<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Caroline Figuères wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dear Robin</div><div>Are you questionning the content of the special privileges or the special privileges as such, just for these organisations? </div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Caroline,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your clarifying question. I think we are considering the appropriateness of both matters: whether there should be these special privileges at all?; and if so, should such privileges be given to just for these two organizations?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm keen to hear others' thoughts as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Robin</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I leave the content part to the specialists. For the privileges I suppose there should be a very good rationale to do so. I am not aware of it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>In general I am not in favor of privileges for large organisations except if this is part of a strategic move, helping openning the door for smaller ones that can asked for the same afterwards.... I do not know if this is the case.</div>
<div>Best </div><div>Caroline Figueres</div><div>IICD<br><br>Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone</div><div><br>Op 5 okt. 2011 om 01:25 heeft Robin Gross <<a href="mailto:robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG">robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I would be curious to know what the NCSG membership thinks about this proposal from GAC to give special privileges to the Red Cross and International Olympic Committee in the top-level domain name space. <div>
<br></div><div>The GNSO Council will have to vote on this proposal soon, so some awareness and input from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group on the underlying issue would be very helpful.<br><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org"></a><a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 19, 2011 11:07:42 AM PDT<br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org"></a><a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[liaison6c] GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent</b><br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear Councillors,</span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The advice provided by the GAC has been posted on page :<br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">And can be directly viewed at<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf</span></a></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows:</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)</span></u></b></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm</span></a></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance:<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice on this topic:</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GAC advice:</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">possible UDRP</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; ">the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action, starting with an answer to the GAC.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">11.1 Discussion<br>
11.2 Next steps</span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Thank you very much.</span></div>
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