RE: [council] Draft Letter to the Board on Red Cross Names & Identifier

[Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am generally OK with the letter but have a question about this passage:

One point emphasized during this briefing was that the international legal 
basis for protections of Red Cross identifiers is significantly different from 
that for IGOs. While that may be the case, the Red Cross and IGO identifier 
issues relate to recommendations that came out of a single GNSO PDP and were 
sent as such to the Board, and we therefore request that both be addressed in 
tandem.

As the letter notes, the legal basis for RC protections is completely different 
than for IGOs, and confounding sovereign immunity issues that arise with IGOs 
do not for the RC. It may take a very long time to resolve all the IGO issues, 
whereas the RC may be more easily dealt with.

If that’s the case, and given the concern that many governments have about RC 
protections, if there is an opportunity to take that issue off the table and 
achieve some sense of progress and goodwill vis-à-vis the GAC, why insist that 
they be tethered together and addressed in tandem? I would prefer to see some 
greater flexibility on that which allows for the possibility of separate 
resolution.

Thanks for considering,
Philip

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mary Wong
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:23 AM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] Draft Letter to the Board on Red Cross Names & Identifier

Dear Councilors,

Following further consultations between the Council chairs and staff on this 
matter, the chairs would like to provide the attached letter for your final 
review before it is sent to the ICANN Board. Essentially, this is the version 
suggested by the RySG (per Donna’s earlier note, below) but with a single 
revision at the end of the second paragraph, to clarify that the GNSO’s IGO and 
Red Cross recommendations originated in a single PDP.

Please indicate any objections or concerns you may have with this proposed 
final version of the letter to the Board by COB in your time zone on Monday 23 
May if at all possible, following which we will transmit the final letter to 
the Board shortly thereafter on behalf of Donna, Heather, James and the Council.

Thanks and cheers
Mary


Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>
Telephone: +1-603-5744889



From: <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on 
behalf of "Austin, Donna" 
<Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Donna.Austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 05:44
To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 
<council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: [council] Draft Letter to the Board on Red Cross Names & Identifier

James, all

Following on from the discussion on the Council call yesterday about next steps 
in resolving the issue of permanent protection of certain Red Cross 
identifiers, the RySG has requested that the letter to the Board be amended to 
request an update/resolution of the outstanding issues related to the permanent 
protection of certain Red Cross identifiers and IGO acronyms. These issues have 
not previously been decoupled and we are concerned that if the Council suggests 
this as a path forward at this point it may be at the expense of resolving the 
remaining issues associated with IGO acronyms.

Proposed amendments to the letter are provided for consideration.

Thanks

Donna

Donna Austin: Neustar, Inc.
Policy and Industry Affairs Manager
Cell: +1.310.890.9655 Email: 
donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:donna.austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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