Good morning to all. I am moving this discussion to the general Euralo list in the hope to fuel discussion and/or agreement. Some context: I was tasked by the ALAC to draft a preliminary statement on the IRTP report http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#irtpdr The deadline for submitting comments to the IRTP drafting group is 6 May at 00:00 UTC Given that the procedures inside the ALAC may actually make it difficult to agree on the comments before the deadline, the Euralo chair suggested to the Euralo board that the Euralo should submit the draft comments on its own behalf. Up to now, the draft has received quite some support from Euralo board members. https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?draft_statements_related_to_irt_... Please note that this *preliminary* statement may always be revised later. However, we should keep in mind that it will set the overall direction of our comments. Hence, if you disagree on the fundamentals of this draft, please say so now. Thanks for your help, Patrick Vande Walle -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] [ALAC-Internal] Fwd: Re: [GTLD-WG] URGENT- ALAC statement on IRTP report Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 22:37:01 +0200 From: Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig@comunica-ch.net> To: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Reply-To: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Dear Patrick, thanks a lot for your draft of a (ALAC) statement on the IRTP report. Your draft actually reflects most of my concerns and I hope it will be approved by the ALAC, given the narrow deadline of May 5th (what means next Tuesday!). Thanks again for your excellent work and kind regards, Wolf Patrick Vande Walle wrote Sat, 02 May 2009 21:38:
To follow up on the request made during last week's teleconference, I have drafted the following statement. https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?draft_statements_related_to_irt_...
The discussions on the new gtld list focused mainly on the composition of the IRTP working group, its lack of balance and the fact that most members were from - or close to - the IPC. Several members of At-Large mentioned they volunteered for the WG, but were not included. Hong had concerns regarding the fact that these proposed rules were in contradiction with international trade mark law. Bret Faussett made a comment about the fact the URS process is not limited in time. His comment is included in extenso.
The draft statement tries to capture all these remarks.
I am not sure which process the chair wishes to follow to have some some of approval from the ALAC, given the deadline is May 5th.
Patrick
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