[council] Fwd: Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration

[john at crediblecontext.com]

Stephane, 

Circumventing the process was very much on the mind of the Council in
Costa Rica, the meeting at which the matter of IGO protections was first
put front-and-center.  Our response then should inform our actions now.

Recall that on March 26 went sent a letter to Board Chair Steve Crocker
and then-CEO Rod Beckstrom committing to the the organization's
principles.  The UN has an advocate at ICANN in the GAC.  GAC has the
responsibility to offer advice to the Board.  If that advice affects
policy, the Board then forwards to the Council.

Has the Board gotten such advice?  Has the Board engaged the Council? 
With this much heat, I am surprised there has not be more light.

As a Council member, I want us to do what we can, where we can, when we
can.  No less, no more.

Cheers,

John Berard
Founder
Credible Context
58 West Portal Avenue, #291
San Francisco, CA 94127
m: 415.845.4388



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [council] Fwd: Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting
exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration
From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder at indom.com>
Date: Thu, August 02, 2012 3:29 am
To: GNSO Council List <council at gnso.icann.org>

Councillors,

Please find attached a letter sent by the UN to the GAC Chair and myself
on the protection of IGO names in the DNS, as part of the new gTLD
programme.

As this is the latest in a long line of correspondence sent to ICANN on
the matter, I feel increasingly strongly that the GNSO Council should be
providing clearer responses to the question of the protection of IGO
names that it has done so far. I am not advocating any specific
direction for that response, merely suggesting that any response might
be desirable at this time, rather than no response.

As we all know, substantial work has been undertaken on the question of
the IOC and RC names, culminating in a recommendation being sent to the
Board. It is therefore clear that, from a GNSO point of view, the issue
has been handled through our normal processes as part of the bottom-up
PDP that is the mainstay of ICANN.

As has always been my focus, I am keen to avoid any potential attempts
at circumventing the GNSO's PDP processes. As I am not aware of any
formal response the GNSO has provided to the IGOs, I wonder if one would
be appropriate and would like to have the Council's opinion on this. I
would also appreciate getting Jeff's opinion, as Chair of the IOC/RC DT.

Thanks,

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Registry Relations and Strategy Director
Group NBT

Début du message réexpédié :

> De : Alina Syunkova <alina.syunkova at icann.org>
> Objet : Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration
> Date : 2 août 2012 01:58:35 HAEC
> À : Heather Dryden <heather.dryden at ic.gc.ca>, "stephane.vangelder at indom.com" <stephane.vangelder at indom.com>
> Cc : Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder at icann.org>
> 
> Dear Heather and Stephane,
> 
> Attached, please find the letter (3 pages) from UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O'Brien, dated 26 July 2012, which arrived at the ICANN office in Los Angeles today. It is addressed to both of you.
> 
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> Thank you,
> -- Alina Syunkova
> 
> Board Support Coordinator
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