<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I agree with Ed's suggestion. It is worrying how ICANN may be giving in to this external pressured in a non-accountable manner. We only knew about Interpol during the NCPH meeting because Fadi seems to have spoken without thinking of the consequences. Linking the NMI with this political context, as a line of containment from these pressures only make the situation more complex and less transparent. </div><div><br></div><div>I also support Amr's suggestion and maybe our angle could be the link between PI and HR in ICANN context. We certainly should not discuss our different conceptual understandings on PI and their pertinence in the new gTLD process before the board. Btw, maybe a concept of PI in the new gTLD discussions would not be useful, but a a more robust set of characteristics or a check-list to ensure PI has been observed could be a possible way forward. I agree with an e-mail sent by Bill before that we need to prepare more substantial discussions for PI for Buenos Aires.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Marília</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Matthew Shears <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org" target="_blank">mshears@cdt.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 1/28/2015 2:12 PM, Amr Elsadr wrote:<br>
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<div>I’d like to suggest “public interest” within the ICANN
context as a topic to discuss with the board. There has been
quite some discussion on this topic, both on this list as well
as on the NCSG policy committee list.</div>
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<div>I’m not a big fan of the idea of a GNSO-like (or even a
cross-constituency) group negotiating the definition of public
interest to be used in gTLD policy development, and trying to
reach some sort of consensus that all can live with (or not die
in a ditch over) that is somewhere between the realms of human
rights and the rights of trademark holders, governments and
others believing their interests should be the chief public
interest issues at ICANN. I prefer debating the actual issues,
instead of using a public interest flag to wave around in PDP
working groups. However, it seems that there is a growing desire
to do just that, so we should probably try to stay as ahead of
the curve as possible.</div>
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<div>Another aspect of public interest that we have been
discussing for quite some time on the policy committee list is
its use in the registry agreement, specifically…, the Public
Interest Commitments Specifications (PICs) - Specification 11 (<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-09jan14-en.htm" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-09jan14-en.htm</a>).
There are calls to review these as well as the PICs dispute
resolution procedures associated with them.</div>
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<div>If I’m not mistaken, these issues were discussed with Fadi at
the NCPH meeting held this month in Washington DC, and we may
want to follow up on them with the rest of the board.</div>
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In effect he challenged us to define (or elaborate on) PI and to
look at HR in that context. We should be making this discussion a
priority and it should factor into the HR strategy.<span class=""><br>
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<div> If any of this is going to happen, we should make sure that
human rights are included as a high priority discussion point
within the scope of whatever comes out of it.</div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>Amr</div>
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<div>On Jan 25, 2015, at 11:23 PM, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>>
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<p dir="ltr">Hi everyone,</p>
<p dir="ltr">We need to get 3 topics to discuss with the ICANN
board at singapore meeting.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best, </p>
<p dir="ltr">Rafik </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 20, 2015 10:32 AM, "Rafik
Dammak" <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,
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<div>like every time in preparation for ICANN meeting,
we have to discuss what kind of topics/issues we want
to raise with ICANN board members when we meet them.</div>
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<div>we will try to get 3 topics and send them 1 week
prior to the session. </div>
<div>please propose topics and suggest short
descriptions . we will conduct later a polling to
pick-up the 3 topics among the proposals.</div>
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<div>Best Regards,</div>
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<div>Rafik</div>
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