Re: [council] NTIA letter to ICANN

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to your discussion: please don't forget that this is being proposed 
for that hour we had set aside for open conversation, not official action.

Don't know if that helps in the context of what you two are discussing...

Stéphane



Le 17 juin 2011 à 12:04, Adrian Kinderis a écrit :

> If the USG had not have sent that letter would we have felt the need to 
> “re-open” the discussion?
> 
> As you have said, we already tried and got nowhere. What has changed?
> 
> I believe it is up to the Board to determine if this is an issue. We don’t 
> take direction from any one government last time I checked. I won’t even ask 
> if the GNSO Council would want immediate discussions if the Australian 
> Government sent an letter of the same ilk...
> 
> I am not interested in re-opening any debate or discussion and strongly 
> suggest the GNSO Council observe and move on.
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> 
>  
> 
> From: Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, 17 June 2011 5:57 PM
> To: Adrian Kinderis; GNSO Council List
> Subject: RE: [council] NTIA letter to ICANN
>  
> 
> I agree we won't be in a position to respond at the moment, and certainly not 
> in the next week, but my thought was: (1) given that we'd had a WG looking at 
> the issue which reached no consensus, the Council as managers could (should?) 
> at least start a discussion as to whether or not to re-open the issue within 
> the GNSO community; and (2) in view of its potential implications for the new 
> gTLD program, if we do decide to start discussing it, it might be useful to 
> do so ahead of the special Board meeting on Monday.
>  
> Cheers
> Mary
> 
>  
> Mary W S Wong
> Professor of Law
> Chair, Graduate IP Programs
> Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
> Two White Street
> Concord, NH 03301
> USA
> Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
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> Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: 
> http://ssrn.com/author=437584
> >>>
> From:
> Adrian Kinderis <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> "Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx>, GNSO Council List 
> <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 6/17/2011 5:49 AM
> Subject:
> RE: [council] NTIA letter to ICANN
> I am not sure to what end?
> 
> Why would we discuss this?
> 
> Haven’t we already got a full agenda? Why is this particular letter so 
> important. I am not convinced the GNSO Council is in a position to respond 
> nor assist here...
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> 
>  
> 
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, 17 June 2011 5:45 PM
> To: GNSO Council List
> Subject: Re: [council] NTIA letter to ICANN
>  
> 
> Despite the unfortunate timing (16 June) I think this is an important 
> development and support discussing it on Saturday. We may need to have a 
> follow up discussion, but it would be good to have at least an initial 
> conversation as soon as possible.
> 
> Cheers
> Mary
> 
>  
> Mary W S Wong
> Professor of Law
> Chair, Graduate IP Programs
> Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP
> UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW
> Two White Street
> Concord, NH 03301
> USA
> Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone: 1-603-513-5143
> Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php
> Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: 
> http://ssrn.com/author=437584
> >>>
> From:
> Stéphane Van Gelder<stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 6/17/2011 5:40 AM
> Subject:
> [council] NTIA letter to ICANN
> Councillors,
>  
> For those of you that haven't seen this, here is a link to the letter NTIA 
> has sent to ICANN re the new gTLD program.
>  
>  
> http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf
>  
> This is one of the topics that we could discuss during our Saturday morning 
> session, if there is interest in doing so.
>  
> Stéphane
>