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
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAWTwo White StreetConcord, NH 03301USAEmail: [log in to unmask]: 1-603-513-5143Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.phpSelected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584
As of August 30, 2010, Franklin Pierce Law Center has affiliated with the University of New Hampshire and is now known as the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Please note that all email addresses have changed and now follow the convention: [log in to unmask] For more information on the University of New Hampshire School of Law, please visit law.unh.edu
>>>
Hi
While I have already filed comments on 2 topics, I plan to file comments on 2 more topics. Hope I get to it in time.
Is the NCSG PC filing anything.
If nothing else, perhaps the NCSG-PC or NCUC-PC can endorse some of the various comments that have been submitted by the SG/C members.
Of course if we expect any of these comments to make a single bit of difference in the report from this DT or in the vote of the GNSO council, we are deluding ourselves. The only chance is that the comments be properly included in the report to the Board and that someone on the hope that someone on Board will actually read them and be able to make a considered decision.
As i said in my comment at the microphone, in one thing I agree with Jeff - this event will be a milestone in the GNSO's demise. I disagree with him about the cause, it is not because we delayed doing the GAC's bidding to allow for 1/2 of a proper comment process, but because we are tripping over ourselves to do the wrong thing. In all my years of GNSO participation and past leadership, I have never been so disappointed in the organization or its leadership.
avri
On 20 Mar 2012, at 22:31, Joy Liddicoat wrote:
> Hi – just passing on this request from the Chair of the IOC/RC Drafting Team.
> There is another meeting of this group tomorrow which I can attend for a short time.
> If you have any comments please advise or if you are intending to post public comments but have not yet done so, please note the close out date is 23 March.
> Thanks
> Joy
>
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Neuman, Jeff
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2012 2:10 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [gnso-iocrc-dt] Preparation for Tomorrow's Call
>
> All,
>
> Please make sure you review the comments already filed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ioc-rcrc-proposal/ so we are prepared to have a discussion on thee tomorrow.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeffrey J. Neuman
> Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs
> 21575 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166
> Office: +1.571.434.5772 Mobile: +1.202.549.5079 Fax: +1.703.738.7965 / [log in to unmask] / www.neustar.biz
>
|