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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mikey:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Never meant to suggest any conspiracy, dark or otherwise, just that it might have been advisable to let BC members know that suggesting that new RPMs be imposed
on .Net was being considered before the draft was finalized.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Needless to say, I support dropping URS from the draft. For consistency’s stake I also have to urge dropping Trademark Claims Service as well – it doesn’t raise
anywhere near the same level of concern but it is a new RPM and the overall issue is whether any RPMs created for new gTLDs should be imposed on .Net alone through this contract renewal process rather than through a PDP, be it on UDRP reform or just this issue,
especially as I don’t know of any policy previously adopted by the BC that can serve as a foundation for the position advocated in the draft statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To close the loop, I have no problem with the thick WHOIS position as it is undisputedly relevant to the proposed new .Net registry agreement and there is substantial
basis in prior ICANN PDPs for the position advocated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--Philip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Mike O'Connor [mailto:mike@haven2.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 09, 2011 7:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Steve DelBianco; 'bc-GNSO@icann.org GNSO list'; Elisa Cooper<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] RE: Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">um… actually, the conversation that started when Steve posted the draft **is** the solicitation of comments from the BC. Elisa and i put together that draft and folks are commenting. no dark conspiracy there.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">it doesn't sound like we've got agreement on the URS stuff, so i'd suggest dropping it from the draft and pushing on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 8, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Phil Corwin wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have been advised that the BC Charter requires 10% of members (5 members at present) to disagree with the proposed BC statement. I am hereby asking for other
BC members to register disagreement with the draft BC comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">However, I have to ask about the process that created the draft before us. I have reviewed the e-mail thread at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
it is very sparse on this subject. On April 13<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Marilyn posted ICANN’s request for comment. On May 3<sup>rd</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Steve posted the draft BC comment with this
note:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper (with</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">edits by Mikey O'Connor and Steve DelBianco)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">On our 21-April BC member call, we discussed our approach for this comment, and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Elise and Mikey added two additional requests based on new gTLD registry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">contract requirements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">- Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But of course Mikey indicated today that he disagrees with imposing URS on .Net at this time. With all respect, it appears that these provisions came solely
from Elisa and that they were not discussed on the 4/21 BC member call (I was on that call and have no recollection of any such discussion).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The imposition of new gTLD RPMs on incumbent gTLDs is, in my opinion, a matter that is completely extraneous to commenting on the provisions of the proposed
.Net contract renewal. In addition, it is not a minor technical matter but a substantive issue of great import, with clear implications for the .Com renewal coming up in 2012 as well as for any UDRP reform effort undertaken by ICANN.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I know of no previous BC discussion of whether the new RPMs should be imposed on incumbent gTLDs at this time, much less the reaching of any consensus on that
issue. I know of no support for that position in any of ICANN’s broader policy efforts – in fact, as I noted earlier today, the majority of BC members active in the RAPWG took the position one year ago that this should only be considered after a PDP, and in
no way supported imposition of URS on .Net as of July 11, 2011 absent such a policy process. So what is the basis for putting this position in a draft BC comment, and why was there no effort made to give notice to Constituency members and ask their views on
its inclusion?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So, while requesting objections from other BC members on both substantive and procedural grounds, I have to ask why the onus is on objectors to seek a vote
on this matter and was not on the authors of the draft statement to seek feedback from BC members on such an important matter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Phil
Corwin<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, May 08, 2011 4:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Phil Corwin; Steve DelBianco;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">To further elaborate, in reviewing the RAPWG Final report issued in May 2010 (see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may10-en.htm"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may10-en.htm</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>)
I find the following—</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Seven members supported<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">View
A:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The RAPWG recommends the initiation of a Policy Development Process by requesting an Issues Report to investigate the appropriateness
and effectiveness of how any Rights Protection Mechanisms that are developed elsewhere in the community (e.g. the New gTLD program) can be applied to the problem of cybersquatting in the current gTLD space.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In favour of View A (7):<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cobb (CBUC), Felman (MarkMonitor), Queern (CBUC),</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Rasmussen
(Internet Identity),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Rodenbaugh (CBUC), Shah (MarkMonitor), Sutton (CBUC)</b>.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Seven members supported<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">View
B:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The initiation of such a process is premature; the effectiveness and consequences of the Rights Protection Mechanisms proposed
for the new TLDs is unknown. Discussion of RPMs should continue via the New TLD program. Experience with them should be gained before considering their appropriate relation (if any) to the existing TLD space.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In favour of View B (7): Aaron (RySG), Amadoz (RySG), Bladel (RrSG), Neuman (RySG),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>O’Connor (CBUC),</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seltzer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">So, the WG’s members split 7-7 on this, while CBUC participants (including MM)s split 6-1. However, the six who supported View A were in favor of initiating a PDP to investigate whether the new gTLD RPMs were
appropriate and effective and could be applied to incumbent gTLDs – they did not favor immediate imposition of untested RPMs on incumbent registries without any further consideration, which is what the draft BC statement on .Net renewal would now advocate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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acquired portfolios and developed websites based on a belief that their domains were safe from cancelation or transfer unless they acted in violation of the UDRP. They control valuable domains, and deserve a lot more in the way of due process and careful
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, May 08, 2011 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Steve DelBianco;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[bc-gnso] RE: Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal<br>
<b>Importance:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>High</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:'bc-GNSO@icann.org">'bc-GNSO@icann.org</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO list'<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Elisa Cooper; Mike O'Connor<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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