Re: [council] A way forward on the Specification 13 question

[Bret Fausett <bret@xxxxxxxx>]

Thomas,

Thank you for getting us started with the discussion of a motion for our next 
meeting. The general sense of the registry constituency is that we ought to 
delete the third clause, which provides: "3. that the Council requests the 
ICANN Board to implement appropriate safeguards for future new gTLD application 
rounds to ensure that Recommendation 19 is not eroded and that any rights 
granted to .BRAND TLDs cannot be used for scenarios other than those 
specifically covered by Specification 13.” 
(https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+8+May+2014)

The rationale is that it is premature now to make suggestions about the rules 
for future rounds of TLDs. I am still hopeful that we can initiate a "Round 2 
Working Group” in London, and we might take this issue up then, but we would 
prefer to leave future rules out of this particular motion.

      Bret

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