NCSG input on request for special privileges for Red Cross & International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains

Wed Oct 5 16:59:39 CEST 2011

Thanks for this question Robin. I can see no reason to add these names (or
categories of such names) to the reserve list. Its vital we have a
principled approach - these sorts of additions would only continue the
growing divide of inequality between existing and would-be registrants and
those using rights to privilege their own applications. And to make these
two requests via governments is very worrying. 

Avri also raises a very valid point about the reserve list itself  we
shouldnt assume that just because the list exists, it should simply keep
expanding without a first principles review.

Joy 

Joy Liddicoat

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From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Robin
Gross
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Subject: NCSG input on request for special privileges for Red Cross &
International Olympic Committee regarding Internet domains

I would be curious to know what the NCSG membership thinks about this
proposal from GAC to give special privileges to the Red Cross and
International Olympic Committee in the top-level domain name space.   

The GNSO Council will have to vote on this proposal soon, so some awareness
and input from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group on the underlying issue
would be very helpful.

<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11
-en.pdf>
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-
en.pdf

Thank you,

Robin Gross

Begin forwarded message:

From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>

Date: September 19, 2011 11:07:42 AM PDT

To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>

Subject: [liaison6c] GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red
Cross/Red Crescent

FYI

Dear Councillors,

The advice provided  by the GAC  has been posted on page :
 <http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence> http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence

And can be directly viewed at

<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.p
df>
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pd
f

<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11
-en.pdf>
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-
en.pdf

Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows:

Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes)

As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a
resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the
following excerpt (Resolved 1.b):

Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs:

 <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm>
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm

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.

The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by
Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance:
 <http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf>
http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf

On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice
on this topic:

GAC advice:

1)
<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.p
df> possible UDRP

2)
<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11
-en.pdf> the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent

The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action,
starting with an answer to the GAC.

11.1 Discussion
11.2 Next steps

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

Glen

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org

http://gnso.icann.org

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