<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dear Colleagues,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As a long-time UDRP party representative (300+ cases), speaker, and blog author I have a strong interest in bringing a balanced and objective view to the WG. I feel that the RPMs, and in particularly the UDRP, can be made more effective. However, any proposed changes must result in such RPMs remaining true to their original purpose of being viable alternatives to expensive court litigation. In order to do this, they must be viewed as fair by all involved parties. I’m eager to help enhance this perception of the RPMs and look forward to working with the group.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Regards,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Steve</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Steven M. Levy, Esq.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Philadelphia, PA</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">United States</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Phone: +1-215-327-9094</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Email: <a href="slevy@AccentLawGroup.com">slevy@AccentLawGroup.com</a></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Blog: </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><u><a href="http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs">http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/udrp-and-urs</a></u></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">LinkedIn: <a href="www.linkedin.com/in/stevelevy43a/">www.linkedin.com/in/stevelevy43a/</a> </div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On 3/25/16, 1:01 PM, "Mary Wong via gnso-rpm-wg" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; border-left-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-left-width: 5px; border-left-style: solid; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><div>Thank you so much, George, and hello everybody, welcome to the Policy Development Process Working Group that’s been chartered by the GNSO Council to review all the rights protection mechanisms (RPMs) that have been developed for all gTLDs!</div><div><br></div><div>Staff will be working with our interim WG chair and Council liaison, Philip Corwin, to set up the first meeting of the Working Group, currently anticipated to be sometime around mid-April. Some of you will have already participated in previous GNSO Working Groups, while others may be less familiar with the procedures and expectations, so staff will also be scheduling a webinar at around the same time to go over the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) and the GNSO’s Working Group Guidelines.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime, given that there are indeed a large number of members and observers to this Working Group, it will be helpful if others follow George’s lead and take the opportunity to introduce yourselves, your expertise and interest in this PDP, to everyone via this email list. As with all GNSO mailing lists, all messages are publicly archived so you will be able to look up others’ (and your own) information and postings.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, if you haven’t already filled in your Statement of Interest - which is one of the few requirements for participation in a GNSO Working Group - we would greatly appreciate it if you can do so at your earliest convenience. Please follow this link to either create a new SOI or update an existing one: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg">https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div>Mary Wong</div><div>Senior Policy Director</div><div>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></div><div>Telephone: +1-603-5744889</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 3/25/16, 12:53, "<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf of George Kirikos via gnso-rpm-wg" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div>Just to followup on my earlier "introduction" email, it appears that</div><div>this working group is up to 129 participants (and counting), see:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58729950">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58729950</a></div><div><br></div><div>(92 members + 37 observers) It's great to see some familiar names, and</div><div>some new ones too.</div><div><br></div><div>As folks relax over this long holiday weekend, you might want to take</div><div>a moment to introduce yourself to your fellow working group</div><div>participants with a short email to the list, for what I hope will be a</div><div>very productive PDP.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>George Kirikos</div><div>416-588-0269</div><div><a href="http://www.leap.com/">http://www.leap.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 5:15 PM, George Kirikos <<a href="mailto:icann@leap.com">icann@leap.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Hi folks,</div><div><br></div><div> (resending the email from this morning, as the mailing list now</div><div> appears to be working properly)</div><div><br></div><div> I've followed ICANN for many years, and am volunteering on this</div><div> working group as an independent. My Statement of Interest is at:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/George+Kirikos+SOI">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/George+Kirikos+SOI</a></div><div><br></div><div> I look forward to a review and reform of RPMs in such a manner that ></div><div> the interests of domain name registrants and due process are</div><div> understood, represented, and reflected in the final</div><div> analysis/recommendations.</div><div><br></div><div> Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div> George Kirikos</div><div> 416-588-0269</div><div> <a href="http://www.leap.com/">http://www.leap.com/</a></div></blockquote><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>gnso-rpm-wg mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a></div><div><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg</a></div></blockquote><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>gnso-rpm-wg mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a></div><div><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg</a></div></blockquote></body></html>