ICANN 73 - Get ready and request for inputs for our meeting with the board.

Fri Mar 4 12:36:25 EET 2022

Thanks everyone for the inputs! These are our final questions/talking
points:

NCSG and Board Meeting -  ICANN73

ICANN and Human Rights

1. In its Resolutions the Board does not mention the impact that its
decision might have on human rights in general. What do you think about the
possibility of adding what impact if any each resolution you pass might
have on rights? We give you an example. You raised concerns about
recommendation number 12, of EPDP on WHOIS which talked about deleting the
organization field for the registrars. You raised issues with that and the
matter was resolved later on through the GNSO small team. But did you also
consider if the issue you raised with deleting the organization field might
have some impact on registrant's rights?

2. In your recent resolutions about WHOIS, the board has mentioned -
sometimes - that WHOIS data is to identify the registrants, and that the
deletion of data can lead to not identifying the registrant and that might
pertain to global public interest and ICANN mission. Would you be able to
explain to us how the board came to this conclusion about the data being
used to identify registrants instead of providing contactability? We would
like to prevent this wrong narrative that WHOIS is to identify the domain
name registrant. It is not in ICANN mission to identify domain name
registrants.

See: "Whereas, the ICANN Board chose not to adopt implementation advice
2(b) of Recommendation 12, given that the deletion of the contents in the
organization field might result in the loss of identifying information
about who the registrant is and might not be consistent with ICANN's
mission or in the global public interest." Board resolution February 2022,
https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-02-24-en#2.b

Jurisdiction

3. We (the community) gave recommendations in WS jurisdiction around almost
4 years ago to explore receiving an OFAC license. That has not been done to
this day. Is the new round of gTLD gonna be closed to all sanctioned
countries?

ICANNs relationship with governments the European "digital sovereignty"
discussions and the DNS

4. In our last conversations we have briefly addressed upcoming European
legislative initiatives that could have some impact on ICANN and the DNS
such as the DSA and NIS2. In light of the European Union's recent study
that assessed the scope, magnitude and impact of DNS abuse and provided
input for possible policy measures, we would like to ask you whether the
board expects any sort of increased pressure from governments to outsource
some of their internet regulatory problems to ICANN in the near future?

Future of SSAD

5. Recently the org published an Operational design assessment about the
SSAD in order to gather input for further discussions about the SSAD and
for understanding how registration data is used more broadly. We are also
aware of the attempt to hire a market researcher/firm to better understand
the global demand for an SSAD and conduct a research that was aimed to gain
more data around 1) the expected volume of the requests, 2) the number of
SSAD users, and 3) such users’ price sensitivity. In light of that we have
a rather open question to you which is about the future of the SSAD, and
what should the community expect as next steps for this initiative + would
be Board be able to provide us with any sort of timeline for upcoming steps
?.

