[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Initial Report next steps and deadline for input - Friday 16 November

lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson lists at christopherwilkinson.eu
Tue Nov 13 17:18:04 UTC 2018


Dear Emily Barabas and WT5 members :

Thankyou for the message of 8 November. I have a few comments on the four questions posed :

1. Recommendation 11: I do not support deleting the recommendation. However, I request that it be amended to remove the distinction between geo-use and non-geo-use thus requiring prior non-objection for all non-capital city names.

2. 'unconditional availability' language: I do not support this proposal. (Actually I have no recollection of it having been discussed by the WT):

(a) I expect that the ICANN community will discover that in multilingual countries, there is usually no formal hierarchy of language versions of the same geo-name. Thus all versions of a name – at least in official and local languages and scripts – would have to be treated equally. There is likely to be no basis in local law or practice for awarding any priority to any one language version of a particular name.

(b) There is scope for 'gaming' the proposal. I leave that to your imaginations!

This proposal is not a good idea.

3. '…applicants must apply to the GAC': I would defer to the GAC members of WT5 on this point. I suggest that it would be more appropriate to say that 'applicants should apply to the GAC member concerned….' It is not necessary to presume on a GAC consensus in such cases.

4. The “Bright Line” rule (p. 75): I do not support this proposal. ICANN and the Community have no grounds for determining which geo-names are 'explicitly and expressly' (sic) protected, and which are not. I think it would depend very much on who you ask! Would ICANN's outreach include going round the world telling folk that the names of the places where they live are not protected?

In other respects I shall post any additional comments to the Public Consultation.

Best regards

Christopher Wilkinson

PS:  I shall miss tomorrow's call,  travelling. With apologies.


> El 8 de noviembre de 2018 a las 20:09 Emily Barabas <emily.barabas at icann.org> escribió:
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>     Dear Work Track 5 members,
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>     Thanks to all who have submitted comments about the draft Initial Report on the mailing list and those who were able to join the call yesterday to go through some of the comments received that may require further discussion. Please find attached a revised draft of the report incorporating feedback received on the call. As a reminder, the target date for publishing the Initial Report is 20 November. In view of this timeline, the Work Track leadership team kindly requests that members submit any final feedback on the Initial Report no later than Friday 16 November. You can either insert comments in a copy of the attached document and send to the WT5 mailing list or send your comments in the body of an email to the WT5 list, identifying the page and line number of the text you are referencing.
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>     Below you will find some of the questions/concerns raised in comments by members that still may need additional input. The leadership team is sending these on the mailing list to make sure that all members have a chance to provide feedback, even if they were not able to join the call.
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>           * On page 17 (recommendations section of the report) two WT members commented that they felt it was premature to include any preliminary recommendation in the Initial Report on the topic of non-capital city names. Do you support removing preliminary recommendation 11 on treatment of non-capital city names? Or do you favor leaving the recommendation in the report, noting that it can be changed for the Final Report based on community input and further discussion in the Work Track? Regardless of whether the recommendation is kept or removed, there are two questions for community input on this topic (e10 and e11) included in the Initial Report, so the group can expect additional community feedback through public comment to support further deliberations.
>           * On page 40 (deliberations section of the report) the text mentions the following proposal put forward by a Work Track member: “Once a gTLD is registered with an intended use that is geographic in nature, all other variations and translations of this term are unconditionally available for registration.” Another Work Track member requested clarification on the meaning of “unconditionally available” and also requested clarification about which entities might be able to apply for these variations and translations under the proposal. Can the author of this proposal provide any additional clarification?
>           * On page 41 (deliberations section of the report) the text mentions the following proposal put forward by a Work Track member: “Applicants for geographic names must apply to the GAC to receive permission to submit an application for the string.” Another Work Track member requested clarification about the scope and meaning of this proposal, including how it would interact with other requirements. Can the author of this proposal provide any additional clarification?
>           * On page 76 (deliberations section of the report) the text mentions the following proposal put forward by a Work Track member: “Apply a "bright-line" rule that any geographic term that is not explicitly and expressly protected is unprotected. No objection or non-consent can be used to stop its registration.” Other Work Track members raised concern that the term “bright line” rule may not be widely used and understood, and further requested clarification on the scope of this rule and the basis for protection. Can the author of this proposal provide any additional clarification?
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>     Note that Work Track members are welcome to comment on any other parts of the draft in addition to the items listed above.
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>     Kind regards,
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>     Emily
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>     Emily Barabas | Policy Manager
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>     ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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>     Email: emily.barabas at icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976
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