internet or Domain Name System (DNS).
Why should attend? | Any one with a vested interest in these issues is encouraged to attend the open session of the gTLD Registries Constituency meeting while in Sydney.
What it is | The Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home for civil society organisations in ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO).
What it is | The members are registrars accredited by and under contract to ICANN. Registrars provide the interface between registrants and registries in getting domain names.
What it is | Cross Constituency is a meeting of the Commercial and Business Users Intellectual property Interests and Internet service and connectivity providers constituencies.
A quick summary video featuring J Scott Evans can be found below and underneath that an archive of the meeting itself.
Meeting archive video
What Is It | This meeting brings together all the constituencies of the GNSO who are not contracted parties with ICANN and the members of At-Large to discuss the GNSO Improvements programme.
Why it's important | With the changes to the GNSO being implemented as a part of the Improvements programme this meeting is an important opportunity for the non-contracted party representatives to discuss their common interests and collaboration options.
Who should attend? | Members of the: At-Large, Business , Intellectual Property, Internet Service Provider, and Non-Commercial Users’ Constituencies, others interested in the meeting’s subjects.
Why it's Important | The meeting is an important opportunity for updates and discussions on issues within the ICANN agenda that are of particular importance to registrants who are intellectual property owners and those seeking to protect copyright and trademark online.
Who should attend? | Anyone with an interest in these issues is invited to attend.
What it is | The Business Constituency is a constituency representing customers of providers of connectivity, domain names, IP addresses, protocols and other services related to electronic commerce in its broad sense.
Why it's Important | The meeting will consider the reaction of commercial users to proposals to change (and potentially reduce) the way they have their say in ICANN matters. It will also look inter alia at means of policy change to prevent bad faith activity related to domain tasting and the widespread abuse of the "add grace period".
Who should attend? | Commercial users of the Internet who are interested in meaningful competition in the domain name space and improved enforcement by ICANN of its contract parties (registries and registrars) with respect to acts of bad faith facilitated by lack of enforcement.
What it is | "ISPs"; or "connectivity providers"; are in the business of operating Name Servers as a service for 3rd parties and operate an Internet backbone network based on TCP/IP.
Why it's important | The meeting is an important opportunity for updates and discussions on issues within the ICANN agenda that are of particular importance to registrants who are intellectual property owners and those seeking to protect copyright and trademark online.
Who should attend? | Anyone with an interest in these issues is invited to attend.
