[council] GNSO Council letter to the GAC

Gomes, Chuck cgomes at verisign.com
Wed May 13 02:00:40 UTC 2009


I inserted some suggested edits, comments and questions that are highlighted in the attached file.
 
Chuck


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	From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
	Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:06 AM
	To: Council GNSO
	Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council letter to the GAC
	
	
	Following on, for clarity here is the draft modified to take Edmon's comments into account.
	
	Stéphane
	
	
	Le 12/05/09 15:51, « Stéphane Van Gelder » <stephane.vangelder at indom.com> a écrit :
	
	

		Edmon,
		
		Ì think that is a very useful suggestion, thank you. As the clock is running, I am copying this to the Council list.
		
		I am fine with you edit and will amend the draft accordingly unless anyone objects.
		
		Thanks,
		
		Stéphane
		
		
		Le 12/05/09 12:25, « Edmon Chung » <edmon at registry.asia> a écrit :
		
		

			sorry for the late response... I do see that the 48 hr clock started clicking so did not want to send this to the council list unless you feel comfortable about it...
			 
			you had: " No such restrictions are imposed on existing gTLD registries and we feel it would be
			inappropriate to attempt to use the new gTLD program to introduce new contractual
			obligations previously not requested or deemed necessary."
			 
			I don't think that is entirely true... in our contract and in all the ones in the s round, there is a clause:
			" All geographic and geopolitical names contained in the ISO 3166-1 list from time to time shall initially be reserved at both the second level and at all other levels within the TLD at which the Registry Operator provides for registrations. All names shall be reserved both in English and in all related official languages as may be directed by ICANN or the GAC."
			 
			What this effectively means is that registries have had to use the other ISO lists previously already to produce the  "reserved both in English and in all related official languages" part.
			 
			Then of course there is the other part in the agreement that says:
			"In addition, Registry Operator shall reserve names of territories, distinct geographic locations, and other geographic and geopolitical names as ICANN may direct from time to time."
			 
			Would like to suggest edits as follows:
			 
			Restrictions are already imposed on existing gTLD registries in this regard, especially with regards to those adopted for the sTLD round of gTLDs.  We feel that current contractual obligations are already appropriate and new contractual obligations maybe unnecessary.
			 
			 
			Edmon
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			
			From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
			Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:12 PM
			To: Council GNSO
			Subject: [council] GNSO Council letter to the GAC
			
			Dear all,
			
			In a letter dated April 24 2009, GAC Chair Janis Karklins wrote to ICANN CEO Paul Twomey on the subject of geographical names and the new gTLD process.
			
			At our Council meeting last week, it was decided that we should respond to this letter and I volunteered to write a draft. We agreed that our response should be sent to the GAC asap, preferably by the end of this week, and Avri informed the GAC that they should expect a response from the GNSO Council by this Friday.
			
			In order to fine-tune our draft response, a team was set up and I submitted my draft to the team yesterday.
			
			The team responded very quickly in order to meet the Council's Friday deadline and considered my draft "good to go", with one addition by David Maher and a comment by Avri, both of which have been included in the draft letter we are submitting to the full Council today (see attached).
			
			Could you please review and let me know of any further changes you would like to make, or of your approval, so that Avri may then send the finished letter to the GAC on Friday.
			
			My thanks to the members of the drafting team: David Maher - Avri Doria - Nacho Amadoz - Edmon Chung - Brian Cute - Ken Stubbs - Olga Cavalli  - Tony Harris - Terry Davis - William Drake.
			
			Best,
			
			Stéphane Van Gelder 
			
			

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