Fwd: [liaison6c] GNSO Council Resolutions 20 December 2012

[Robin Gross]

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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: December 20, 2012 12:14:56 PM PST
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] GNSO Council  Resolutions 20 December 2012
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> Dear Councillors,
>
> Ahead of the official minutes please find the two resolution passed  
> by the GNSO Council at its  meeting on 20 December 2012.
>
> 1 Motion to recommend protections in the first round of new gTLDs  
> for certain Red Cross / Red Crescent (RCRC) and International  
> Olympic Committee (IOC) names:
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>
> WHEREAS:
> The Board Resolution 2011.06.20.01, authorized "the President and  
> CEO to implement the new gTLD program which includes . . .  
> 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, . ."
> (http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-20jun11- 
> en.htm)
>
> The IOC/RC Drafting Team established 1 November 2011 by the GNSO  
> Council has considered a number of different options with respect  
> to protections of both the IOC and the RCRC terms in response to  
> the GAC proposal to provide permanent protection for such terms  
> including at the second level in new gTLDs;
>
> The solution proposed by the IOC/RC Drafting Team, to initiate a  
> PDP and to provide temporary reservation of the exact match IOC/RC  
> names, was posted for public comment on
> 28 September 2012 and closed on 9 November 2012;
>
> The GNSO has now (17 October 2012) initiated a policy development  
> process (PDP) to evaluate possible protections for certain  
> international organization names in all gTLDs, including,  
> specifically, whether to recommend policies to protect IOC/RCRC  
> names; and
>
> Therefore, the IOC/RC Drafting Team recommends that the GNSO  
> Council recommend to the Board that it adopt the second  
> recommendation of the IOC/RC Drafting Team, providing for temporary  
> reservation of the exact match IOC/RC names, prior to the  
> delegation of the first round of new gTLDs.
>
> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
> That the GNSO Council adopts the IOC/RC Drafting Team's  
> recommendation to temporarily reserve the exact match of IOC and  
> RCRC second level domain names listed in Section 2.2.1.2.3 of the  
> Applicant Guidebook and per the GAC recommendation of 14 September  
> 2011 pending the outcome of the recently launched policy  
> development process
>  involving International Governmental and Non-governmental  
> Organizations.
>
> That the GNSO Council thanks the members of the IOC/RC Drafting  
> Team for their efforts in producing these recommendations, and  
> hereby disbands the IOC/RC Drafting Team; and
>
> That the Chair of the GNSO Council is authorized to forward these  
> recommendations to the ICANN Board.
>
> 2. Motion on the Adoption of a Working Group on Consumer Trust,  
> Consumer Choice, and Competition (CTCCC)  
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> Whereas, on 10 December 2010, the ICANN Board adopted Resolution 30  
> (http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-10dec10-en.htm)  
> requesting advice from the GNSO, ccNSO, ALAC and GAC on  
> establishing the definition, measures, and three-year targets for  
> those measures, for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice  
> in the context of the domain name system (DNS), such advice to be  
> provided for discussion at the ICANN International Public meeting  
> in San Francisco from 13-18 March 2011;
>
> Whereas, the GNSO Council approved the Charter
> (http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/cci-charter-07sep11-en.pdf) for a  
> Consumer Choice, Trust, and Competition Working Group (CTCCCWG) to  
> produce an Advice Letter for consideration by Supporting  
> Organizations(SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) to assist them in  
> responding to the Board request for establishing the definition,  
> measures, and three-year targets for those measures, for  
> competition, consumer trust and consumer choice in the context of  
> the domain name system;
>
> Whereas, the CCI WG created a draft Advice Letter and posted it for  
> Public Comment (http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/cctc- 
> draft-advice-letter-23feb12-en.htm);
>
> Whereas, the CCI WG reviewed all Public Comments and feedback from  
> public sessions and produced a Final Advice Letter
> (http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/cctc/cctc-final-advice- 
> letter-05dec12-en.pdf) for consideration by the SOs and ACs.
>
> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:
>
> RESOLVED, the GNSO Council endorses these recommendations for  
> establishing the definition, measures and three-year targets for  
> those measures for competition, consumer trust and consumer choice  
> in the context of the domain name system as described in the Final  
> Advice Letter.
>
> RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council approves the delivery of the  
> Final Advice Letter to the ICANN Board.
>
> RESOLVED FURTHER, the GNSO Council thanks the CTCCC WG members for  
> their diligence and persistent efforts on this important topic and  
> disbands the Working Group.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
> Thank you.
> Kind regards,
>
> Glen
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
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