Dear Councillors, The advice provided by the GAC has been posted on page : http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence And can be directly viewed at http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pd... http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-... Item 11 on the GNSO Council agenda has been updated to read as follows: Item 11: June 20 Board resolution on new gTLDs (15 minutes) As part of its resolutions on the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board passed a resolved clause during its June 20 meeting in Singapore which contained the following excerpt (Resolved 1.b): Refer to Board June 20 2011 motion on new gTLDs: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-20jun11-en.htm Incorporation of text concerning protection for specific requested Red Cross and IOC names for the top level only during the initial application round, until the GNSO and GAC develop policy advice based on the global public interest. The GNSO Council discussed this at its July 21 meeting. A letter was sent by Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder to provide some guidance: http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/pritz-to-dryden-11aug11-en.pdf On September 18, the GAC sent a letter to the GNSO Council providing advice on this topic: GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP <http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-udrp-14sep11-en.pdf> 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent<http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/dryden-to-van-gelder-red-cross-14sep11-en.pdf> The Council should now discuss next steps and possible courses of action, starting with an answer to the GAC. 11.1 Discussion 11.2 Next steps Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: dimanche 18 septembre 2011 20:32 To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Fwd: GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent Importance: High Councillors, Following on from Heather's email and the advice provided by the GAC, I have updated the agenda for our Sept 22 meeting (see item 11) to take this into account. Please make sure you pass the GAC advice along to your respective groups so that you are ready to discuss this item on Thursday. Thanks, Stéphane Début du message réexpédié : De : <Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca<mailto:Heather.Dryden@ic.gc.ca>> Objet : GAC advice: 1) possible UDRP 2) the IOC and Red Cross/Red Crescent Date : 18 septembre 2011 00:05:39 HAEC À : <stephane.vangelder@indom.com<mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com>> Cc : <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>>, <jamie.hedlund@icann.org<mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org>>, <LIM_Choon_Sai@ida.gov.sg<mailto:LIM_Choon_Sai@ida.gov.sg>>, <alice@apc.org<mailto:alice@apc.org>>, <maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se<mailto:maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se>>, <icann-board@icann.org<mailto:icann-board@icann.org>> Dear Stéphane, Please find the attached GAC advice: - GAC statement on a possible UDRP PDP - GAC proposal re IOC and Red Cross protection at the second level I would be grateful if the attached material could be circulated to the GNSO Constituency Chairs, to be assured that all of the constituencies have the material before the September 22 GNSO call. The Board is also copied on this correspondence. All the best, Heather Ms. Heather Dryden GAC Chair