Best,
B

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 6:17 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For our Board meeting I was wondering if we could pose the following
> questions:
>
> 1. In its Resolutions the Board does not mention the impact that its
> decision might have on human rights in general. What do you think about the
> possibility of adding what impact if any each resolution you pass might
> have on rights? We give you an example. You raised concerns about
> recommendation number 12, of EPDP on WHOIS which talked about deleting the
> organization field for the registrars. You raised issues with that and the
> matter was resolved later on through the GNSO small team. But did you also
> consider if the issue you raised with deleting the organization field might
> have some impact on registrant's rights?
>
> 2. In your resolutions about WHOIS you sometimes mention that WHOIS data
> is to identify the registrants. You have even gone so far to argue that
> deletion of data can lead to not identifying the registrant and that might
> in global public interest and ICANN mission. Can we clarify that WHOIS is
> not to identify registrants but to actually provide contactability. Does
> the Board agree with that? We would like to prevent this wrong narrative
> that WHOIS is to identify the domain name registrant. It is not in ICANN
> mission to identify domain name registrants.
>
> See: "Whereas, the ICANN Board chose not to adopt implementation advice
> 2(b) of Recommendation 12, given that the deletion of the contents in the
> organization field might result in the loss of identifying information
> about who the registrant is and might not be consistent with ICANN's
> mission or in the global public interest." Board resolution February 2022,
> https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-02-24-en#2.b
>
>
> 3. We (the community) gave recommendations in WS jurisdiction around
> almost 4 years ago to explore receiving an OFAC license. That has not been
> done to this day. Is the new round of gTLD gonna be closed to
> all sanctioned countries?
>
>
> 4. What structures do you have in place to follow the Bylaws consistently
> in the future? In some IRP panel Declarations we see that they are of the
> opinion that in some instances the Board did not follow the Bylaws.
> (especially in delegation of .NewgTLDs). What structures do you have now in
> place to follow the Bylaws in the future? (other than the accountability
> mechanisms that the community has)
>
>
>
> Pick or choose as you see appropriate.
>
>
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 11:32 AM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Bruna,
>> This came up strongly in our last members meeting - possibility for the
>> board to empower the non commercial stakeholders group in form of subsidy
>> especially in the virtual ICANN era.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Benjamin
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 9:44 PM Ephraim Percy Kenyanito <
>> hello at ekenyanito.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruna,
>>>
>>> Can we have a conversation aiming at a commitment from ICANN on them to
>>> conduct a HRIA follow up to the 2019 one and having regular schedules?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
>>> On 2/17/22 22:19, Bruna Martins dos Santos wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Our discussion topics for the meeting with the Board are due tomorrow. I
>>> have sent this email about a week ago to the list and would really
>>> appreciate it if anyone has suggestions of topics.
>>>
>>> Just as a suggestion, and as we see things pop up prior to the meeting,
>>> id say that two potential topics would be SSAD Implementation and the next
>>> gTLDs round, but we still need to structure our questions on these two.
>>> Anything else ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bruna
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 3:00 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear NCSG,
>>>>
>>>> Hope this email finds you well and healthier than I am right now (ha) !
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to send everyone a short reminder about ICANN73 that's
>>>> taking place from March 7-10, <https://73.schedule.icann.org/>
>>>> virtually, and with its Prep Week taking place from Feb 22-24
>>>> <https://73.schedule.icann.org/prep-week-schedule> (also virtually).
>>>>
>>>> Our agenda for this upcoming meeting, and the first one in 2022, will
>>>> be the following:
>>>> - NCSG Policy Meeting
>>>> - NCSG Membership Meeting; and
>>>> - NCSG Meeting with the ICANN Board.
>>>> (+ GNSO Council and PDPs meetings, our Constituency meetings and our
>>>> members participation in any policy session or plenary)
>>>>
>>>> For our meeting with the Board, we need to submit the talking points
>>>> until Feb 16. So I would like to ask you all for some suggestions of topics
>>>> for this conversation that is open to all members. I assume there is still
>>>> interest in asking questions about the future of ICANN Meetings or the long
>>>> term effects of the pandemic at ICANNs MSM due to the community burnout and
>>>> some PDP implementation issues but would be also interested in us having a
>>>> conversation about more things.
>>>>
>>>> With regards to our NCSG Membership I am also welcoming any suggestions
>>>> of agenda topics or people to try to invite. The time to shape the agenda
>>>> is now!
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you online.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos  *
>>>>
>>>> German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander
>>>> von Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>
>>>>
>>>> Visiting Researcher (Gastwissenschaftlerin) | Wissenschaftszentrum
>>>> Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) <https://wzb.eu/en>
>>>>
>>>> Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
>>>> Chair | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group at ICANN
>>>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg>
>>>> Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
>>>> bruna.martinsantos
>>>> *bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu <bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu>* and
>>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos  *
>>>
>>> German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander
>>> von Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>
>>>
>>> Visiting Researcher (Gastwissenschaftlerin) | Wissenschaftszentrum
>>> Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) <https://wzb.eu/en>
>>>
>>> Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
>>> Chair | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group at ICANN
>>> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg>
>>> Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>
>>>
>>> Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
>>> bruna.martinsantos
>>> *bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu <bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu>* and
>>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
>>>
>>>

-- 

*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>

Visiting Researcher (Gastwissenschaftlerin) | Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
für Sozialforschung (WZB) <https://wzb.eu/en>

Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>
Chair | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group at ICANN
<https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/stakeholders-constituencies/ncsg>
Co-Coordinator | Internet Governance Caucus  <https://igcaucus.org/>

Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype:
bruna.martinsantos
*bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu <bruna.martinsdossantos at wzb.eu>* and
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com
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