Dear Councillors, With respect to the case described below please consider the following questions: 1) Do you think the ccNSO and the ccNSO Council in particular should react to the letter (which technically is addressed to GAC and does not call for any action)? 2) If yes, how we should react – the form (e.g., a ccNSO Council statement) and the content? While you think about the questions, I reached out to .cr to ask if they expect any reaction from us. Will let you know as soon as I receive a reply from us. As they haven’t reached out to us, it is quite possible that they do not expect us to do anything. Kind regards, ]{atrina From: ccnso-members-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ccnso-members-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Erick Iriarte Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 6:07 AM To: cctldworld@icann.org; cctldcommunity@cctld-managers.org; ccnso-members@icann.org Subject: [ccnso-members] Economic Specialist from a US Embassy mentioned threats to close a ccTLD - Costa Rica Hi Attached you will find the Letter send by ccTLD .cr to GAC / ICANN CEO / ICANN President Costa Rica Ministry of Commerce, Costa Rica Ministry of MICITT (ICT) A fragment of the letter: “The representative of the United States Embassy, Mr. Kevin Ludeke, Economist Specialist, who claims to represent the interest of the US Department of Commerce, has mentioned threats to close our registry, with repeated harassment regarding our practices and operation policies and even personal negative comments directed to our Executive Director, based on no clear evidence or statistical data to support his claims as a way to pressure our organization to take down the domain name without following our current policies”a You can get your own conclusions Related with domain name thepiratebay.cr Erick Note: don’t appear (yet) in ICANN Board Correspondence: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence or GAC Correspondence: https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Correspondence