[ALAC] [GTLD-WG] Fwd: GAC draft gTLD agenda for Beijing and advice to the ICANN Board on controversial or sensitive strings and applications

[Hong Xue]

Support for applications submitted by global authorities

Funny, what are global authorities? IGOs? But they are international not
global.

Hong


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Carlton Samuels
<carlton.samuels at gmail.com>wrote:

> The GAC has added new categories for which it could and may develop
> objections.  The ones pertaining religious terms and 'strings that have
> broad multiple uses and meanings' should at least preview some
> intellectual jujitsu if not entertainment in the attempts to square the
> circle!  Come to think, maybe even grist for more schisms.
>
> Here's a doozy. "Strings that represent inherent government functions
> and/or activities".   [Hmmmm....finger to mouth, Minime style...]
>
> See the categorisation of the objections already contemplated and/or filed
> at the end.
>
> -Carlton
>
> https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee
>
> 31 March 2013
> GAC draft gTLD agenda for Beijing and advice to the ICANN Board on
> controversial or sensitive strings and applications
>
> As the New gTLD Program moves forward, the GAC is making preparations for
> delivering further advice on new gTLDs.  This advice constitutes a key
> element of the overall process as outlined in the Applicant Guidebook (AG).
>
> As anticipated, GAC Member Early Warnings were issued on November 20, 2012,
> and applicants and GAC Members have been exchanging information with the
> aim of reaching an understanding or agreement on concerns raised, wherever
> possible.
>
> In terms of the next phase, described in module 3.1 of the AG, the GAC as a
> whole will be discussing its advice on new gTLDs.  These sessions are
> organized into two parts:
>
> Part I  Safeguard advice on the basis of categories of strings
>
> The GAC discussions will proceed on the basis of advice to safeguard
> categories of strings that raise concerns, or potential concerns, for
> governments.  There are currently nine draft categories of strings proposed
> for the GAC’s Beijing agenda.  Six were identified in the GAC Toronto
> Communique:
>
>    Consumer protection
>    Strings that are linked to regulated market sectors, such as the
> financial, health and charity sectors
>    Competition issues
>    Strings that have broad or multiple uses or meanings, and where one
> entity is seeking exclusive use
>    Religious terms where the applicant has no, or limited, support from the
> relevant religious organisations or the religious community.
>    Minimising the need for defensive registrations
>    Protection of geographic names
>    Intellectual property rights particularly in relation to strings aimed
> at the distribution of music, video and other digital material
>
> Three additional categories have now been proposed for consideration:
>
>    Support for applications submitted by global authorities
>    Corporate Identifier gTLDs
>    Strings that represent inherent government functions and/or activities
>
> As the GAC looks at these nine categories, and how they would apply to
> strings and applications falling under these categories, the number of
> safeguard categories or titles of the categories could change.
>
> Part II  GAC advice/objections on specific applications
>
> Twenty specific applications have been brought forward by a GAC Member or
> Members for consideration by the GAC.  The GAC Member(s) putting forward
> these applications have linked them to the following categories:
>
> Community name where the applicant does not have support from the community
> or the government: 1
> Consumer protection: 2
> Name of an Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO): 1
> Protection of geographic names: 9
> Religious terms: 2
> Strings applied for that represent inherent government functions and/or
> activities: 3
> Support for applications submitted by global authorities: 2
>
> The Operating Principles of the GAC outline the consensus-based approach of
> the Committee and will serve as a key reference for the GAC in its
> deliberations.
>
> The GAC looks forward to the upcoming meetings and holding exchanges with
> the ICANN Board and community on these and other important matters.
> _______________________________________________
> GTLD-WG mailing list
> GTLD-WG at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gtld-wg
>
> Working Group direct URL:
> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/New+GTLDs
>



-- 
Professor Dr. Hong Xue
Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL)
Beijing Normal University
http://www.iipl.org.cn/
19 Xin Jie Kou Wai Street
Beijing 100875 China