[PC-NCSG] Fwd: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)

[Robin Gross]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kathy Kleiman <kathy at kathykleiman.com>
> Date: October 17, 2012 7:20:09 PM EDT
> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> Cc: Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG>,  Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>, "Evan Leibovitch (Google Drive)" <evanleibovitch at gmail.com>,  NCSG-Policy <PC-NCSG at IPJUSTICE.ORG>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> Subject: Re: Joint ALAC/NCSG statement on the URS (alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca)
> 

> My belated "two thumbs up" of support!!!
> Great and tx,
> Kathy
> 
> :
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Ok -- after performing the changes on the Google drive, I have now "frozen" this text by transferring it to our WIKI on:
>> https://community.icann.org/x/uYEoAg
>> 
>> This has been added to the ALAC Wrap-Up Pt.1 agenda:
>> https://community.icann.org/x/TxAQAg
>> 
>> If this statement is acceptable to the ALAC, I will ask for a ratification vote to take place.
>> Please let me know ASAP if there are still further amendments to make.
>> 
>> Kindest regards,
>> 
>> Olivier
>> 
>> On 17/10/2012 16:35, Robin Gross wrote:
>>> I agree with ending the statement with  "make no substantive changes".
>>> 
>>> Also, let's add "and only" and  "so far" as follows:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> "ICANN's first and only choices so far of service providers."
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much!  This is a strong statement.  Who from At-Large will present it with me during the forum - Olivier?
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Quick question: have any of you reached out to the individuals who were
>>>> involved with this in the STI, whether BC or even contracted parties? If
>>>> the URS was such a carefully crafted community-wide consensus, would
>>>> those other communities wish to support this statement?
>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Olivier
>>>> 
>>>> On 17/10/2012 15:19, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>>>>> Two comments, one trivial and the other less-so.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the middle of para 2, community-wide should be hyphenated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps more controversial, I would fee better with the last sentence
>>>>> saying "... make no substantive changes ...".
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can accept the statement with that change, but would feel better
>>>>> with it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alan
>>>>> 
>>>>>> We would like to call the community's attention to the current status
>>>>>> of the Uniform Rapid Suspension system, or URS.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As a method to protect brand owners and Internet users against clear
>>>>>> and obvious instances of domain abuse, the URS was a carefully
>>>>>> crafted community wide consensus. It involved many ICANN
>>>>>> constituencies and hard-won compromises that we can both support and
>>>>>> defend.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Recently, attempts have been made to re-open URS policy because of
>>>>>> cost-related pushback from ICANN's first choices of service
>>>>>> providers. Our communities are concerned that important protections
>>>>>> to both users and brand owners could be negatively impacted in the
>>>>>> name of cost cutting. We ask ICANN to make every effort necessary to
>>>>>> seek providers capable of implementing the URS as it now exists, and
>>>>>> demand it make no changes to the URS without the same level of
>>>>>> cross-community support that led to the current consensus.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD
>>>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Olivier MJ Cr?pin-Leblond, PhD
>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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