[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Invitation to a call with the IGO-INGO Curative Rights Working Group co-chairs

Fri Jan 12 18:00:27 UTC 2018

For the record, this charge is false and baseless --

" He wanted to sabotage the call, to penalize our side for being diligent and prepared."

And anyone who knows me knows that I arrive fully prepared for any scheduled ICANN activity.

Philip S. Corwin
Policy Counsel
VeriSign, Inc.
12061 Bluemont Way
Reston, VA 20190
703-948-4648/Direct
571-342-7489/Cell

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

-----Original Message-----
From: George Kirikos [mailto:icann at leap.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 12:53 PM
To: Corwin, Philip <pcorwin at verisign.com>
Cc: gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Invitation to a call with the IGO-INGO Curative Rights Working Group co-chairs

Hi folks,

(1) The correct link is:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoicrpmpdp/2018-01-11+IGO-INGO+Access+to+Curative+Rights+Protection+Mechanisms+Working+Group
 (as I noted earlier)

(2) Phil's narrative is, as has often been the case in this PDP, incorrect. As a courtesy (I did not have to send it at all), I sent a PDF containing the exact remarks I was going to make at the start of the call (I was scheduled to go first), so folks could follow along as I made my oral presentation. It's nicely formatted, and has all the links provided, and thus one need not have to rely on an imperfect transcript later on. It would have taken approximately 12 minutes for me to have gone through it orally (a minute per page). Most of the material is not new, and was taken directly from the mailing list archives.

Phil pretends that he was somehow *disadvantaged* by having a complete and accurate copy of my oral presentation. He was not disadvantaged at all --- I could have and would have simply presented orally exactly what was in that document, had I not been interrupted.

From my perspective, it seems that Phil came completely unprepared to the meeting, saw that our side was fully prepared, and wanted to stall the process and buy time, so that they could get their act together.
They underestimated the quality of our appeal, and wanted to retreat to reorganize. He wanted to sabotage the call, to penalize our side for being diligent and prepared.

Recall, I was prepared to discuss this in December, but their side controlled the process and timing. I was prepared to discuss it on January 4, 2018 (last week), but again, they controlled the process.

I encourage everyone to actually go through the recording, and see exactly who was being reasonable. Phil would not even agree to withdraw the one-sided letter that they sent to GNSO Council (on December 21, 2017, AFTER the appeal), or in the alternative ask that it not be acted upon, to help ensure that their delaying tactics could not become a manipulation of the process that would work to their advantage. They never gave anyone notice of their December 21, 2017 letter to GNSO council either, or provided any opportunity to anyone to respond to it to counterbalance its contents.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
http://www.leap.com/

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:17 PM, Corwin, Philip <pcorwin at verisign.com> wrote:
> The call transcript can be found at
> https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/79429635/transcript%2
> 0Discussion%20George%E2%80%99s%20appeal%20under%20section%203%207%20GN
> SO%20WG%20guidelines%20%2011%20Jan%202018.pdf?version=1&modificationDa
> te=1515769818000&api=v2
>
> For the record, I disagree with George's characterization that he was "interrupted immediately".
>
> What occurred was that George submitted a 12-page document with 28 footnotes that arrived by email just 76 minutes prior to the start of the call. I had no opportunity to read much less consider its content prior to the call.
>
> When the call commenced I asked for mutual agreement that, given the length of the document and the fact that it arrived without advance notice, the co-chairs be accorded the courtesy of being given a few days after conclusion of the call to fully consider its contents and to respond in writing if they wished to do so. I expected this request to be noncontroversial but it proved otherwise.
>
> Philip S. Corwin
> Policy Counsel
> VeriSign, Inc.
> 12061 Bluemont Way
> Reston, VA 20190
> 703-948-4648/Direct
> 571-342-7489/Cell
>
> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gnso-igo-ingo-crp [mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org]
> On Behalf Of George Kirikos
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 11:09 AM
> To: gnso-igo-ingo-. <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Invitation to a call with
> the IGO-INGO Curative Rights Working Group co-chairs
>
> Hi folks,
>
> The archive of yesterday's call, to appeal the use of anonymous polling within this working group has been posted by ICANN. Notice how my presentation was interrupted immediately, and then we got completely bogged down by process issues. Another call is scheduled for next week.
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/...+Working+Group
>
> [The best link to use is the "AC Recording" (shows the chatroom, and
> audio, as well as ability to jump back/forth using the controls at the
> bottom).]
>
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:43 AM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> In the spirit of transparency, attached is documentation for the
>> basis of the Section 3.7 appeal (meeting today at noon Eastern time,
>> as previously noted), for the benefit of all members of this PDP.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> George Kirikos
>> 416-588-0269
>> http://www.leap.com/
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 6:33 PM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
>>> Just confirming receipt of the invitation to a call on Thursday, 11
>>> January 2018 at 17:00 UTC for 60 minutes.
>>> (09:00 PST, 12:00 EST, 17:00 London GMT, 18:00 Paris CET) that I was
>>> sent off-list. If others interested in the Section 3.7 appeal want
>>> to attend, presumably they can contact ICANN Staff (Mary, etc.) for
>>> the relevant passcode/invite and call-in details.
>>>
>>> Have a nice weekend!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> George Kirikos
>>> 416-588-0269
>>> http://www.leap.com/
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