Hi Evan, I hear what you are saying but in this respect the context demands that we make proper submissions to the IOC-RC Drafting Team because ultimately it is their recommendations that are put to the GNSO Council before going to the Board as advice and the Board then passes a resolution. A Statement to the Board can be done complementary. If we just go straight for the Board it means that we risk either crying foul (but here we are given the chance to provide input) and the GNSO will be very quick to point out that we had the opportunity to garner feedback. I am putting some thoughts to paper with the intention of sending it to APRALO to see if they wish to add anything or make comments and I will send back to you all. Hope to finish asap. @Avri, Wolf, I would be very concerned if you did not give feedback to us or raise your voice because we are mere bridges and as Rinalia and Wolf had mentioned your voice is an important one. We can't do this alone, it takes all of us together. Best Regards All, Sala On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> wrote:
Actually, in parallel to what Alan is suggesting, I would actually like to propose a formal advice to the Board demanding public accountability regarding why the IOC and RC are insisted to be linked. Such a path undermines public confidence in an organization, that can't tell the difference --regarding public protection -- between a humanitarian body and one that merely seeks to maximize sponsorship revenue.
In line with some of the comments by Avri and others, some other At-Large members have agreed to join an effort to create such a statement, intended for ALAC approval.
The staterment is intended to: 1) Be concise (no more than a page or two) 2) Primarily target the Board, not the GNSO 3) Deal with the proposed mechanisms, including PDPs and temporary lists 4) Address the foolishness of combining the IOC and RC, as a warning about ICANN's positioning itself to make judgements about groups worthy of protection (and who isn't) 5) Suggest an alternate robust method to protect non-trademarked public-interest names.
The tentative workspace for this effort is at https://community.icann.org/x/wowoAg
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