Re: [npoc-voice] Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Cintra,

Thank you for volunteering! The issue of NPOC members increasing their
participation in selected ICANN working groups will be on the agenda of our
November call (Thanks for putting on agenda, Amber!). It is imperative that
more of us participate. I have argued on this list many times that it is a
great way to network, learn and contribute.

A point of clarification: it is normally Eduardo that posts official ICANN
messages to NPOC-Voice as the first poster, so he usually takes the
initiative if his day job allows him the time. So, I  normally run
potential postings to him first, in his role Chair of NPOC's Communications
Committee. I suggest you do the same thing. If Eduardo is unavailable, of
course, any one of us can post. Do not mean to be too process-strict
however, so it is often a best judgment thing. Thanks for your
understanding.

Cheers, Alain

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Cintra Sooknanan <
cintra.sooknanan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Please see below, of important interest to NPOC. I have volunteered to be
> on this working group and it is necessary to have others to represent our
> specific concerns.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Cintra Sooknanan
>
>
> ><http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm>
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29oct12-en.htm
> >
> >
> >Call for Volunteers: IGN-INGO Protections Policy
> >Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members
> >Date: 29 October 2012
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Introduction
> >
> >
> >
> >At its meeting on 17 October 2012, the GNSO
> >Council initiated a Policy Development Process
> >(PDP) on the Protection of Certain International
> >Organization Names in all GTLDs. (see
> ><http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20121017-2>20121017-2).
> >The GNSO Council decided at this meeting that a
> >group of volunteers should now be convened to
> >draft the charter for the IGO-INGO PDP Working
> >Group, which is to be approved by the GNSO Council.
> >
> >
> >Task of the Drafting Team
> >
> >
> >
> >The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing
> >a charter for the PDP Working Group on the
> >Protection of Certain International Organization
> >Names in all GTLDs. The Charter should include,
> >at a minimum, the following elements as
> >specified in the
> ><http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf
> >GNSO
> >Working Group Guidelines: Working Group
> >identification; Mission, Purpose and
> >Deliverables; Formation, Staffing and
> >Organization, and; Rules of Engagement. The
> >proposed charter will be submitted to the GNSO
> >Council for its consideration. Upon completion
> >of the Charter by the Drafting Team, the Working
> >Group will then begin execution of the Charter.
> >
> >
> >Volunteers
> >
> >
> >
> >If you are interested to participate, please
> >send an email to the
> ><mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>GNSO
> >Secretariat. You will be required to complete a
> ><http://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>Statement
> >of Interest in order to participate. It is
> >proposed that the group meet each Wednesday at 18:00 UTC for two hours.
> >
> >
> >Background Information on the Issue
> >
> >
> >
> >The ICANN Board has requested policy advice from
> >the GNSO Council and the GAC on whether special
> >protections should be afforded for the names and
> >acronyms of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement
> >("RCRC"), the International Olympic Committee
> >("IOC") and/or International Government Organizations ("IGOs").
> >
> >In September 2011, the GAC sent advice to the
> >GNSO with a proposal for granting second level
> >protections based upon the protections afforded
> >to IOC/RCRC at the first level during the
> >initial round of new gTLD applications, and that
> >such protections are permanent. As a result of
> >the GAC proposal submitted to the GNSO, the GNSO
> >IOC/RCRC Drafting Team was formed and created a
> >set of recommendations for protecting the
> >IOC/RCRC names at the second level of the
> >initial round new gTLDs, including the
> >initiation of an "expedited PDP" to determine
> >appropriate permanent protections for the RCRC and IOC names.
> >
> >The latest inquiry to examine the issue of
> >protecting IGO names emerged as a result of a
> >request from the ICANN Board in response to
> >letters received from the OECD and other IGOs in
> >December 2011. Specifically, IGOs are seeking
> >ICANN approval of protections at the top level
> >that, at a minimum, are similar to those
> >afforded to the RCRC and IOC in the Applicant
> >Guidebook. In addition, IGOs are seeking a
> >pre-emptive mechanism to protect their names at
> >the second level. On 11 March 2012, the ICANN
> >Board formally requested that the GNSO Council
> >and the GAC provide policy advice on the IGO's request.
> >
> >The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN
> >Staff on 1 October 2012 (see
> ><
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf
> >
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf
> )
> >and in this report a number of issues are
> >outlined that will need further consideration during the PDP.
> >
> >The GNSO Council approved the IGO-INGO PDP at its 17 October 2012 meeting.
> >
> >
> >Recommended Reading for Volunteers
> >
> >
> >
> >    *
> > <
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/protection-igo-names-final-issue-report-01oct12-en.pdf
> >Final
> > Issue Report on the Protection of IGO Names
> >    *
> > <http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf
> >GNSO
> > Working Group Guidelines, including charter guidelines
> >
> >
> >Glen de Saint Géry
> >GNSO Secretariat
> >gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >http://gnso.icann.org
> >
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