[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Rescheduling WG call this week (message from Petter and Phil)

[Phil Corwin]

Mike:

As I previously replied to Paul, I don’t know if Petter and I can have other WG members on this call , seeing as it is envisioned for a small group and that will encourage a full and frank discussion.

But I do think we should work with staff to provide a full report, as well as an analysis for how the discussion may impact the task of this WG, as soon after the call as practicable -- and schedule our next WG meeting shortly thereafter.

Beyond that, I want all WG members to know that on this morning’s monthly GNSO Council call I raised the issue of the OECD letter during the concluding portion of the meeting and put Council on notice that this WG was stuck in place due to lack of access to expert legal advice -- and that any “comprehensive solution” on IGO protections proposed to be put together by the Board, GAC and IC ANN staff that addressed the CRP/second level issueraised serious process/policy development issues.

Let’s see what happens on the call and what staff can advise us in the next week or two on prospects for securing that expert input. If circumstances dictate we may just have to take it upon ourselves to research the sovereign immunity scope question.

Finally, in advance of the call – and we are awaiting word on when that will take place – it might be useful if WG members came together on a few points that they want Petter and I to emphasize when we engage in that discussion.

Best regards,
Philip


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From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:mike at rodenbaugh.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:10 PM
To: Paul at law.es ZIMBRA
Cc: Phil Corwin; Petter Rindforth (petter.rindforth at fenixlegal.eu); gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org
Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Rescheduling WG call this week (message from Petter and Phil)

Me too, thanks.

Mike Rodenbaugh
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Paul at law.es<mailto:Paul at law.es> ZIMBRA <paul at law.es<mailto:paul at law.es>> wrote:
Phil, I would very much like to be able to listen to this call or otherwise participate to the extent you feel appropriate.

Paul Keating

On 21 Jul 2015, at 3:15 am, Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org<mailto:mary.wong at icann.org>> wrote:
[Sending the email below on behalf of Petter Rindforth and Philip Corwin, WG co-chairs]

Dear WG members,

Please be informed that after consultation with ICANN staff we have decided to reschedule our Working Group meeting, originally planned for this Wednesday 22 July, to end-July or early August. We are informed that the “small group” meeting between representatives of the IGO coalition and ICANN Board members was a positive one, and that an updated proposal is likely to be forwarded to the GAC and the GNSO for their review and action by September. This is in line with the GAC’s Buenos Aires Communique and the objectives of the “small group” process when it was formed to discuss the initial March 2014 proposal from the Board’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC). The IGO coalition and Board are discussing issues that extend beyond but are related to our work.

With the aim to facilitate further progress of the policy development process, and to take into account the context of our work, which includes the need to resolve the outstanding inconsistencies between the GNSO’s initial policy recommendations on so-called “preventative” protections and GAC advice received on the topic, we plan to hold a call very soon, along with Jonathan Robinson as GNSO Chair, Thomas Rickert as chair of the original GNSO PDP on IGO protections, and Mason as the GAC-GNSO liaison, with Chris Disspain (Board/NGPC member) and Thomas Schneider (GAC Chair) within the coming week. The aim of the call is for us to receive a first-hand update on the work of the “small group” and discuss the likely progress within the GNSO, GAC and Board on the overall topic of IGO protections, as well as how this WG relates to the larger picture.  As such, we believe that it would be most effective and productive if we were to have our next WG meeting following this call.

We will provide more details and a tentative time for the next WG call as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Petter and Phil



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