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RE: [council] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members


Hi Margie,

 

I think that it?s a good idea to focus only on the charter first.  A couple
of other points:

 

1.       I have heard a lot of interest in participating in the group but am
not sure how many will be able to make the call today since it has been
convened at short notice.

2.       It came up in the RySG call today that some were not clear from the
notice as to whether it was calling for participation in the Charter DT or
both the charter DT and the future WG.
This should be clarified if possible.

 

I hope the first meeting goes well.

 

Jonathan

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Margie Milam
Sent: 30 October 2012 15:16
To: Alan Greenberg; Glen de Saint Géry; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy
Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members

 

Hi Alan-

 

Yes-  the intention is to have the WG work on the charter first,  and then
start work on the topic due to the expedited nature of the PDP.   

 

All the best,

 

 

Margie

 

_______

 

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:30 AM
To: Glen de Saint Géry; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy
Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members

 

This message is a bit unclear as to the intent. It is a call for WG members
but then immediately talks about what the DT will do. 

My assumption is that the first task of the WG will be to act as the DT.
Correct?

Alan

At 30/10/2012 09:48 AM, Glen de Saint Géry wrote:

http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm


Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process (PDP)
Working Group Members
Date: 29 October 2012 


 


Introduction




At its meeting on 17 October 2012, the GNSO Council initiated a Policy
Development Process (PDP) on the Protection of Certain International
Organization Names in all GTLDs. (see 20121017-2
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20121017-2>  ). The GNSO Council
decided at this meeting that a group of volunteers should now be convened to
draft the charter for the IGO-INGO PDP Working Group, which is to be
approved by the GNSO Council.


Task of the Drafting Team




The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing a charter for the PDP
Working Group on the Protection of Certain International Organization Names
in all GTLDs. The Charter should include, at a minimum, the following
elements as specified in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines
<http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf> :
Working Group identification; Mission, Purpose and Deliverables; Formation,
Staffing and Organization, and; Rules of Engagement. The proposed charter
will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its consideration. Upon completion
of the Charter by the Drafting Team, the Working Group will then begin
execution of the Charter.


Volunteers




If you are interested to participate, please send an email to the GNSO
Secretariat <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> . You will be required
to complete a Statement of Interest
<http://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>  in order to
participate. It is proposed that the group meet each Wednesday at 18:00 UTC
for two hours.


Background Information on the Issue




The ICANN Board has requested policy advice from the GNSO Council and the
GAC on whether special protections should be afforded for the names and
acronyms of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement ("RCRC"), the International
Olympic Committee ("IOC") and/or International Government Organizations
("IGOs").

In September 2011, the GAC sent advice to the GNSO with a proposal for
granting second level protections based upon the protections afforded to
IOC/RCRC at the first level during the initial round of new gTLD
applications, and that such protections are permanent. As a result of the
GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO IOC/RCRC Drafting Team was
formed and created a set of recommendations for protecting the IOC/RCRC
names at the second level of the initial round new gTLDs, including the
initiation of an "expedited PDP" to determine appropriate permanent
protections for the RCRC and IOC names.

The latest inquiry to examine the issue of protecting IGO names emerged as a
result of a request from the ICANN Board in response to letters received
from the OECD and other IGOs in December 2011. Specifically, IGOs are
seeking ICANN approval of protections at the top level that, at a minimum,
are similar to those afforded to the RCRC and IOC in the Applicant
Guidebook. In addition, IGOs are seeking a pre-emptive mechanism to protect
their names at the second level. On 11 March 2012, the ICANN Board formally
requested that the GNSO Council and the GAC provide policy advice on the
IGO's request.

The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN Staff on 1 October 2012 (see
http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oc
t12-en.pdf ) and in this report a number of issues are outlined that will
need further consideration during the PDP.

The GNSO Council approved the IGO-INGO PDP at its 17 October 2012 meeting.


Recommended Reading for Volunteers


 

*       Final Issue Report on the Protection of IGO Names
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01o
ct12-en.pdf>  
*       GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines
<http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>  

 
 
Glen de Saint Géry 
GNSO Secretariat 
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
http://gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org/> 
 



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