I may be no more than a cheerleader here, but the roar from the stands 
has often pushed the players to victory.

Hear me roar.

Lou

On 2/14/2013 8:01 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (report while listening to the g-council meeting)
>
> And as RCRC and IOC have already been granted the special protections, at least temporarily*, we are seeing all sorts of organization who claim to have the same or greater merit for such protections.  If the Board grants temporary* special protections to IGOs, contrary to previous GNSO action** to postpone the work, the clarion call will be even greater.
>
> Today, Thomas gave a fair review of the situation in the PDP WG, though he does maintain the postion, that the letter to the Board should indicate that the GNSO supports the temporary* reservations.
>
> David Cake spoke on the NCSG position on the issue.
>
> avri
>
>
> * "nothing so permanent as a temporary solution" not sure of the origin of this quote.
>
> **  or perhaps inaction - history
>
> GNSO 20070627-3
> "The GNSO Council thanks the Staff for the Issues Report on dispute handling for IGO names and abbreviations.
> The council accepts the recommendation that a PDP not be initiated at this time, and that the staff continue as proposed in the issues report on page 16.
> The council requests that the staff report back to the council within 3 months. The council will reconsider creating a PDP at that time."
>
> GNSO 20071120-1 - Postponed a decsion to intiate a PDP until a later time
>
> and it appears the council did not get back to it until 2012 and this PDP.
>
>
>
> On 14 Feb 2013, at 07:07, Rudi Vansnick wrote:
>
>> Fully agree with Andrew, once one obtains the right many others will stand up and request same right.
>>
>> Rudi Vansnick
>>
>>
>> Op 14-feb-2013, om 03:53 heeft Andrew A. Adams het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> I seem to recall that our (NCUC, perhaps not NPOC) view on the Board's
>>> decision to grant IOC/ICRC protections without a PDP represented the nose of
>>> the camel in the tent and that this would likely lead to an attempt by the
>>> rest of the IGO community to believe that they could expect similar
>>> treatment). Our prediction is coming true, and this is the rest of the camel
>>> being pushed into the tent. I fully support strong efforts to push for a
>>> proper measured PDP approach to solving this issue and against these ad hoc
>>> special treatments for special interests.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Professor Andrew A Adams                      [log in to unmask]
>>> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
>>> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
>>> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/
>