Fwd: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members

[Robin Gross]

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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: October 30, 2012 6:52:44 AM PDT
> To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections  
> Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members
>
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm
> Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development  
> Process (PDP) Working Group Members
> Date: 29 October 2012
>
> Introduction
>
> At its meeting on 17 October 2012, the GNSO Council initiated a  
> Policy Development Process (PDP) on the Protection of Certain  
> International Organization Names in all GTLDs. (see 20121017-2).  
> The GNSO Council decided at this meeting that a group of volunteers  
> should now be convened to draft the charter for the IGO-INGO PDP  
> Working Group, which is to be approved by the GNSO Council.
>
> Task of the Drafting Team
>
> The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing a charter for the  
> PDP Working Group on the Protection of Certain International  
> Organization Names in all GTLDs. The Charter should include, at a  
> minimum, the following elements as specified in the GNSO Working  
> Group Guidelines: Working Group identification; Mission, Purpose  
> and Deliverables; Formation, Staffing and Organization, and; Rules  
> of Engagement. The proposed charter will be submitted to the GNSO  
> Council for its consideration. Upon completion of the Charter by  
> the Drafting Team, the Working Group will then begin execution of  
> the Charter.
>
> Volunteers
>
> If you are interested to participate, please send an email to the  
> GNSO Secretariat. You will be required to complete aStatement of  
> Interest in order to participate. It is proposed that the group  
> meet each Wednesday at 18:00 UTC for two hours.
>
> Background Information on the Issue
>
> The ICANN Board has requested policy advice from the GNSO Council  
> and the GAC on whether special protections should be afforded for  
> the names and acronyms of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement  
> ("RCRC"), the International Olympic Committee ("IOC") and/or  
> International Government Organizations ("IGOs").
>
> In September 2011, the GAC sent advice to the GNSO with a proposal  
> for granting second level protections based upon the protections  
> afforded to IOC/RCRC at the first level during the initial round of  
> new gTLD applications, and that such protections are permanent. As  
> a result of the GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO IOC/ 
> RCRC Drafting Team was formed and created a set of recommendations  
> for protecting the IOC/RCRC names at the second level of the  
> initial round new gTLDs, including the initiation of an "expedited  
> PDP" to determine appropriate permanent protections for the RCRC  
> and IOC names.
>
> The latest inquiry to examine the issue of protecting IGO names  
> emerged as a result of a request from the ICANN Board in response  
> to letters received from the OECD and other IGOs in December 2011.  
> Specifically, IGOs are seeking ICANN approval of protections at the  
> top level that, at a minimum, are similar to those afforded to the  
> RCRC and IOC in the Applicant Guidebook. In addition, IGOs are  
> seeking a pre-emptive mechanism to protect their names at the  
> second level. On 11 March 2012, the ICANN Board formally requested  
> that the GNSO Council and the GAC provide policy advice on the  
> IGO's request.
>
> The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN Staff on 1 October  
> 2012 (seehttp://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final- 
> issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf) and in this report a number of issues  
> are outlined that will need further consideration during the PDP.
>
> The GNSO Council approved the IGO-INGO PDP at its 17 October 2012  
> meeting.
>
> Recommended Reading for Volunteers
>
> Final Issue Report on the Protection of IGO Names
> GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines
>
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>




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