Stephane, Circumventing the process was very much on the mind of the Council in Costa Rica, the meeting at which the matter of IGO protections was first put front-and-center. Our response then should inform our actions now. Recall that on March 26 went sent a letter to Board Chair Steve Crocker and then-CEO Rod Beckstrom committing to the the organization's principles. The UN has an advocate at ICANN in the GAC. GAC has the responsibility to offer advice to the Board. If that advice affects policy, the Board then forwards to the Council. Has the Board gotten such advice? Has the Board engaged the Council? With this much heat, I am surprised there has not be more light. As a Council member, I want us to do what we can, where we can, when we can. No less, no more. Cheers, John Berard Founder Credible Context 58 West Portal Avenue, #291 San Francisco, CA 94127 m: 415.845.4388 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [council] Fwd: Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> Date: Thu, August 02, 2012 3:29 am To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Councillors, Please find attached a letter sent by the UN to the GAC Chair and myself on the protection of IGO names in the DNS, as part of the new gTLD programme. As this is the latest in a long line of correspondence sent to ICANN on the matter, I feel increasingly strongly that the GNSO Council should be providing clearer responses to the question of the protection of IGO names that it has done so far. I am not advocating any specific direction for that response, merely suggesting that any response might be desirable at this time, rather than no response. As we all know, substantial work has been undertaken on the question of the IOC and RC names, culminating in a recommendation being sent to the Board. It is therefore clear that, from a GNSO point of view, the issue has been handled through our normal processes as part of the bottom-up PDP that is the mainstay of ICANN. As has always been my focus, I am keen to avoid any potential attempts at circumventing the GNSO's PDP processes. As I am not aware of any formal response the GNSO has provided to the IGOs, I wonder if one would be appropriate and would like to have the Council's opinion on this. I would also appreciate getting Jeff's opinion, as Chair of the IOC/RC DT. Thanks, Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Registry Relations and Strategy Director Group NBT Début du message réexpédié :
De : Alina Syunkova <alina.syunkova@icann.org> Objet : Received: UN Letter to ICANN requesting exclusion of IGO names from gTLD registration Date : 2 août 2012 01:58:35 HAEC À : Heather Dryden <heather.dryden@ic.gc.ca>, "stephane.vangelder@indom.com" <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> Cc : Diane Schroeder <diane.schroeder@icann.org>
Dear Heather and Stephane,
Attached, please find the letter (3 pages) from UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Patricia O'Brien, dated 26 July 2012, which arrived at the ICANN office in Los Angeles today. It is addressed to both of you.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you, -- Alina Syunkova
Board Support Coordinator ICANN Mob.: +1 (310) 913-8972 Skype: alina.syunkova.icann 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536