Review for protections for Red Cross/Red Crescent and International Olympic Committee names at the top level

[Avri Doria]

A 21 days review period has been initiated of the Draft Team proposals.  However, there is no guarantee that they will allow even an abbreviated comment period.  As the quoted text below show, the GNSO has reserved the right to vote on these proposals 10 days before the completion of a review.   This is the same group whose council has demanded in the past the comment periods should be lengthened around meetings since no one could be expected to comment during ICANn week.  People always suspected that comments were not given much regard by the g-council. It will be harder to argue against that claim in the future if they are allowed to do this.


> Public comment is being sought by the IOC/RC Drafting Team established by the GNSO Council on an expedited basis as a matter of urgency on a proposal developed in collaboration with the GAC and the IOC/RC Drafting Team to implement certain protections for Red Cross/Red Crescent and International Olympic Committee names at the top level, commencing with the first round of New GTD applications. It is recognized that that the time frame is exceptionally short because of the time constraints imposed by the closing of the newgTLD application window on April 12, 2012, and the new working relationship between the GNSO community and the GAC. It should also be noted that these recommendations may be the subject of possible action by theGNSO Council on 14 March 2012 at the ICANN Meeting in Costa Rica.


It all can be found at <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ioc-rcrc-proposal-02mar12-en.htm>

I have submitted my first comment.

avri