[At-Large] Protection of IOC/Red Cross Names at Top Level

[Elisabeth Porteneuve]

Michele wrote:

 > How do you make a policy statement that gives one NGO "special 
status" without giving it to others?
 >
 > I like your reasoning - just wondering how it could be worded to be 
narrow enough ..

Good observation.

Please note the term NGO has no generally agreed legal definition.

Quote from wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization
The number of internationally operating NGOs is estimated at 40,000.[1]


Best,
Elisabeth Porteneuve

Le 02/02/2012 16:37, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight a écrit :
>
> On 2 Feb 2012, at 14:30, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
>> Should ALAC have a stance on the TLD reservation of the Red Cross and
>> Olympic terms?
>>
>> Personally, I think they should be handled differently. I have no problem
>> with the Red [Cross|Crescent|Diamond] names (and their multilingual and IDN
>> equivalents) being reserved because these are groups that do charitable
>> work and collect funds for relief of famines, natural disasters and other
>> emergencies.
>>
>> OTOH, The international olympic movement, while non-profit, does not
>> collect emergency funds in the same way as the Red Cross. Furthermore, I
>> have seen olympic committees in various countries aggressively shut down
>> innocent users (like family-run Greek restaurants using "Olympic" in their
>> name) that are neither competing nor confusing with the athletic
>> organization.
>>
>> (How soon before they go after the largest Greek airline?)
>>
>> In any case, my own preference is to support reservation of the Red Cross
>> names but oppose similar protection offered to Olympic ones (and allow
>> contentious applications to be objected to in the appropriate way as
>> required).
>
> Evan
>
> How do you make a policy statement that gives one NGO "special status" without giving it to others?
>
> I like your reasoning - just wondering how it could be worded to be narrow enough ..
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Michele in a personal capacity (if I have one .. )
>
>
> Mr Michele Neylon
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