[PC-NCSG] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Reminder: Call for Volunteers for the AoC Review Team on Competition, Consumer Choice and Trust (CCT) Open Until 30 October 2015

[Kathy Kleiman]

All,
This is an important one for us because the word "consumer" has two 
different meanings at ICANN. For the intellectual property community, 
"consumer" means those purchasing their goods and services from 
websites. For them, "consumer trust" is inextricably tied to the 
increased protection of trademarks and copyrights (as "identifiers" to 
consumers of their goods).

We (NCSG) has often used the word "consumer" as those who purchase 
domain names -- namely Registrants. "Consumers" are the people who buy 
and sell the goods provided by Registries and Registrars. These 
consumers/registrants (us!) need fair policies for domain name 
registrations, transfers, revocations -- all policies for gTLDs created 
by and through ICANN.

For better or worse, those representing these two types of "consumers" 
often clash.
I think it is key that NCSG have a really good person on this Review Team.

Best,
Kathy

:
> hi everyone,
>
> as you are aware, that was raised at GNSO working session.
> can we initiate the discussion on how we should proceed?
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Charla Shambley* <charla.shambley at icann.org 
> <mailto:charla.shambley at icann.org>>
> Date: 2015-10-17 21:20 GMT+09:00
> Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Reminder: Call for Volunteers for the AoC 
> Review Team on Competition, Consumer Choice and Trust (CCT) Open Until 
> 30 October 2015
> To: "soac-infoalert at icann.org <mailto:soac-infoalert at icann.org>" 
> <soac-infoalert at icann.org <mailto:soac-infoalert at icann.org>>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> As part of its Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) requirements, ICANN is 
> seeking volunteers to serve on the Competition, Consumer Trust and 
> Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT). Candidates are asked to submit 
> their applications to *reviews at icann.org <mailto:reviews at icann.org>* 
> by *30 October 2015*, 23:59 UTC.
>
> The CCT Review Team?s mandate under the AoC is to ?examine the extent 
> to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted 
> competition, consumer trust and consumer choice, as well as 
> effectiveness of (a) the application and evaluation process, and (b) 
> safeguards put in place to mitigate issues involved in the 
> introduction or expansion.?
>
> This call is intended for individuals interested in applying for a 
> position of Volunteer Review Team Member, in representation of a 
> Supporting Organization (S0) or Advisory Committee (AC), and/or as an 
> Independent Expert. /Please kindly note that we will be soliciting 
> endorsements from the SO/ACs of the applicants that have expressed an 
> interest in representing an SO/AC in November as part of the selection 
> process/.
>
> Selection of the members of the Review Teams will be made jointly by 
> the Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and by the CEO 
> of ICANN, as mandated by section 9.3 of the Affirmation of 
> Commitments.  The names of the Review Team members will be publicly 
> posted once the review team is constituted.
>
> The key dates to keep in mind are:
>
> *Call for volunteers published - *1 October 2015
>
> *Deadline to apply for Review Team- *30 October 2015
>
> *Publication of Applicants- *2 November 2015
>
> *Deadline for SO/AC Endorsements- *30 November 2015
>
> *Review Team selected and announced- *Early December 2015
>
> *1st Review Team meeting- *Early January 2016
>
> *Final report issued- *estimated December 2016
>
> For more information on the CCT RT,  we invite you to join us at our 
> session 
> <https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-aoc-org-reviews> 
> on  Wednesday morning at 10:45 in the Auditorium. Additional 
> information is available at 
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/call-volunteers-cct-rt-2015-10-01-en. 
>
>
> Please feel free to email us at *reviews at icann.org 
> <mailto:reviews at icann.org>* should you have any questions related to 
> this call for volunteers or the CCT-RT.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Margie
>
> __________
>
> Margie Milam
>
> Senior Director- Strategic Initiatives
>
> ICANN
>
>
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