[gnso-rn-wg] Fwd: [gtld-council] Copy of Letter from GNSO Council to GAC regarding the new gTLD principles

[Liz Williams <liz.williams@xxxxxxxxx>]

Everyone

Here is the correspondence that has triggered the meeting on 16  
April, 14h00.  Add any further questions you would like to put into  
the mix for the meeting -- earlier rather than later is better.
Kind regards.

Liz
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Liz Williams
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN - Brussels
+32 2 234 7874 tel
+32 2 234 7848 fax
+32 497 07 4243 mob




Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri 30 Mar 2007 12:22:17 GMT+02:00
> To: "GNSO Council" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <gtld-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [gtld-council] Copy of Letter from GNSO Council to GAC  
> regarding the new gTLD principles
>
>
> To: Chair, Government Advisory Committee to ICANN
>
> From: Chair, Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) of ICANN
>
> Cc:  GAC Liaison to the GNSO
>
>
> Dear Janis,
>
> Thank you very much for transmitting the 28 March 2007 GAC  
> Principles Regarding New gTLDs.
> The GNSO Committee on new gTLDs discussed the principles in some  
> detail on 29 March as part of our ongoing Committee work, and the  
> New gTLDs Committee would like to take advantage of the GAC advice  
> of section 3.2 that states:
>  "ICANN should consult the GAC, as appropriate, regarding any  
> questions pertaining to the interpretation of these principles."
> The New gTLDs Committee had some further questions about the  
> interpretation of some of the principles.  Here are some examples  
> of where we are seeking clarification:
> Section 2.2 - "ICANN should avoid country, territory or place  
> names, and country, territory or regional language or people  
> descriptions, unless in agreement with the relevant governments or  
> public authorities. "
> It would help to have some examples of some of these terms - e.g  
> example of "people descriptions", along with examples of relevant  
> governments or public authorities associated with each term.
>
>
> Section 2.4 -- in particular, "to avoid confusion with country code  
> Top Level Domains no two letter gTLDs should be introduced."
> It would help to have more clarity on what was meant by  
> "letter".    Does this refer to two ASCII letters such as ".aa", or  
> does it also incorporate IDN names such as  ".xn--mxaa" in the DNS  
> (which could be displayed as ".αα" via software running on a  
> user's computer)?
>
> 2.12 	ICANN should continue to ensure that registrants and  
> registrars in new gTLDs have access to an independent appeals  
> process in relation to registry decisions related to pricing  
> changes, renewal procedures, service levels, or the unilateral and  
> significant change of contract conditions.
> The words above say "should continue".   Presently we are not aware  
> of an existing independent appeals process for "registry decisions"  
> for gTLDs.   It would help to have some clarity on the intent of  
> this clause.
>
> The New gTLD Committee believes that it would be helpful to have a  
> teleconference between the New gTLD Committee and members of the  
> GAC involved in drafting the principles to allow the Committee to  
> gain more clarity.   Please let me know if the GAC would support  
> holding such a teleconference, or whether the GAC would suggest  
> other mechanisms for seeking further interpretation of the principles.
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin