[At-Large] [ALAC] Request for input from the ALAC into the IRT's work on trademark issues with the introduction of new gTLDs

[Evan Leibovitch]

Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:
> Firstly I have included in the body of this message a copy in full, of a
> formal request from the President of the GNSO's Intellectual Property
> Constituency, Mr. Steve Metalitz, requesting  ALAC specific input into this
> process in a very short time frame (we will add this to the Agenda for our
> March 24th ALAC Meeting) and pointing out the opportunity for individual
> (here I encourage  also ALSes and RALO's to also respond directly)
> submissions to be provided directly to *ip-issues at icann.org*<ip-issues at icann.org>.
>
> Secondly  two suitably qualified ALAC Members (in their individual capacity)
> have offered themselves to the IRT as Members  these are  Mr. Beau Brendler,
> and Ms. Vanda Scartezini,  I would like at the ALAC Meeting to endorse these
> two IRT Members as formal representatives of the ALAC to this WG, and
> encourage discussion in the ALAC Working List regarding this matter prior to
> our discussion of this as an Agenda item at te March meeting as well...
>   
I'm a little confused by this.

Beau brought up this issue at today's NARALO conference call and said
that the IRT was looking for public participants. Is this need satisfied
by the appointment of Beau and Vanda? Is your call only for members of
an ALAC subcommittee or is the IRT looking for other participants?

(I say this because I committed to help find more participants in the
NARALO call; I'd just like clarity on the nature of the potential
recruitment. Beau had mentioned that the committee was looking for a
pretty heavy time committment amongst its members.

- Evan