Dear NCSG Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>FYI</div><div><br></div><div>Alain<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jean-Louis Ecochard</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jecochard@tnc.org">jecochard@tnc.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM<br>Subject: Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC Proposal for IOC-RC protection<br>To: Alain Berranger <<a href="mailto:alain.berranger@gmail.com">alain.berranger@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:npoc-voice@icann.org">npoc-voice@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:npoc-voice@icann.org">npoc-voice@icann.org</a>><br>
<br><br>Alain,<br>
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Merci de votre proposition.<br>
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One of the prime concern is the conversion of a known NGO domain name into a gTLD.<br>
This is because a domain name is an NGO brand on the internet.<br>
We also know that words like relief, cancer, heart, peace, nature, etc. cannot receive trademark protection yet they represent essential internet brands of the NGOs they represent.<br>
I believe ANY NGO with a strong internet brand presence would find it disastrous to see their domain name converted into a gTLD (e.g. In our case of <a href="http://nature.org" target="_blank">nature.org</a> seeing a .nature gTLD).<br>
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Henceforth I recommend we propose protection of any .org or .org.country domain name in active use by "Any organization operating globally in the public interest and enjoying International Legal Personality in the country where its Headquarters are located, and its members." as of January 1 2012. This means that ICANN would prohibit the creation of a gTLD that is the same as a domain name of an NGO in use 1/1/12 and active.<br>
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This ensures protection of the capital invested by NGOs on their brand presence without making it too complicated for ICANN to administer (I.e. Check for .org existence, check if own by NGO).<br>
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I welcome thoughts and discussions on this extension of Alain's suggestion.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
JL<br>
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From: Alain Berranger <<a href="mailto:alain.berranger@gmail.com">alain.berranger@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:alain.berranger@gmail.com">alain.berranger@gmail.com</a>>><br>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:06:11 -0400<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:npoc-voice@icann.org">npoc-voice@icann.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:npoc-voice@icann.org">npoc-voice@icann.org</a>>><br>
Subject: [npoc-voice] NPOC Proposal for IOC-RC protection<br>
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Dear NPOC members:<br>
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Greetings from San José. As Acting Vice Chair, I would like to consult you on an important issue:<br>
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Context: Given the tension here on 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 NPOC members, as well as the ICANN Community at large, that NPOC 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:<br>
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Proposition:<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."<br>
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Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Please respond by Tuesday 13 March 17:00 San José time.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Alain Berranger<br>
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA<br>
</div>Member, Board of Directors, CECI, <a href="http://www.ceci.ca" target="_blank">http://www.ceci.ca</a><<a href="http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/" target="_blank">http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/</a>><br>
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</div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><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>
O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824<br>Skype: alain.berranger<br></div></div><br>
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