Fwd: [npoc-voice] NPOC Proposal for IOC-RC protection

[Robin Gross]

I have to disagree, Adam.  We need the community to engage in this issue very much.   This proposal is a not a final text, but a starting point to try to reach a compromise.  If it is "too late" for the community to engage, it is because the RC/IOC came so late in the game.  I don't believe the bottom-up policy development process should be shoved aside because of AC/IOC's late request.

Robin


On Mar 12, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Adam Peake wrote:

> Alain, hi.
> 
> Suggest it's a little late to be recommending such a fundamental
> change to the applicant proces. Not going to fly. So let's not waste
> our time on it.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Adam
> 
> Adam Peake
> GLOCOM Tokyo
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Alain Berranger
> <alain.berranger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear NCSG Colleagues,
>> 
>> FYI
>> 
>> Alain
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jean-Louis Ecochard <jecochard at tnc.org>
>> Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC Proposal for IOC-RC protection
>> To: Alain Berranger <alain.berranger at gmail.com>, "npoc-voice at icann.org"
>> <npoc-voice at icann.org>
>> 
>> 
>> Alain,
>> 
>> Merci de votre proposition.
>> 
>> One of the prime concern is the conversion of a known NGO domain name into a
>> gTLD.
>> This is because a domain name is an NGO brand on the internet.
>> We also know that words like relief, cancer, heart, peace, nature, etc.
>> cannot receive trademark protection yet they represent essential internet
>> brands of the NGOs they represent.
>> I believe ANY NGO with a strong internet brand presence would find it
>> disastrous to see their domain name converted into a gTLD (e.g. In our case
>> of nature.org seeing a .nature gTLD).
>> 
>> Henceforth I recommend we propose protection of any .org  or .org.country
>> domain name in active use by "Any organization operating globally in the
>> public interest and enjoying International Legal Personality in the country
>> where its Headquarters are located, and its members." as of January 1 2012.
>> This means that ICANN would prohibit the creation of a gTLD that is the same
>> as a domain name of an NGO in use 1/1/12 and active.
>> 
>> This ensures protection of the capital invested by NGOs on their brand
>> presence without making it too complicated for ICANN to administer (I.e.
>> Check for .org existence, check if own by  NGO).
>> 
>> I welcome thoughts and discussions on this extension of Alain's suggestion.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> JL
>> 
>> be green – read on the screen
>> --
>> Jean-Louis Écochard
>> Vice President and Chief Information Officer
>> 
>> The Nature Conservancy
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>> 
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>>  - Jan Carlzon, former President and CEO of the Scandinavian Airlines Group
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Alain Berranger
>> <alain.berranger at gmail.com<mailto:alain.berranger at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:06:11 -0400
>> To: <npoc-voice at icann.org<mailto:npoc-voice at icann.org>>
>> Subject: [npoc-voice] NPOC Proposal for IOC-RC protection
>> 
>> Dear NPOC members:
>> 
>> Greetings from San José. As Acting Vice Chair, I would like to consult you
>> on an important issue:
>> 
>> Context: Given the tension here on the IOC and Red Cross exemption (some of
>> us call it protection) and the Drafting Committee Chair report to GNSO this
>> morning - we find it wise, for the benefit of our current and future NPOC
>> members, as well as the ICANN Community at large, that NPOC promotes and
>> supports a) the proposal from the WG and b), in a broader manner, the
>> generic extension of this protection based on avoiding the setting of a
>> precedent, and based on objective and independantly verifiable criteria to
>> define who or who does not qualify:
>> 
>> Proposition:
>> Would receive new gTLD protection: "Any organization operating globally in
>> the public interest and enjoying International Legal Personality in the
>> country where its Headquarters are located, and its members."
>> 
>> Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Please respond by
>> Tuesday 13 March 17:00 San José time.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Alain Berranger
>> --
>> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
>> Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
>> http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/>
>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business,
>> www.schulich.yorku.ca<http://www.schulich.yorku.ca>
>> Trustee, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation,
>> www.gkpfoundation.org<http://www.gkpfoundation.org>
>> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation,
>> www.chasquinet.org<http://www.chasquinet.org>
>> interim Membership Committee Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
>> O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824
>> Skype: alain.berranger
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
>> Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca
>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
>> Trustee, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org
>> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org
>> interim Membership Committee Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
>> O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824
>> Skype: alain.berranger
>> 
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