NCSG - GAC Meeting

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi Farzi, I would like to talk with the GAC about Free Expression and 
Due Process. The GAC has an uncomfortable history of only listening to 
the intellectual property community on matters of the RPMs*, but not 
actually hearing anything from us about concerns for free expression, 
fair use and fair dealing and due process to ensure that organizations', 
individuals' and entrepreneurs' domain names (and their entire websites, 
etc.) are not seized without a fair process.

Especially with the GAC's interest in human rights, we should talk with 
them about the Rights Protections Mechanisms Working Group and why their 
(GAC's) concerns for human rights should be playing out in this Working 
Group as well as many other parts of ICANN.

Best and tx for asking, Kathy

(By way of background to anyone who is interested:
*RPMs => "rights protections mechanisms" which balance trademark rights 
and domain name registrant rights in domain names. The Uniform Dispute 
Resolution Policy (UDRP) and Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) are two of 
the ways that trademark owners can seek to obtain, suspend and cancel 
domain names of registrants. When the domain names happens to be (or 
include) an ordinary word, such as fox, a common industry term such as 
mobile, or a popular first and last name such as Ashley or Smith, there 
is a tension because all of these terms are trademarked, and yet all of 
these terms are in use in a myriad of commercial and noncommercial ways. 
If you are interested in these issues, please let me know.)

On 2/11/2018 1:20 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
> Dear Ganga,
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> As much as the issues you raised are of importance, they are not 
> within ICANN mission and not what ICANN does.
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> At ICANN we do domain name policy so our questions should be related 
> to that.
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> We can talk about Domain Name Abuse and the role of Public Safety 
> Working Group at GAC.
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> Anything else members would want to discuss? I need to send them the 
> topics this week.
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> Farzaneh
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> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:26 PM, gangadhar panday 
> <000004f7f8ca2221-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu 
> <mailto:000004f7f8ca2221-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu>> wrote:
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>     I suggest INTERNET SHUTDOWNS and CHEAPER CONNECTIVITY as  topics
>     for discussion.
>     Best wishes - Ganga
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>     On Feb 6, 2018 11:06 AM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at FERDELINE.COM
>     <mailto:icann at FERDELINE.COM>> wrote:
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>         Thank you for arranging this bilateral, Farzaneh. It is great
>         that we are continuing the dialogue with the GAC and that they
>         have found the time to meet with us again. An excellent signal
>         that our profile is rising within the community. Thanks for
>         all your work making this happen!
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>         Best wishes,
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>         Ayden
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>         -------- Original Message --------
>         On 6 February 2018 6:38 PM, farzaneh badii
>         <farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM <mailto:farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM>>
>         wrote:
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>             Dear all,
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>             We will have a meeting with GAC in Puerto Rico during
>             ICANN 61 on Monday, March 12. They have given us a nice
>             early morning meeting, 8.30 to 9 before the opening ceremony.
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>             Other than GDPR and Privacy, what other topics would you
>             like to discuss? Consider that we have a limited time, we
>             will compile your suggested topics and see what will be
>             approved by NCSG PC. When we have decided the topics, then
>             we will choose some NCSG members who are the subject
>             matter experts to be present on the podium.
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>             In our last meeting, I opened with a couple of words about
>             NCUC (it was an NCUC meeting). This time I will tell them
>             what NCSG is breifly.
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>             Best
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>             Farzaneh
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