[NCSG-Discuss] The Board, IGO entitlement to special protections and 28 Feb

[Nicolas Adam]

Lol

+1

Nicolas

On 2/14/2013 10:11 AM, Carl Smith wrote:
> I may be no more than a cheerleader here, but the roar from the stands 
> has often pushed the players to victory.
>
> Hear me roar.
>
> Lou
>
> On 2/14/2013 8:01 AM, Avri Doria wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> (report while listening to the g-council meeting)
>>
>> And as RCRC and IOC have already been granted the special 
>> protections, at least temporarily*, we are seeing all sorts of 
>> organization who claim to have the same or greater merit for such 
>> protections.  If the Board grants temporary* special protections to 
>> IGOs, contrary to previous GNSO action** to postpone the work, the 
>> clarion call will be even greater.
>>
>> Today, Thomas gave a fair review of the situation in the PDP WG, 
>> though he does maintain the postion, that the letter to the Board 
>> should indicate that the GNSO supports the temporary* reservations.
>>
>> David Cake spoke on the NCSG position on the issue.
>>
>> avri
>>
>>
>> * "nothing so permanent as a temporary solution" not sure of the 
>> origin of this quote.
>>
>> **  or perhaps inaction - history
>>
>> GNSO 20070627-3
>> "The GNSO Council thanks the Staff for the Issues Report on dispute 
>> handling for IGO names and abbreviations.
>> The council accepts the recommendation that a PDP not be initiated at 
>> this time, and that the staff continue as proposed in the issues 
>> report on page 16.
>> The council requests that the staff report back to the council within 
>> 3 months. The council will reconsider creating a PDP at that time."
>>
>> GNSO 20071120-1 - Postponed a decsion to intiate a PDP until a later 
>> time
>>
>> and it appears the council did not get back to it until 2012 and this 
>> PDP.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Feb 2013, at 07:07, Rudi Vansnick wrote:
>>
>>> Fully agree with Andrew, once one obtains the right many others will 
>>> stand up and request same right.
>>>
>>> Rudi Vansnick
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 14-feb-2013, om 03:53 heeft Andrew A. Adams het volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>> I seem to recall that our (NCUC, perhaps not NPOC) view on the Board's
>>>> decision to grant IOC/ICRC protections without a PDP represented 
>>>> the nose of
>>>> the camel in the tent and that this would likely lead to an attempt 
>>>> by the
>>>> rest of the IGO community to believe that they could expect similar
>>>> treatment). Our prediction is coming true, and this is the rest of 
>>>> the camel
>>>> being pushed into the tent. I fully support strong efforts to push 
>>>> for a
>>>> proper measured PDP approach to solving this issue and against 
>>>> these ad hoc
>>>> special treatments for special interests.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Professor Andrew A Adams aaa at meiji.ac.jp
>>>> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
>>>> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
>>>> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/
>>