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

[Olivier Kouami]

I'm adding mine : RRRoooaaaRRR !!! ...till the total victory !
+1
Cheers !
-Olevie-


2013/2/15, Nicolas Adam <nickolas.adam at gmail.com>:
> 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/
>>>
>


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