Thank you, Avri, and thank you to all members who have filed comments. I think it's a good idea for the Policy Committees to file in support of our members' comments. I will put something together for the NCSG-PC before 23 March.
As Avri says, it is not likely that we can "stop the train". I am hoping, however, that at the very least the Drafting Team will consider amending the motion and/or splitting it so that the final resolution is less sweeping and more nuanced than it currently is. Because of the Council voting rules, even if all 6 NCSG Councilors vote No or Abstain (which under the rules amounts to a No vote), motions for all but PDPs are carried by a simple majority of each House. Assuming that the Contracted Parties House all vote in the way indicated in Costa Rica, there will be a unanimous vote from that House; from the Non-Contracted Parties House, I expect all 6 of the Commercial Stakeholder Group Councilors as well as the 1 NomCom-appointed Councilor to also vote yes, for a simple majority of 7.
FWIW the NomCom-appointed Councilor to our House understands our objections and views to some extent, but I do not believe he will change his vote. As a NomCom appointee, he is not tied to or bound to any SG or constituency viewpoint.
Cheers
Mary
Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
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