Councillors, Please find the updated version of the text being drafted. As agreed, I will not be reading a statement out during today's public forum. Rather we will refine the message and I will then send as a letter to Rod and Steve. Here is the current version of the text. Thanks to John for starting this off and to you all for your input. Please contribute and confirm when you think the text is ready for sending. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT Le 15 mars 2012 à 13:36, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit :
Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM Group NBT France ---------------- Head of Domain Operations Group NBT
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De : <john@crediblecontext.com> Objet : DRAFT text for Board Comment Date : 15 mars 2012 13:30:11 UTC-06:00 À : "Stéphane_Van_Gelder" <stephane.vangelder@indom.com>
The GNSO Council was asked this week by the board to work with the Government Advisory Committee to provide policy advice in response to a December 13 letter from Intergovernmental Organizations legal counsel seeking provision for a targeted exclusion of third party registrations of the names and acronyms of IGOs both at the top and second level, at least during ICANN’s first application round of new gTLDs.
The timing of the application process does not allow adequate time for the GNSO Council to address this matter.
It is an issue, though, that needs to be addressed for future rounds, at both the first and second levels. But, as the legal counsel represent Intergovernmental Organizations, the focus first needs to rightly be on them working with the GAC to provide advice to the Board. The Board can, as is explicit in the organizational design of ICANN, then ask the GNSO Council to deal with the policy implications.
In the near term, the Council will re-visit a motion on providing top tier considerations for the IOC and Red Cross to meet the deadline of the first round of the new gTLDs.