fyi -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] draft motion - response to NGPC letter - Rec 19/Spec 13 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:41:07 +0200 From: Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> To: GNSO Council List <[log in to unmask]>, GNSO Secretariat <[log in to unmask]> Hi, I received some outreach on the issue and wrote the following in response. As it applies to the discussion on this list, I decided to forward it on, typos and all. > At this point, I do not think I personally support the motion as > written. > > - While it is true that we did not specifically discuss .brand, we > did discuss various forms of what could have been called single use > gTLDs and never made any registrar exceptions for those. > > - the VI decision allows for any .brand to also become a registrar > and the rules allow for it to tailor the rules of registrars for > specific registry limitations. > > - I do not see how I can decry the use of non PDP originated > decisions by the board in other cases, yet support it in this case. > I advocate the need for a PDP to discuss the issue > > - If we are to create exceptions I would be interested in seeing it > go further to support other single use cases, such as an NGO that > wanted to give registrations to its members. My reading of Spec 13 > don't seem to go that far. > > Having said that I will listen to the discussions, and ongoing > discussion in NCSG and make up my mind later in the process. avri