Thanks for this question Robin. I can see no reason to add these names (or categories of such names) to the reserve list. It’s vital we have a principled approach - these sorts of additions would only continue the growing divide of inequality between existing and would-be registrants and those using “rights” to privilege their own applications. And to make these two requests via governments is very worrying.
Avri also raises a very valid point about the reserve list itself – we shouldn’t assume that just because the list exists, it should simply keep expanding without a first principles review.
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From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Gross
Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2011 2:26 a.m.
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Subject: NCSG input on request for special privileges for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains
I would be curious to know what the NCSG membership thinks about this proposal from GAC to give special privileges to the Red Cross and International Olympic Committee in the top-level domain name space.
The GNSO Council will have to vote on this proposal soon, so some awareness and input from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group on the underlying issue would be very helpful.
Thank you,
Robin Gross
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From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
Date: September 19, 2011 11:07:42 AM PDT
To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [liaison6c] GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent
FYI
Dear Councillors,
The advice provided by the GAC has been posted on page :
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence
And can be directly viewed at
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf
Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows:
Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)
As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):
Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:
Incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public interest.
The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance:
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf
On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice on this topic:
GAC advice:
The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action, starting with an answer to the GAC.
11.1 Discussion
11.2 Next steps
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
Glen
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