<p class="MsoNormal" style>Dear NCSG Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>We are pleased to share a proposal from NPOC leadership.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
<b>Context</b>: Given the IOC and Red Cross exemption (some of us call it protection) and the Drafting Committee Chair report to GNSO this morning - we find it wise, for the benefit of our current and future <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NPOC</span>members, as well as the ICANN Community at large, that <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NPOC</span> promotes and supports a) the proposal from the WG and b), in a broader manner, the generic extension of this protection based on avoiding the setting of a precedent, and based on objective and independantly verifiable criteria to define who or who does not qualify:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div style><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b>Proposition:</b><br>Would receive new gTLD protection: "Any organization operating globally in the public interest and enjoying International Legal Personality in the country where its Headquarters are located, and its members."<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div style><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Alain</p></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA<div>Member, Board of Directors, CECI, <a href="http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/" target="_blank">http://www.ceci.ca</a><br>
<div>Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, <a href="http://www.schulich.yorku.ca" target="_blank">www.schulich.yorku.ca</a></div><div>Trustee, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, <a href="http://www.gkpfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.gkpfoundation.org</a></div>
<div>NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, <font color="#0a246a" face="'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><a href="http://www.chasquinet.org" target="_blank">www.chasquinet.org</a></font><br>interim Membership Committee Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, <a href="http://npoc.org/" target="_blank">http://npoc.org/</a><br>
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