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I think Mary's points are valid, and i will just add: go team! <br>
Thx Robin, Mary, Milton and everyone else who worked on this.<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 12/10/2010 11:56 AM, Mary Wong wrote:
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<div>In principle and substance, yes - but I would feel more
comfortable, and believe it would be more effective, if the
references to ICANN staff (e.g. "as claimed by staff") were
removed or at least reduced. Similarly, I would suggest
rewording the point about the "company who provides the expert
advice is also hired by ICANN" to something along the lines of
"the third party contracted to select the experts who will
determine the objection".</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Mary<br>
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<td>12/10/2010 11:50 AM</td>
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Sure
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<div>On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Robin Gross
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draft NCUC statement on the DAG and new gtlds.
Please let me know if you support it's
submission.<br>
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Thanks! <br>
<br>
Robin<br>
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Draft Statement of NCUC on the Draft Applicant
Guidebook<br>
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NCUC supports the prompt introduction of new
gTLDs, yet we are deeply concerned about a
number of implementation proposals in the latest
Draft Applicant Guidebook, however believe they
can be fixed and the new TLD process can move
forward.<br>
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In particular, we are concerned that the
Independent Objector (IO) process is ripe for
abuse and harmful to the public interest. The IO
was a staff created policy that was never
discussed let alone approved by the GNSO. We
believe that it is entirely illogical that there
can be a TLD that no community, religion,
government, company, trademark holder, or
individual in the world actually objects to –
yet is “something we all agree is objectionable”
as claimed by staff.<br>
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Important safeguards to prevent abuse and
“gaming” are lacking from the IO, as envisioned
by staff. For example, there is no requirement
that an objection brought by the IO be tied to
at least one specific party who claims it will
be harmed if the TLD goes forward. Such a
requirement is necessary to achieve
accountability in the new TLD process. <br>
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Another feature missing from staff’s version of
an IO is transparency. ICANN staff has stated a
number of times that the IO is intended to
provide a secret means for governments to object
to a TLD string without having to do so
publicly. For a public governance organization
with transparency requirements, such a proposal
for secret objections cannot stand. If there
must be an IO, actual objectors must come
forward and be transparent about their role to
prevent the new TLD. <br>
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According the staff memo on so-called Morality
and Public Order objections, one of the purposes
of the IO is “risk mitigation” to ICANN (i.e. a
forum to quietly kill controversial TLDs to
ward-off ICANN’s ability to be sued in courts of
law). We do not support staff’s introduction of
“risk mitigation strategy” as ICANN’s primary
policy objective. As always, the global public
interest with respect to the DNS is ICANN’s
primary obligation, not ICANN’s own corporate
interest.<br>
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As designed by staff, the IO lacks true
independence. The IO is employed by ICANN;
likewise the company who provides the expert
advice is also hired by ICANN, so there is a
lack of neutrality on the part of the expert
panel since they have an incentive to agree with
the IO (ICANN) who hired it when they handle
matters brought by the IO. <br>
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On the issue of trademarks in the latest DAG, we
are troubled by the elimination of sufficient
time in which to respond to URS complaints in
the latest DAG. Re-working the negotiated
community consensus from 21 to 14 days as a
timeframe in which to respond is concerning as
it provides inadequate protection to
registrants, who may be on holidays and unable
to find an attorney and respond in a reasonable
period of time.<br>
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We share the concerns expressed in the At-Large
Statement on Draft Applicant Guidebook.
However, we believe the best course of action
is to make the appropriate fixes to the policy
to protect the global public interest and go
forward with new TLDs in an expeditious manner.<br>
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