Re: [council] BRG FAQ Specification 13 - GNSO Council Discussion 10 Apr.

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jonathan. I have no problem being available up to 90 minutes tomorrow.

Amr

On Apr 9, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Amr,
>  
> You raise a few good points, not least of which is the time available to 
> achieve what we ideally need to tomorrow.
>  
> I am conscious that this meeting was not on our original schedule and has 
> evolved recently.
>  
> What I’d like to do is work with an “up to” 90 minute slot for the meeting.  
> It is currently shoe-horned into 60 minutes but I am conscious that this may 
> not be enough.
>  
> Accordingly, could all councillors please be prepared to be available for 60 
> minutes minimum and up to 90 minutes if necessary.
>  
> Jonathan
>  
>  
> From: Amr Elsadr [mailto:aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 April 2014 13:53
> To: jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [council] BRG FAQ Specification 13 - GNSO Council Discussion 10 
> Apr.
>  
> Hi Jonathan,
>  
> Thanks. It seems reasonable to have Martin Sutton available on tomorrow’s 
> call. I have been trying to catch up on this issue and prepare to be as 
> informed as possible before our discussion tomorrow. We will only have 20 
> minutes for this purpose on tomorrow’s call as per the posted meeting agenda, 
> so I have doubts about how informed we will be at the meeting’s end.
>  
> We will however have time to explore this issue further following the call, 
> and I would like to second the idea Thomas suggested on another thread of 
> reaching out to some of the original WG members to get some insight on the 
> context of the original WG recommendation and discussions leading up to them. 
> Although it seems the .Brand registries model was not taken into 
> consideration at the time, a briefing by the WG members may help us reach a 
> decision on how to proceed with our response to the board.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Amr
>  
> On Apr 9, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> All,
>  
> Please see the note below (and associate attachment) from Martin Sutton.
>  
> In the interests of achieving our objective tomorrow i.e. being as fully 
> informed as possible, I propose to take him up on his offer of being 
> available to answer questions.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jonathan
>  
> From: martinsutton@xxxxxxxx [mailto:martinsutton@xxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 April 2014 10:38
> To: Jonathan Robinson
> Subject: BRG FAQ Specification 13 - GNSO Council Discussion 10 Apr.
>  
> Dear Jonathan, 
> 
> I note that the next GNSO Council meeting is scheduled for 10 April and 
> includes a discussion item for Specification 13 and the proposed 
> incorporation of an additional clause, which the NGPC has referred to GNSO. 
> 
> In order to support these discussions, the Brand Registry Group (BRG) has 
> prepared the following set of FAQs that I trust will assist the GNSO 
> Council's deliberations: 
> 
> Furthermore, I would be glad to make myself available to join the the 
> telephone meeting on 10 April to answer any resulting or related questions. 
> If this would be helpful, please advise me of the time and contact 
> information. 
> 
> Finally, you may have already seen that ICANN has recently posted the 
> correspondence from Gretchen Olive, CSC, which was sent through on the 
> morning of the NGPC meeting in Singapore.  The correspondence includes 
> letters from 48 .brand applicants, arranged in just a couple of days, urging 
> ICANN to reinstate the exclusive registrar provision.  Considering most of 
> these companies are not BRG members and would have had to jump considerable 
> hoops in order to issue public statements of this nature, I think it is 
> useful for the GNSO Council to bear in mind when considering their response 
> to spec 13 - there is a much broader impact than just the BRG.  A copy of the 
> correspondence can be found here - 
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/olive-to-crocker-et-al-26mar14-en.pdf.
>  
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Martin Sutton 
> President, Brand Registry Group 
> 
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