Fwd: [council] Nominations for IRT Participants

[Robin Gross]

Thanks, Bill,

It seems clear that IPC isn't really looking for a balanced team and
is just looking for a team of itself to vocalize its own complaints.

It is not possible to ask someone to participate in a realistic way
before tomorrow.

There is no information about what we would be asking people to
do.    All we know is that a team member must be willing to give up 2
"mystery weekends" between now and April (or is it mid-week?).

We don't know where.   We don't know when.   We don't know for how
long.   We don't have an agenda or anything that would make this
meeting seem like a sincere effort to include others not in the IPC.

I can't imagine asking a reputable law professor to participate in
this circus at this point.

Best,
Robin



On Mar 12, 2009, at 7:00 AM, William Drake wrote:

> Well, this is interesting, in several respects...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rosette, Kristina <krosette at cov.com>
> Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:43 PM
> Subject: RE: [council] Nominations for IRT Participants
> To: council at gnso.icann.org
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Unfortunately, extending the deadline is simply not possible given
> the deadlines provided by the Board in the resolution and the work
> that needs to be done.  Moreover, a large number of people from
> almost every constituency and some of the ACs had already contacted
> IPC members about participating and had been provided similar
> information to that set forth below.  I posted the message below in
> an effort to provide the information for dissemination to those who
> had not already contacted IPC members.  As for the Board's intent,
> I believe the language of the resolution speaks for itself.
>
> Kristina
>
>
> From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:21 AM
> To: Rosette, Kristina
> Cc: council at gnso.icann.org
> Subject: Re: [council] Nominations for IRT Participants
>
> Hi Kristina,
>
> Thanks for this information, which I've just passed on to NCUC.
> However, I would strongly suggest that we extend the deadline to
> Monday or Tuesday.  Notification at 11pm on the 11th of a 13th noon
> deadline is a very unworkable turnaround time if we are serious
> about getting strong applicants and engagement from all
> constituencies, as the board intends.  Some people might not be
> reading mail today or be able to determine so quickly whether the
> workload fits with their schedule etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Rosette, Kristina wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Because we've received a number of inquiries about nominations for
>> IRT participants, we thought it would be helpful to provide the
>> information below.
>>
>> Nominations for IRT participants should be sent to Steve Metalitz
>> (IPC President), Ute, Cyril or me.  Steve's email address is not
>> on the Council page or the IPC home page so please contact me off-
>> list if you would like it.
>>
>> The nominations must include:
>>
>> 1.  The full name and contact information of the nominee
>> (including the name of her/his employer and title);
>> 2.  The ICANN Geographic Region(s) in which the nominee is a
>> citizen and is a resident;
>> 3.  Identification of the nominee's knowledge, experience, and
>> expertise in the fields of trademark, consumer protection, or
>> competition law, and the interplay of trademarks and the domain
>> name system;
>>
>> 4.  Identification of any financial ownership or senior management/
>> leadership interest of the nominee in registries, registrars or
>> other entities that are stakeholders or interested parties in
>> ICANN or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract,
>> or other arrangement;
>>
>> 5.  State if the nominee would be representing any other party or
>> person through her/his IRT participation and, if so, identify that
>> party or person; and
>>
>> 6.  State if the nominee submitted public comments on the first
>> draft of the DAG that provided proposed solutions to the trademark
>> issues and, if so, attach a copy of those comments.
>>
>> We must receive all nominations not later than Friday, 13 March,
>> at noon EDT.  Because of the deadlines set forth by the Board in
>> the resolution, it will be exceedingly difficult to consider any
>> nominations submitted after that point.  Also, based on very
>> preliminary time lines, IRT participants should expect to spend at
>> least 15 full business days (excluding travel time) in the next
>> two months on the team's work.
>>
>> Kristina
>>
>
>
>
>
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> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute for International and
>  Development Studies
>  Geneva, Switzerland
> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
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