ICANN Meeting

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

March 10, 2001

Presiding: Steve Metalitz, IPC President (CCDN rep.)

In attendance: See attached list.

I Welcome

Mr. Metalitz welcomed attendees to the meeting of the IPC. All attendees were asked to introduce themselves. The IPC then moved on to constituency business.

II Treasurers Report - Andrew Collins, IPC Treasurer (APAA rep.)

Mr. Collins reported that the budget of the IPC for 2001 is approximately US$36,000.

The IPC's contribution to ICANN will be US$15,000.

The IPC will attempt to cover costs of its face-to-face meeting.

The IPC will contribute US$10,000 toward the costs of the Max Planck Institute study on the UDRP.

Dues for IPC membership will be 50% higher than the previous year.

Mr. Collins will be e-mailing invoices to members.

Category 3 = US$1,350

Category 2 = $900

Category 1 = $450

Individuals = $75

III Membership Report -- Nick Wood, Membership Chair (MARQUES rep.)

Mr. Wood reported that the IPC had received 12 new applications for membership. Mr. Metalitz indicated that the IPC would review the applications and act on them accordingly.

Mr. Wood stated that he had established a new IPC recruitment website: http://www.ipc-membership.org. He is seeking comments on the structure and utility of the site. Mr. Wood added that he would like to have the site translated into languages other than English.

Mr. Evans stated that the IPC needs to get information to its website in an easier manner than currently exists. He added that he would like to see the IPC website address changed so that the site is more accessible and "user friendly." The current IPC site is http://ipc.songbird.com.

Mr. Evans stated that the officers proposed to designate point persons for specific issues. These individuals shall be responsible for providing their IPC colleagues with updates on their issues and soliciting help when needed.

G. Carey ccTLDs

J. Mutimear UDRP, multi-lingual domain names

S. Metalitz New gTLDs

A. Collins Finance

J. S. Evans Administration

V Status of Negotiations with New gTLDs -- Mr. Metalitz

Mr. Metalitz reported that the IPC had analyzed each of the 44 new gTLD applications and has engaged in negotiations with representatives of the four unsponsored gTLDs that were selected by ICANN: .info, .pro, .biz, and .name.

The constituency then engaged in a discussion about the various aspects of IP protection in the new gTLDs. One interesting question which was raised, was whether Chinese character domains would be considered word marks under the "Sunrise." Mike Palage, a consultant for .info, indicated that multilingual domains were not applicable to the new gTLDs.

VI UDRP Review -- Jane Mutimear, IPC Vice President (ECTA rep.)

Ms. Mutimear stated that the IPC has agreed to contribute toward the costs of an independent review of the UDRP to be carried out by the Max Planck Institute.

VII WHOIS -- Sarah Deutsch (PSWG rep.)

Ms. Deutsch reported that the ICANN WHOIS Committee had made very little progress due to the lack of participation of many of its members. There has, however, been agreement in two areas:

1. There should be a standard WHOIS format; and
2. The standard format should not rely on TCP port 43.

VIII DNSO Names Council -- Guillermo Carey, IPC Names Council Delegate (AIPPI rep.)

Mr. Carey reported that at its meeting on March 11, the Names Council would consider the following issues:

1. DNSO review;
2. At-Large Membership;
3. ICANN budget;
4. Internationalized domain names; and
5. WHOIS.

With respect to WHOIS, Paul Kane, a member of the Names Council from the Registrar Constituency, commented on the perceived conflict between WHOIS and the European Data Protection Directive. Leaders of the constituency pledged to continue efforts to ensure ready access to WHOIS data.

IX ICANN Board Matters

ICANN Board member and former IPC President and Names Council representative Jonathan Cohen indicated that he was available to answer questions concerning the Board's agenda.

X Revised ICANN-VeriSign Agreement -- Mr. Metalitz

Mr. Metalitz reported that revisions to the ICANN-VeriSign-DOC Agreement had been proposed:

.org to be relinquished by VeriSign by 2002;

.net to be relinquished by VeriSign by 2006, but VeriSign can compete for renewal; and

.com to be retained by VeriSign until 2007 with a presumption that VeriSign will continue to operate it thereafter .

Under the terms of the new agreement, VeriSign will not be required to sell its registrar business.

Roger Cochetti, Senior V.P. for Policy, VeriSign, stated that his company was sensitive to the concerns of intellectual property owners and said that no one could be sure what types of IP policies would be imposed by the purchaser of the VeriSign registrar business if it were obligated to sell.

XI Adjournment

Mr. Metalitz thanked the attendees for their participation and noted that the constituency would now close the record on the meeting and move on to hear presentations from representatives of .biz, .pro, and the ccTLD Constituency.

Submitted by

Michael Heltzer, scribe

IPC MEETING

Melbourne, Australia

March 10, 2001

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