Hi Paul Just to be clear. Mason and I attended a meeting of the group in Helsinki and we also had a follow-up conversation with Chris in Helsinki. We reported back to the Council during our wrap-up session in Helsinki. Mason and I also had a conversation with Chris on the topic in early August, but not as Council representatives. As you may recall from previous Council discussions on this issue, the temporary reservation of IGO acronyms in the Registry Agreement and the inability of a mechanism to release those acronyms is an issue for registry operators and as such we have an interest in the matter. With the exception of meeting in Helsinki, we have not attended any other meetings of the "small group". Donna -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Paul McGrady Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 8:43 AM To: 'Bruce Tonkin' <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FOR REVIEW: IGO acronyms - differences between GNSO policy, GAC advice and the small group proposal Thank you Bruce. Sounds like an august group. Glad to hear that Mason and Donna were involved from on the GNSO side and that WIPO was at the table as well. Best, Paul -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 5:30 AM To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FOR REVIEW: IGO acronyms - differences between GNSO policy, GAC advice and the small group proposal Hello Paul,
Also, apologies if this has been asked & answered, but I didn’t see a list of participants in the “small group” that the Board references. Do we know who those members are?
The group was formed in October 2014. I don’t have names of individuals but it seems to have consisted of: - representatives from the IGO coalition that first raised the issue and who participate in the GAC as observers (including the OECD, WIPO and the UN); - the GAC Chair, - and Board representatives from the new gTLD program committee that was in place at the time this issue came to light (primarily Chris Disspain). I gather a few others attended some of the meetings as well - e.g. Donna Austin and Mason Cole. The group is not decisional - just an ad-hoc group formed to see if they could come up with a proposal that they thought would be acceptable to the GNSO. Regards, Bruce Tonkin