[CPWG] [registration-issues-wg] Fwd: Message to RALO liaisons to WT5

[wilkinson christopher]

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> El 8 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:12 Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> escribió:
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> Forwarded for Yrjö as this was rejected by CPWG list.
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> Subject: 	Message to RALO liaisons to WT5
> Date: 	Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:57:51 +0000
> From: 	Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com>
> To: 	ali at hussein.me.ke <ali at hussein.me.ke>, maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>, carlosaguirre62 at hotmail.com
> <carlosaguirre62 at hotmail.com>, mmoll at ca.inter.net <mmoll at ca.inter.net>
> CC: 	staff at atlarge.icann.org <staff at atlarge.icann.org>, cpwg at icann.org
> <cpwg at icann.org>, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>, ocl at gih.com
> <ocl at gih.com>
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> Dear fellow RALO WT5 liaisons,
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> An action item from the ALAC call 24 April asks me to take the
> initiative to develop a common ALAC position on geographic names in the
> subsequent gTLD procedures. During  that call,  Alan suggested that this
> effort could involve the five RALO liaisons to the WT5 and other
> interested people, and mentioned also CPWG.
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> I have not acted so far on this AI, because in my view, our only
> meaningful contribution to the WT5 process would be to suggest
> compromises to its most difficult issues, including  names of
> non-capital cities, which WT5 has spent most of its time on, mostly
> engaged in a  fruitless dispute between the extremes.  The atmosphere so
> far might not have been conducive for discussing compromise proposals...
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> However,  at ICANN62, there finally was a push by co-chairs for “meeting
> in the middle”, especially concerning non-capital cities, and for
> "seeking convergence on principles." See slides of the 28 June session:
> https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/179943/1530207670.pdf?1530207670 
> <https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/179943/1530207670.pdf?1530207670>
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> Now might be the time for an ALAC contribution along the lines that Alan
> has often repeated: there should be no big winners and big losers in the
> WT 5.  In others words, a compromise, something in the middle.
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> That’s why I’m asking for your thoughts, ideas and suggestions on how we
> could facilitate finding compromises in the WT5, especially on the issue
> of non-capital cities. This is late in the day in the life of WT5, so
> please react soon.After an email exchange, we could ask the staff to
> arrange a call, if necessary.  I’m also asking CPWG to take note of this
> effort,  the results of which I hope could be presented to CPWG soon.
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> Yrjö
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