proposed statement for the IOC/IFRC DT resolution

[Andrei Barburas]

+1 from me.

Regards,



*Andrei Barburas*

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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> The IOC/IFRC is claiming consensus on its proposal to suggest a temporary
> registration block for the IOC and IFRC. This is the statement I propose be
> added to the statement indicating the disagreement of the NCSG with that
> proposal.
>
> I request that the NCSG-PC endorse this statement.
>
> -----
>
> The NCSG rejects the 3b "temporary registration block." defined in
> IOC/IFRC Drafting Team' recommendation for a number of reasons:
>
> 1. Policy recommendations from the GNSO on reserved names can only be made
> by a PDP that is properly constituted and is run according to the process
> rules as established in the ICANN by-laws.
>
> 2. This drafting team continues to circumvent proper process by attempting
> to make policy as opposed to performing its proper function of fact
> gathering and presenting information to the council that can be used in
> deciding on the viability and charter for such a PDP.
>
> The NCSG supports the PDP only on the condition that among the possible
> outcomes is the current status quo, no protection at the second level. We
> support the PDP as the only appropriate place to resolve this proposal
> among competing proposals. We believe it is illegitimate to change reserved
> name policy,,,,, no matter how it is euphemistically named, before the PDP
> runs its course.
>
> The NCSG is also aware of other types of humanitarian organization that
> also demand these privileges and we feel that any discussion on granting
> such special reservations must include a full discussion of all who request
> such reservations.
>
> Finally the NCSG does not believe that the reserved name list can be used
> solely for the purpose of new gTLDs, and that any decisions on adding names
> to the reserved list must take incumbent registries into account.
>
>
> ------
> Avri Doria
>
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