[ALAC] Fwd: ALAC Position on RC/IOC Compromise Recommendation

[Alan Greenberg]

I was asked to summarize the ALAC position on the Drafting Team's 
compromise position and present it here for your information.

Alan

>To: gnso-iocrc-dt at icann.org
>From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>Subject: ALAC Position on RC/IOC Compromise Recommendation
>
>As requested yesterday.
>
>The ALAC has discussed the compromise recommendation proposed by the 
>RC/IOC DT via e-mail over the last week, generating more traffic on 
>a single topic than I can recall in recent history. The issue was 
>also discussed at length during the ALAC Teleconference on 25 September, 2012.
>
>The was a strong consensus or perhaps unanimity that in the 
>long-term issue (that is past new gTLD round 1), the issue should be 
>addressed by a PDP.
>
>The positions regarding temporary protections pending the outcome of 
>a PDP were far more varied. Virtually all ALAC members who voiced an 
>opinion felt that the RC and the IOC should never have been dealt 
>with as a single issue, but rather should have been subject to 
>separate evaluations and recommendations. Specifically, there was a 
>strong belief that humanitarian organizations might deserve a 
>different level of protection than other types of organizations. 
>Some ALAC members expressed the view that on balance, no interim 
>protection should be offered. Others felt that there was sufficient 
>merit in granting the RC protection that the proposed compromise 
>position should be supported.
>
>A formal vote was taken and the outcome was that the ALAC did 
>support the recommendations.
>
>Alan