Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 30, 2012 6:52:44 AM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections > Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members > > http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm > Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development > Process (PDP) Working Group Members > Date: 29 October 2012 > > Introduction > > At its meeting on 17 October 2012, the GNSO Council initiated a > Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Protection of Certain > International Organization Names in all GTLDs. (see 20121017-2). > The GNSO Council decided at this meeting that a group of volunteers > should now be convened to draft the charter for the IGO-INGO PDP > Working Group, which is to be approved by the GNSO Council. > > Task of the Drafting Team > > The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing a charter for the > PDP Working Group on the Protection of Certain International > Organization Names in all GTLDs. The Charter should include, at a > minimum, the following elements as specified in the GNSO Working > Group Guidelines: Working Group identification; Mission, Purpose > and Deliverables; Formation, Staffing and Organization, and; Rules > of Engagement. The proposed charter will be submitted to the GNSO > Council for its consideration. Upon completion of the Charter by > the Drafting Team, the Working Group will then begin execution of > the Charter. > > Volunteers > > If you are interested to participate, please send an email to the > GNSO Secretariat. You will be required to complete aStatement of > Interest in order to participate. It is proposed that the group > meet each Wednesday at 18:00 UTC for two hours. > > Background Information on the Issue > > The ICANN Board has requested policy advice from the GNSO Council > and the GAC on whether special protections should be afforded for > the names and acronyms of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement > ("RCRC"), the International Olympic Committee ("IOC") and/or > International Government Organizations ("IGOs"). > > In September 2011, the GAC sent advice to the GNSO with a proposal > for granting second level protections based upon the protections > afforded to IOC/RCRC at the first level during the initial round of > new gTLD applications, and that such protections are permanent. As > a result of the GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO IOC/ > RCRC Drafting Team was formed and created a set of recommendations > for protecting the IOC/RCRC names at the second level of the > initial round new gTLDs, including the initiation of an "expedited > PDP" to determine appropriate permanent protections for the RCRC > and IOC names. > > The latest inquiry to examine the issue of protecting IGO names > emerged as a result of a request from the ICANN Board in response > to letters received from the OECD and other IGOs in December 2011. > Specifically, IGOs are seeking ICANN approval of protections at the > top level that, at a minimum, are similar to those afforded to the > RCRC and IOC in the Applicant Guidebook. In addition, IGOs are > seeking a pre-emptive mechanism to protect their names at the > second level. On 11 March 2012, the ICANN Board formally requested > that the GNSO Council and the GAC provide policy advice on the > IGO's request. > > The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN Staff on 1 October > 2012 (seehttp://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final- > issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf) and in this report a number of issues > are outlined that will need further consideration during the PDP. > > The GNSO Council approved the IGO-INGO PDP at its 17 October 2012 > meeting. > > Recommended Reading for Volunteers > > Final Issue Report on the Protection of IGO Names > GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines > > > 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]