[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Disturbing Letter from IGOs to GNSO

[George Kirikos]

Hi folks,

I noticed a letter has been sent from the IGOs to the GNSO Council, see:

http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/igos-to-gnso-31oct16-en.pdf

I'm disturbed by page 2, where it says that:

"This compromise proposal follows on years of comprehensive
negotiations involving representatives of the ICANN Board, the GAC,
IGOs and ICANN staff."

which not just implies, but openly states that the ICANN Board and
ICANN staff are undermining the work of this PDP. Some clarification
from the ICANN Board and Staff would seem to be essential at this
point. What have we been doing for the past 2 years on this PDP, if
they've been in secret negotiations with the apparent blessing and
active participation of the Board and Staff of ICANN?

Beyond that, there are no *new facts* to speak of in this letter that
should change our policy work. The 2nd paragraph of page 1 in
particular shows that they're just like anybody else who experiences
abuse on the internet, and while they claim to be "special", they are
not. The arguments they make are the exact same that a for-profit or a
non-profit who isn't an IGO would make about "waste of precious
resources."

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
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