Support the statement. However, penultimate paragraph, also aware that other IGOs demand these privileges... and it also seems to suggest the IOC's humanitarian :-) The 20+ IGOs that have been hassling ICANN are using IOC/RC as example to support their claims (and, FWIW, in the Arab region statements for WCIT note ICANN's inability to protect IGOs as a problem that ITU/State oversight would solve) Anyway, support. Adam On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The IOC/IFRC is claiming consensus on its proposal to suggest a temporary > registration block for the IOC and IFRC. This is the statement I propose be > added to the statement indicating the disagreement of the NCSG with that > proposal. > > I request that the NCSG-PC endorse this statement. > > ----- > > The NCSG rejects the 3b "temporary registration block." defined in IOC/IFRC > Drafting Team' recommendation for a number of reasons: > > 1. Policy recommendations from the GNSO on reserved names can only be made > by a PDP that is properly constituted and is run according to the process > rules as established in the ICANN by-laws. > > 2. This drafting team continues to circumvent proper process by attempting > to make policy as opposed to performing its proper function of fact > gathering and presenting information to the council that can be used in > deciding on the viability and charter for such a PDP. > > The NCSG supports the PDP only on the condition that among the possible > outcomes is the current status quo, no protection at the second level. We > support the PDP as the only appropriate place to resolve this proposal among > competing proposals. We believe it is illegitimate to change reserved name > policy,,,,, no matter how it is euphemistically named, before the PDP runs > its course. > > The NCSG is also aware of other types of humanitarian organization that also > demand these privileges and we feel that any discussion on granting such > special reservations must include a full discussion of all who request such > reservations. > > Finally the NCSG does not believe that the reserved name list can be used > solely for the purpose of new gTLDs, and that any decisions on adding names > to the reserved list must take incumbent registries into account. > > > ------ > Avri Doria