Dear Stephane and everyone,

Depending on when the Working Group agrees on its recommendations that are to be published for public comment, that is when staff can go ahead and start the public comment period – and the timeline can be adjusted based on that date, if need be. However, please note that before the report is then submitted to the GNSO Council, the Working Group is obliged to review all public comments submitted (if any) and determine if any changes need to be made to its recommendations and/or report. Given that the deadline for documents for the Council’s consideration in Panama is 10 June, staff believes that it is highly unlikely that the final report can be submitted in time for the Council to consider it at its meeting in Panama.

For your information, the document deadline for the Council’s July 2018 meeting is 9 July.

We hope this is helpful.

Thanks and cheers

Mary

From: Gnso-igo-ingo <gnso-igo-ingo-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Stephane Hankins <shankins@icrc.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 09:30
To: Berry Cobb Mail <mail@berrycobb.com>
Cc: "gnso-igo-ingo@icann.org" <gnso-igo-ingo@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo] Reconvened WG - Red Cross Society Names Protections - Update

Dear Berry, dear Thomas,

Thank you for your message.

Was the agreement not, during the last ConfCall, that the list of National Societies' names and the GNSO Working Group's draft Report and decision, would be released for public comment asap and then discussed at ICANN 62.

I went back to the transcript of the last ConfCall, but some parts may be missing. It does quote Heather however as saying that "[i]n its recent meeting in Los Angeles, the GNSO Council undertook strategic planning for the year and raised the question as to whether this reconvened PDP could be wound up by mid-year".

Would it not be better, subject to the confirmation of the list of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' names by the WG at its upcoming 10 May session, to aim for the Report to be presented, and for the GNSO Council's determination to be made, end June in Panama?

Thanks for your thoughts and kind regards,

Stéphane

Stéphane J. Hankins
Legal adviser
Cooperation and Coordination within the Movement
International Committee of the Red Cross
Tel (Prof.):++41 22 730 24 19

From: Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com>
To: Berry Cobb Mail <mail@berrycobb.com>
Cc: gnso-igo-ingo@icann.org
Date: 25.04.2018 14:38
Subject: Re: [Gnso-igo-ingo] Reconvened WG - Red Cross Society Names Protections - Update
Sent by: "Gnso-igo-ingo" <gnso-igo-ingo-bounces@icann.org>

Many thanks, Berry and Thomas, for your continued hard work here.

I particularly appreciate the detailed timeline, and the efforts already expended to meet it.

Best wishes,

Heather Forrest

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:14 PM, <mail@berrycobb.com> wrote:
Hi All,

I wanted to provide you an update on the Reconvened WG effort regarding the protection of Red Cross National Society names.

In consultation with the Red Cross representatives, they have provided an update that they are on target for the end of April to complete the definitive list of identifiers (193 orgs) to be considered for reservation protection. You will recall at our last session they provided examples of 12 National Societies where there was general agreement on the variations and the parameters that define those variations. In parallel, staff has started drafting the WG’s report that will outline the background of this issue, the WG’s deliberations, and proposed recommendations. The intent is to have both deliverables ready for review by the WG at our next meeting.

Shortly, you will see a calendar invite for 10 May 2018 at 14:00 UTC for 90 minutes. At this session, we will first review the definitive list and deliberate on issues, if any. We will also review the draft report. The following is a proposed timeline to complete this effort. Staff and Thomas realize this will be a challenging time given the competition with GDPR efforts, but this group has committed to conclude at the end of June. As you will see, assuming the WG achieves consensus and no frictions with GDPR, this effort will may be behind schedule around mid-July. The WG can consider having a shorter comment period of 30 days given the reduced scope of this issue, but the WG should consider the balance of the 40 day rule versus delivering on time. We’re happy to have members thoughts on the mailing list in the meantime.

Proposed timeline:

· 10 May: WG Meeting

· 18 May: Launch Public Comment proceeding for 40 days

· 25 June: Start of ICANN61 – Staff has not planned on having a session at the meeting, at best an update to the Council

· 27 June: Close of Public comment

· 05 July: WG Meeting to review comments (don’t anticipate a ton of comments)

· 13 July: Submit Report to Council

Thank you for your time, and please submit your thoughts/comments on the mailing list.

Berry A. Cobb

720.839.5735

mail@berrycobb.com

@berrycobb

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