[ NNSquad ] Re: Got $55K to spare for ICANN?

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>]

Lauren,

I usually am very happy with the information you send out on NNSquad and 
I refrained from replying to your first message about ICANN, but Seth's 
follow-up is, I'm afraid, pointing your readers to the wrong direction:
The IRT Team is old news. Sensing that there was no clear consensus in 
the community regarding many of the IRT's proposal, the GNSO put 
together a Special Trademark Issues (STI) Review Team which came-up with 
a new set of recommendations.
The STI recommendations can be downloaded from:
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#sti
and the comment period is still open until the 26th January 2010.

I hope that you and your readers will take the time to read through the 
report, and comment accordingly. It is with *your* input that we can 
improve ICANN processes together.

Warmest regards,

Olivier
At Large alternate in the STI Review Team

--
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html



Le 16/11/2007 22:49, Seth Johnson a écrit :
>    [ Thanks Seth.  I'm sitting here trying to think of the right
>      words to describe the passion shown in the latter three videos
>      that you list below.  I'll just say that this is important viewing
>      for anyone concerned about domain names, trademarks, and the
>      intersection of the two.  This is also YouTube showing its
>      public interest value in clear terms indeed.
>
>        -- Lauren Weinstein
>           NNSquad Moderator ]
>
>
> Hi Lauren --
>
> The gTLD "Implementation Recommendation Team" (IRT) did a tour of
> various cities presenting their plans, starting this past summer,
> including NYC.  You can find their summary of their proposals,
> mostly dealing with trademark questions, here:
>
>    
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikS0n-bJMk&feature=related
> >      
> Here you can find the questions I posed to them, which it sounds
> to me like you will find intriguing:
>    
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfQrLVeFwcE&feature=related
> >      
> Kathy Kleiman has been a leader in public interest advocacy at
> ICANN for years -- here are her comments:
>    
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgUC869bTVM&feature=related
> >      
> And the irrepressible Jay Sulzberger elicited the line of the day
> from the IRT panel: "We don't exist":
>    
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZe6fQbnPtg&feature=related
> >      
>
> Also see John Berryhill and Phil Corwin in the related videos list.
>
>
> Seth
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren Weinstein<lauren@vortex.com>
> To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org
> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:44:22 -0800
> Subject: [ NNSquad ]  Got $55K to spare for ICANN?
>
>    
> > Debate swirls around ICANN plan to fast-track new top-level
> > domains
> >
> > http://bit.ly/7qGJIs  (Network World)
> >
> > My stated position on this massive planned expansion of TLDs,
> > which I consider in key respects to essentially be a scam,
> > include my blog discussions in:
> >
> > Direct From ICANN Paris Meeting: Surprise! The Money is What
> > Matters!
> > http://bit.ly/8xmlFP
> >
> > and:
> >
> > Priorities Amuck: ICANN Poised to Trigger Naming Quagmire
> > http://bit.ly/8nOs9R
> >
> > (among others...)
> >
> > --Lauren
> > NNSquad Moderator
> >      
>