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Thanks, Robin, for pointing this out. So NCSG did a good job for the
whole of ICANN.<br>
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Norbert<br>
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On 4/27/2012 4:50 AM, Robin Gross wrote:
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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>Wow! When the ICANN Board adopted its resolution rejecting
Red Cross & Olympic Committee special privileges in the DNS,
they provided a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-new-gtld-10apr12-en.htm">Rationale</a> which
was identical to what NCSG had argued during the GNSO Council
Meeting when we deferred the Council's rush to adopt the
privileges. </div>
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<div>It is also worth noting that the ICANN Board posting these
"Rationales" to explain their votes is a terrific and relatively
new feature that ICANN has adopted as a result of the ATRT
Recommendations.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Robin</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-new-gtld-10apr12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-new-gtld-10apr12-en.htm</a></div>
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<div> […]</div>
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<h3 style="font-family: 'Klavika Medium'; font-weight: normal;
margin-bottom: 8px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-size: 15px;
line-height: 21px; "><abbr title="Generic Names Supporting
Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> Recommendation
for Protection of Red Cross and International Olympic
Committee Names in New gTLDs</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; color: rgb(85, 85,
85); font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; ">The Committee discussed potential ways that it could
address the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting
Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> Recommendation
and the need to acknowledge the inputs provided by the <abbr
title="Generic Names Supporting Organization"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> though
the Committee is not prepared to make changes to the Applicant
Guidebook at this time.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; color: rgb(85, 85,
85); font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; ">The Committee then took the following action:</p>
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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 3em; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0.5em; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);
font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">Resolved
(2012.04.10.NG4), the New <abbr title="generic Top Level
Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial;
">gTLD</abbr> Program Committee acknowledges receipt of
the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr>'s
recommendation on extending certain protections to the Red
Cross/Red Crescent and the International Olympic Committee
names at the top level.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; ">Resolved
(2012.04.10.NG5), the New <abbr title="generic Top Level
Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial;
">gTLD</abbr> Program Committee chooses to not change the
Applicant Guidebook at this time.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; color: rgb(85, 85,
85); font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size:
15px; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">All voting members
of the Committee voted in favor of the Resolutions. The
Resolutions carried.</strong></p>
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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 3em; padding-top: 0px;
padding-right: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0.5em; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);
font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">
<h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1em; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><a
moz-do-not-send="true" name="2.rationale"
style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;
outline-color: initial; color: rgb(239, 103, 62);
text-decoration: none; "></a>Rationale for Resolutions
2012.04.10.NG4-2012.04.10.NG5</h4>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "><em>The
Committee thanks the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting
Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
initial; ">GNSO</abbr> for its work to date on this
issue. While the recommendations of the <abbr
title="Generic Names Supporting Organization"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> are
well taken, changing the Applicant Guidebook at this time
must be balanced against <abbr title="Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr>'s
commitment to accountability and transparency. The public
comment "reply" period remains open on this topic through
14 April 2012, therefore any Committee action at this time
– other than maintaining the status quo – could not
reflect all of the inputs received on this issue. The
comments received to date also demonstrate the existence
of opposition to the adoption of the recommendations.</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "><em>Implementation
details have not been worked out to address these
recommendations.In addition, a change of this nature to
the Applicant Guidebook nearly three months into the
application window – and after the date allowed for
registration in the system – could change the basis of the
application decisions made by entities interested in the
New <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">gTLD</abbr> Program.</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "><em>Comments
received in the public comment forum also raise procedural
issues with these recommendations that indicate concerns
with the multi-stakeholder process utilized in this
instance. While the Committee is not making a
determination at this time about these procedural
concerns, their existence also weighs towards maintaining
the status quo at this time.</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "><em>The status
quo is that the Applicant Guidebook already provides
several other protections available to the IOC and Red
Cross for the top level, including a moratorium on the
delegation of certain names at the top level in the first
round of applications; an objection process which allows
parties with standing to submit an objection on the
grounds that an application infringes its existing legal
rights; and the<abbr title="Governmental Advisory
Committee" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
initial; ">GAC</abbr> Early Warning and Advice
Processes. As protections already exist, when balanced
with the accountability and operational issues posed by
changing the Applicant Guidebook at this time, the public
interest will be better served by maintaining the status
quo. This action is not expected to have an impact on
resources, nor is it expected to have an impact on the
security or the stability of the<abbr title="Domain Name
System" style="border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color:
initial; ">DNS</abbr>.</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.45em; "><em>Nothing in
the Committee's action or this rationale is intended to
preclude the consideration of the <abbr title="Generic
Names Supporting Organization"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">GNSO</abbr> recommendations
for future rounds of applications within the New <abbr
title="generic Top Level Domain"
style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style:
dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">gTLD</abbr> Program.</em></p>
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