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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Everyone, just a few additional notes on this topic:</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- throughout the Drafting Team (DT) process, NCSG representatives consistently brought up the broader issue of protections for international governmental organizations (IGOs - as requested by some of these to the ICANN Board recently) and other international non-governmental organizations (as brought up by NPOC members and representatives at the ICANN Costa Rica meeting and this listserv, among other places.)</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- in the end, the DT thought that recommending a PDP that specifically includes IGOs and other organizations went beyond its original mandate, which was to deal with IOC and IFRC names. Nonetheless, the transcripts and recordings of the DT meetings will show that the DT acknowledged that since a Final Issue Report on the IGO issue is going to be presented to the GNSO Council, it is up to the Council to decide (1) whether to launch a PDP of whichever type/scope; and (2) the precise scope of such a PDP, e.g. whether to include IGOs and other organizations, as urged by NPOC and some NCUC members.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- at that point, the ICANN community can (and should) weigh in on the merits of a PDP that is broader in scope than what the DT is specifically recommending w.r.t. the IOC/IFRC issue it was tasked to examine.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">- NCSG representatives also consistently made it clear that most NCSG members (i.e. NPOC and NCUC) support a PDP, and that many support a broader PDP beyond just the IOC/IFRC issue.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Finally, NCSG representatives submitted a formal minority statement to the DT report. It has been included in the full DT report and can be found here: </font><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Lucida Grande"><i><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-iocrc-dt/msg00605.html"><u>http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-iocrc-dt/msg00605.html</u></a></i></font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="3"></font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">I hope the above clarifies the positions that have been taken, on behalf of the entire NCSG membership, by our representatives to the DT. In sum, we have said that NCSG supports a PDP (and that many of our members from both Constituencies support a broad PDP that includes more than just the IFRC and IOC names), and that we oppose a temporary reservation/block on the IFRC and IOC names in the interim.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">These positions are consistent with the discussion that has taken place on this listserv, reflect what we believe to be the general consensus among our members - all of which have had equal and ample opportunity to weigh in on this issue in the past few months - and have been approved by the NCSG's Policy Committee, which operates on a consensus basis and which includes our GNSO Councilors and representatives from both Constituencies.</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Cheers</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" size="3">Mary</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><br>Mary W S Wong
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[NCSG-Discuss] Fwd: [liaison6c] Protection of International Olympic Committee (IOC) / Red Cross Names (RCRC) Drafting Team - Recommendations </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'>The IOC/RCRC Drafting Team (DT) requests community comment on the latest recommendations created for second level protections of names relating to the International Olympic Committee and the Red Cross/Red Crescent.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></SPAN></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'>The Drafting Team's recommendations will be updated to reflect community feedback submitted through this forum and via final agreement of the Drafting Team members. Final recommendations will then be presented to the GNSO Council for its consideration.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></SPAN></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'>Brian Peck, Margie Milam<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></SPAN></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'><b>Email:</b></SPAN></span><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><SPAN STYLE='COLOR:"blue" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt" ;FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Policy-staff@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Protection%20of%20International%20Olympic%20Committee%20%28IOC%29%20/%20Red%20Cross%20Names%20%28RCRC%29%20Drafting%20Team%20%E2%80%93%20Recommendations%20public%20comment%20period" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue"><u>Policy-staff@icann.org</u></a></SPAN><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'><o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></SPAN></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'>Detailed Information<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></SPAN></span> </p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'><b>Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose</b></SPAN></span><SPAN STYLE='FONT-FAMILY:"Arial, sans-serif" ;FONT-SIZE:"12pt"'><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"></span></SPAN> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">As a result of IOC/RCRC being granted top level protections for the first round of the new gTLD program, the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team was further tasked to consider whether the same protections should be afforded at the second level prior to the first delegation of a new gTLD. Since the beginning of 2012, the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team (DT) has deliberated about possible second level protections and how to respond to the GAC's request for protections. The DT now submits the recommendations formulated by the DT and makes them available for public comment before final submission to the GNSO Council.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><b>Note from the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team Chair:</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif">These recommendations are being posted at the request of the Drafting Team. Although some members of the Drafting Team believe that a PDP is not necessary at this time to grant second level protections for the IOC/RCRC, a consensus of the DT does in fact agree that a PDP represents an appropriate compromise on this issue. With respect to the Recommendations #2 and #3 (temporary protection at second level), there is strong support amongst the Drafting Team for those recommendations with opposition from the Non-commercial Stakeholder Group and Thomas Rickert. A copy of statements from certain constituencies, stakeholder groups, and/or individuals is attached as appendices to the recommendations.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The ICANN Board had requested policy advice from the GNSO Council and the GAC on whether special protections should be afforded to the RCRC, IOC and/or IGOs. Specifically, in its Singapore resolution, the Board authorized the President and CEO to implement the New gTLD Program "which includes the following elements: "the 30 May 2011 version of the Applicant Guidebook, subject to the revisions agreed to with the GAC on 19 June 2011, including: ...(b) 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....."<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">During September 2011, the GAC also sent advice to the GNSO with a proposal for granting second level protections based upon the protections afforded to IOC/RCRC at the first level. In the same month, section 2.2.1.2.3 was added to the latest version of the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook dated 19 September 2011.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">As a result of the GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO Council created a call for volunteers to form a drafting team about creating a response to the GAC. The IOC/RCRC Drafting Team was formed has since created a set of recommendations for protecting the IOC/RCRC names at the second level and includes an outline for a response to the GAC from the GNSO. The Drafting Team now wishes to solicit feedback from the community prior to submission of the recommendations to the GNSO Council.<o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">See the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team page for more detail at:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="blue"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/red-cross-ioc.htm" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue"><u>http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/red-cross-ioc.htm</u></a></span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif"></span></font> </p>
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