[gnso-igo-ingo] Fwd: Draft of letter to the Heather Dryden / The GAC

[Thomas Rickert <rickert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,
in preparation of our call later today, please find below the proposed 
communication to the GAC. I will provide a bit of background during the call.

Thomas

> 
> Thomas,
>  
> Thank-you for bringing me up to speed with the work of the IGO / INGO PDP WG. 
>  I understand that it would be useful to work of the WG to get direct input / 
> clarification from the GAC if at all possible. 
> Therefore, it will be helpful if I could write to Heather Dryden and seek 
> input.  Please see a draft of such a letter below.
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
>  
> Jonathan
>  
>  
> Dear Heather,
>  
> As you and your colleagues on the ICANN GAC are aware, the GNSO Council 
> initiated a PDP on the issue of the protection of IGO and INGO names and the 
> work of the relevant WG is in progress.  Indeed, we provided an update of the 
> work of the working group to the GAC at our joint meeting in Durban and 
> appreciated the opportunity to do so.
>  
> During the ICANN meeting in in Durban there was a productive meeting of the 
> IGO / INGO WG and I have since been approached by the chair of the WG for 
> potential assistance in the form of specialist input from interested members 
> of the GAC.  I am cognisant of the on-going work between the GNSO and the 
> GAC, in collaboration with the BGRC WG, to develop more effective early 
> engagement of the GAC in policy work and do not want to pre-empt that.  
> However, I am also aware of the exceptionally high importance that the 
> protection of the IGO and INGO names has in the view of the GAC and the 
> urgency of the matter.
>  
> Therefore, in response to views expressed in course of the deliberations of 
> the IGO / INGO WG that specialist input could assist, I am writing to request 
> that you consider providing such input.  Ideally this will take the form of 
> interested members of the GAC participating in a single meeting of the WG in 
> order to shed light on questions that have arisen recently.
>  
> Thank-you for you and your colleagues consideration of this request for 
> assistance.
>  
> Best wishes,
>  
>  
> Jonathan