<div dir="ltr">I personally approve of giving special privileges to the Red Cross/Red Crescent, but not to the IOO. <br><br>The Red Cross is one of the only organizations I trust when I do fundraising for famine in East Africa. <br>
<br>Thanks, Rigia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;">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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</div></div></span></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Robin Gross</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" target="_blank">Glen@icann.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;">September 19, 2011 11:07:42 AM PDT<br>
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</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: medium;"><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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<div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">FYI</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dear Councillors,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">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):<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">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.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice on this topic:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">GAC advice:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">1)<span> </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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">possible UDRP</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">2)<span> </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;" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action, starting with an answer to the GAC.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">11.1 Discussion<br>11.2 Next steps<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Thank you very much.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">Glen<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org" target="_blank">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div>
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