[council] Initiation of IGO/INGO Protection PDP

[Brian Peck <brian.peck@xxxxxxxxx>]

GNSO Council,

As you recall from the 17 October 2012 Toronto meeting, the Council adopted the 
motion to initiate a PDP to be completed in an expedited manner on the 
Protections of Certain International Organization Names in all gTLDs (see 
20121017-2 http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20121017).  The GNSO Council 
decided at this meeting that a group of volunteers should be convened quickly 
to draft the charter for the IGO-INGO Protection PDP Working Group, which will 
likely include the members from the IOC/RCRC Drafting Team.  The first meeting 
of the IGO-INGO Protection Charter Drafting Team is scheduled to occur on 31 
October 2012 at 18:00 UTC.  Calendar notices and request for volunteers will be 
sent out shortly.

To expedite initiation of the PDP, Staff developed the attached first drafts of 
the IGO-INGO Protection WG Charter and proposed work plan.  The draft Charter 
proposes that the future WG create two sub-groups (A & B) to address the 
different scope and timelines for addressing the issues of special protections 
for the IOC/RCRC names and IGO/INGO names separately.  We’d like to request 
your particular attention be given to the Mission & Scope, Objectives & Goals, 
and Deliverables & Timeframes sections of the Charter.

The draft proposed work plan is also provided to understand key milestones of 
the PDP efforts and external events planned through the first quarter of 2013.  
Please note that this is a working draft.  Staff is checking internally on the 
expert opinion issue, and we’d like to propose updating this work plan once we 
receive confirmation that we can obtain the expert opinion.

Because the IOC/RCRC DT members will likely participate in the IGO-INGO PDP, 
Staff suggests that the current IOC/RCRC DT be suspended.  It is expected that 
the remaining IOC/RCRC DT efforts, after the close of the public comment 
period, will be addressed by sub-group A of the PDP WG mentioned above.

We look forward to meeting with members of the Drafting Team next week.  In the 
meantime, Staff would like to hear the Council’s view about this go-forward 
plan and will incorporate any feedback that the Council has.

Supporting Staff:  Brian Peck, Margie Milam, Berry Cobb


Thank you.

ICANN Policy Team

Attachment: Charter.Intl.org.name.protection.v.1.draft.25.Oct.pdf
Description: Charter.Intl.org.name.protection.v.1.draft.25.Oct.pdf

Attachment: IGO WG Work Plan - 31OCT2012_v3.pdf
Description: IGO WG Work Plan - 31OCT2012_v3.pdf