+1 On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Michael Haffely <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I am a little put off by this proposal. If the IOC and Red Cross are > allowed as philanthropic organizations to grab second level domains, who is > to judge which second level domains should be protected? Why shouldn't Médecins > Sans Frontières be accorded this status? What about Jimmie's Little League > Fund raising organization? It would seem that if approved future petitions > would be harder to reject by the GAC as the structure for exception would > have been created. > > As detailed in the appendix of the GAC Proposal numerous laws and > legislation exist regarding the Red Cross and the IOC's brand. As these > laws exist I would prefer to see these organizations use them instead of > trying to fundamentally twist internet governance to their whim. The > existing TLD's have functioned without this kind of "more equal" status > accorded to organizations and should stay as such. > > -Mike > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf >> >> >> Thank you, >> Robin Gross >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *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:**** >> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm**** >> 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:**** >> 1) possible UDRP<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf> >> **** >> 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf> >> **** >> 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**** >> ** ** >> ** ** >> Glen de Saint Géry**** >> GNSO Secretariat**** >> [log in to unmask]**** >> http://gnso.icann.org**** >> ** ** >> ** ** >> >> >> >> >> >> IP JUSTICE >> Robin Gross, Executive Director >> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA >> p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 >> w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -