As Chuck Gomes has pointed out, we should be objecting to the "temporary registration block" as described in paragraph 2, and communicated in 3b. I support the rejection. --Wendy On 09/27/2012 09:56 AM, Andrew A. Adams wrote: > I support 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. > > > ------ > -- Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] +1 617.863.0613 Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project http://wendy.seltzer.org/ https://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/