[gnso-iocrc-dt] ALAC Position on RC/IOC Compromise Recommendation

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

As requested yesterday.

The ALAC has discussed the compromise recommendation proposed by the 
RC/IOC DT via e-mail over the last week, generating more traffic on a 
single topic than I can recall in recent history. The issue was also 
discussed at length during the ALAC Teleconference on 25 September, 2012.
The was a strong consensus or perhaps unanimity that in the long-term 
issue (that is past new gTLD round 1), the issue should be addressed by a PDP.
The positions regarding temporary protections pending the outcome of 
a PDP were far more varied. Virtually all ALAC members who voiced an 
opinion felt that the RC and the IOC should never have been dealt 
with as a single issue, but rather should have been subject to 
separate evaluations and recommendations. Specifically, there was a 
strong belief that humanitarian organizations might deserve a 
different level of protection than other types of organizations. Some 
ALAC members expressed the view that on balance, no interim 
protection should be offered. Others felt that there was sufficient 
merit in granting the RC protection that the proposed compromise 
position should be supported.
A formal vote was taken and the outcome was that the ALAC did support 
the recommendations.
Alan