Re: [council] GNSO Council Meeting with ICANN Board

[Maria Farrell <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Just checking in - following Fadi's session with us yesterday and Theresa's
today, is there still a strong desire to put across the strat panels
question? I don't mind either way - but it strikes me that this is a very
full list and we have a lot of topics to discover.

Maria


On 23 March 2014 12:00, Winterfeldt, Brian J. <
brian.winterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Dear Brett:
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> Thank you for the suggestion.  However, contrary to the insinuation, my
> comment is not advanced on behalf of any one client or in respect to any
> one case.
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> Based on public comments and statements made here in Singapore, I was
> under the impression that a considerable portion of the community saw the
> proposed review mechanism as problematic for a variety of reasons including
> its scope and, conversely, its very existence.
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> Perhaps you would like to lead any discussion with the Board on this issue
> instead, given the Uniregistry public 
> comment<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-sco-framework-principles-11feb14/msg00018.html>on
>  this issue, portions of which I am personally inclined to agree with.
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> The proposal to further  reconsider these decisions on what appears to be
> an arbitrary selection basis for such reconsideration is an invitation for
> all parties dissatisfied with outcomes to lobby for ad-hoc changes to the
> new TLD process.
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> We believe the more efficient view, however, is to allow the opinions to
> stand, as they are, and resolve the contentions as described above, which
> does not require any extraordinary intervention by ICANN.
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> Ultimately, to the extent that the Council addresses "the success (or not)
> of the new gTLD program" per the proposed agenda, I thought the pending SCO
> review proposal should at least receive mention for consideration.
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> Thank you,
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> Brian
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> *Brian J. Winterfeldt *Head of Internet Practice
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> *Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP *2900 K Street NW, North Tower - Suite 200 /
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> *From:* owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> *On Behalf Of *Bret Fausett
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 23, 2014 11:30 AM
> *To:* council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting with ICANN Board
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> On Mar 23, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Winterfeldt, Brian J. <
> brian.winterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> §  An ad hoc, unbalanced and unduly narrow proposed SCO review mechanism.
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> Brian, if you speak on this, can you please identify yourself as counsel
> for Google in the CAR/CARS and other plurals disputes?
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> At Uniregistry, we obviously have a different view on this. Having
> prevailed in all of our disputes, we do not believe it is appropriate, or
> contractually permissible, to ask us to reargue them. If we have one side
> of this issue articulated to the Board, you'll need to put me in the queue
> to provide the counter view.
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>          Bret
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