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

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Volker,

Yes…, of course. It is the GNSO and anyone willing to participate in its 
process (not the Council) who tackle policy issues. But for those of us who 
weren’t around in 2007, understanding the policy context involved in this topic 
is helpful in determining (beyond any doubt) what process is the most suitable 
to follow. I know I’m picking up new stuff as I go along almost on a daily 
basis!! :)

Thanks.

Amr

On Apr 9, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Amr,
> 
> the topic on the call tomorrow is intended to define the process by which the 
> GNSO (not the council) should tackle this issue. We therefore should not go 
> into the subject matter too deep. The debate of the subject itself should be 
> reserved to the next proper meeting, when all constituencies had a chance to 
> frame this issue and form an opinion. Even then, our options may be limited 
> by the policy tools at our disposal.
> 
> Volker
> 
>> 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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