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

[Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you very much for clarifying!

It is certainly less confusing if one person has this role and reduces the
number of cross-posts. I am happy with this approach.

Kind regards

Cintra Sooknanan

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Alain Berranger
<alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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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