Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: December 20, 2012 12:14:56 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] GNSO Council Resolutions 20 December 2012 > > > > > Dear Councillors, > > Ahead of the official minutes please find the two resolution passed > by the GNSO Council at its meeting on 20 December 2012. > > 1 Motion to recommend protections in the first round of new gTLDs > for certain Red Cross / Red Crescent (RCRC) and International > Olympic Committee (IOC) names: > ====================================================================== > ======================================================= > > WHEREAS: > The Board Resolution 2011.06.20.01, authorized "the President and > CEO to implement the new gTLD program which includes . . . > incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested > Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial > application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice > based on the global public interest, . ." > (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-20jun11- > en.htm) > > The IOC/RC Drafting Team established 1 November 2011 by the GNSO > Council has considered a number of different options with respect > to protections of both the IOC and the RCRC terms in response to > the GAC proposal to provide permanent protection for such terms > including at the second level in new gTLDs; > > The solution proposed by the IOC/RC Drafting Team, to initiate a > PDP and to provide temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC > names, was posted for public comment on > 28 September 2012 and closed on 9 November 2012; > > The GNSO has now (17 October 2012) initiated a policy development > process (PDP) to evaluate possible protections for certain > international organization names in all gTLDs, including, > specifically, whether to recommend policies to protect IOC/RCRC > names; and > > Therefore, the IOC/RC Drafting Team recommends that the GNSO > Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the second > recommendation of the IOC/RC Drafting Team, providing for temporary > reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names, prior to the > delegation of the first round of new gTLDs. > > NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: > That the GNSO Council adopts the IOC/RC Drafting Team's > recommendation to temporarily reserve the exact match of IOC and > RCRC second level domain names listed in Section 2.2.1.2.3 of the > Applicant Guidebook and per the GAC recommendation of 14 September > 2011 pending the outcome of the recently launched policy > development process > involving International Governmental and Non-governmental > Organizations. > > That the GNSO Council thanks the members of the IOC/RC Drafting > Team for their efforts in producing these recommendations, and > hereby disbands the IOC/RC Drafting Team; and > > That the Chair of the GNSO Council is authorized to forward these > recommendations to the ICANN Board. > > 2. Motion on the Adoption of a Working Group on Consumer Trust, > Consumer Choice, and Competition (CTCCC) > ====================================================================== > =============== > > Whereas, on 10 December 2010, the ICANN Board adopted Resolution 30 > (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm) > requesting advice from the GNSO, ccNSO, ALAC and GAC on > establishing the definition, measures, and three-year targets for > those measures, for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice > in the context of the domain name system (DNS), such advice to be > provided for discussion at the ICANN International Public meeting > in San Francisco from 13-18 March 2011; > > Whereas, the GNSO Council approved the Charter > (http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/cci-charter-07sep11-en.pdf) for a > Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition Working Group (CTCCCWG) to > produce an Advice Letter for consideration by Supporting > Organizations(SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to assist them in > responding to the Board request for establishing the definition, > measures, and three-year targets for those measures, for > competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of > the domain name system; > > Whereas, the CCI WG created a draft Advice Letter and posted it for > Public Comment (http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/cctc- > draft-advice-letter-23feb12-en.htm); > > Whereas, the CCI WG reviewed all Public Comments and feedback from > public sessions and produced a Final Advice Letter > (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/cctc/cctc-final-advice- > letter-05dec12-en.pdf) for consideration by the SOs and ACs. > > NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: > > RESOLVED, the GNSO Council endorses these recommendations for > establishing the definition, measures and three-year targets for > those measures for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice > in the context of the domain name system as described in the Final > Advice Letter. > > RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council approves the delivery of the > Final Advice Letter to the ICANN Board. > > RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council thanks the CTCCC WG members for > their diligence and persistent efforts on this important topic and > disbands the Working Group. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > Thank you. > Kind regards, > > Glen > > 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]