Hi,

 I favor approaches 4 and 5.

NPOC had already indicated its preference for approach 4 back at the San
José GNSO Council meeting.

Also, I'm quite comfortable with Adam's proposed variation on approach 5.

Alain

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Brian Peck <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: **[gnso-iocrc-dt] List of possible approaches for Red Cross/IOC
> names in new gTLDS*
> *Date: *18 July 2012 11:08:58 EDT
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>  In response to the request during the last RC/IOC DT call, please find
> below a list of possible approaches that have been proposed to date for
> moving forward in responding to the GAC proposal to protect the RCRC and
> IOC names at the second level in new gTLDS:
>
>
>    1. Maintain the status quo and not provide any new special protections
>    for the RCRC/IOC names (i.e., no changes to the current schedule of
>    second-level reserved names in the new gTLD Registry Agreement).
>    2. Develop recommendations to implement the GAC proposal such as
>    extending protection to all or a subset of RCRC names only, all or a subset
>    of IOC names only or, to both sets of each organization’s names.
>    3. Consider the proposal to not provide any new protections now and
>    wait to see if any additional protections may be necessary after the
>    delegation of the first round new gTLD strings and/or consider lowering
>    costs for each organization to utilize RPMs ( i.e., Thomas Rickert’s
>    proposal)
>    4. Consider possible additional protections for the RCRC/IOC as part
>    of a broader PDP on the protection of names for international organizations
>    5. Ask ICANN General Counsel’s office to conduct a legal analysis to
>    substantiate/verify whether there is clear evidence of treaty law and/or
>    statutes that would require registries and registrars to protect IOC and
>    RCRC names by law.
>
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions or need anything further at
> this time.  Thanks.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian
>
> Brian Peck
> Policy Director
> ICANN
>
>
>


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