[At-Large] New gTLD implementation Consultation Session London 15 July 2009

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

> Firstly to Olivier may we (ALAC)  'copy' your report(s) from this list
> into a text section in the IRT WG Wiki space 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-liaison/index.cgi?at_large_irt_process_working_group 
> (and indeed I would also welcome any other reports from people who may 
> also have attended the London "show" or the earlier New York one as well 
> as the next two planned for Hong Kong & Abu-Dhabi)

Of course Cheryl, that's fine by me. I'm happy it is deemed interesting 
enough to include.

On the second part of your note I'm afraid that there seems to be a 
misunderstanding.
Quoting on the page:
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm
Which includes agendas for each of the meetings:

"During the upcoming consultation sessions in New York (13 July) and London 
(15 July), attendees will have the chance to hear from ICANN staff and 
others who have contributed to the ongoing process, including members of the 
Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT) that submitted their report to the 
ICANN Board on measures to protect intellectual property. The proposed 
events in Hong Kong (24 July) and Abu-Dhabi (4 August) will mainly focus on 
the New gTLDs and Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) programs details."

This means that the NYC & London meetings both center on the IRT, but the 
Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi events focus on IDNs. Does this mean that ICANN is 
intentionally restricting the IRT roadshow to NYC & London - (anglo-saxon) 
locations which might be more likely to "accept" the IRT's recommendations?

I am sorry to bring this up, but IMHO, the IRT's report will affect those 
other parts of the world as much as the "western" world. It is precisely 
something which the IRT Team has failed to understand.

Kindest regards,

Olivier