[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [gnso-chairs] GNSO/GAC dialogue on closed generics: selection of GNSO participants

Stephanie E Perrin stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
Thu Sep 8 22:38:52 EEST 2022


Sounds like a great idea to me.  Did your group ever get opinions from 
government Competition Bureaus and/or departments when you were working 
on closed generics?

cheers Stephanie

On 2022-09-07 10:01 a.m., Kathy Kleiman wrote:
>
> Hi Tomslin and All,
>
> I would like to recommend that I be appointed with George Sadowsky as 
> an unofficial alternate. George as you know as an ICANN Board member 
> for many years. But few know that before that he was a founding member 
> of NCUC (NCSG would not be created for about decade after).  In 1999, 
> George was with New York University as IT director and joined us in 
> founding NCUC and attending early meetings. We were his initial link 
> to ICANN!
>
> He has now applied to join NCSG.  Some Board members leave ICANN 
> forever, but those who remain, tend to go back to the groups they came 
> from. I hope we will approve his membership. And then I hope we can 
> allow him to work with me on the Closed Generics issues. He is an 
> expert on this issue from his time on the Board and knows how 
> difficult and complicated it is.  He helped make sure we heard from 
> noncommercial organizations around the world before passing the first 
> ban on Closed Generics. Later, when the Subsequent Procedures Working 
> Group was looking closely at this issue, George (at my invitation) 
> joined the Working Group to again share the complexities and potential 
> problems of Closed Generics from his perspective (which include his 
> more recent experience with many United Nations organizations).
>
> While technically the job is supposed to be for one person, it is too 
> big for one volunteer (note: some attorneys will be paid by their 
> clients and law firms to participate fully in this new group and there 
> is a reason for that). ALAC plans to appoint a primary person and a 
> backup person if the primary person cannot attend a meeting or 
> discussion.  Since I will be on book tour with my new book about the 
> ENIAC Programmers, */Proving Ground, /*I think it would be good idea 
> for us to have a similar arrangement. We don't want to miss a single 
> Closed Generic meeting!
>
> Best and tx,
>
> Kathy
>
> On 9/6/2022 8:41 AM, Tomslin Samme-Nlar wrote:
>> FYI, PC.
>>
>> I am still waiting on guidance from Bruna but I just wanted to bring 
>> to your attention this statement in the meantime " /*This group would 
>> ideally have a first informal meeting during ICANN 75, so we would 
>> appreciate if you would let us know the name of your representative 
>> ideally by September 19^th */."
>> It means we have only 2 weeks to name a representative for this. I 
>> don't think it'll be a problem since Kathy Kleinman had indicated 
>> interest already and was granted funding to KL based on that interest 
>> but I thought I'd flag the urgency to the whole committee.
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Tomslin
>> @LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomslin/
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *philippe.fouquart--- via Gnso-chairs* <gnso-chairs at icann.org>
>> Date: Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 22:01
>> Subject: [gnso-chairs] GNSO/GAC dialogue on closed generics: 
>> selection of GNSO participants
>> To: mason.cole at appdetex.com <mason.cole at appdetex.com>, 
>> wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de>, 
>> lschulman at inta.org <lschulman at inta.org>, bruna.mrtns at gmail.com 
>> <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>, plommer at gmail.com <plommer at gmail.com>, 
>> benakin at gmail.com <benakin at gmail.com>, aheineman at godaddy.com 
>> <aheineman at godaddy.com>, sdemetriou at verisign.com 
>> <sdemetriou at verisign.com>, chair at rysg.info <chair at rysg.info>, 
>> secretariat at rysg.info <secretariat at rysg.info>, 
>> secretariat at icannregistrars.org <secretariat at icannregistrars.org>
>> Cc: gnso-secs at icann.org <gnso-secs at icann.org>, gnso-chairs at icann.org 
>> <gnso-chairs at icann.org>, council at gnso icann. org <council at gnso.icann.org>
>>
>>
>> Dear SG/C leaders,
>>
>> Hope this email finds you all well.
>>
>> As you know, following an invitation from the Board, the GNSO and the 
>> GAC will enter into a dialogue to “formulate a workable framework to 
>> identify and handle closed generic applications for the immediate 
>> next round of new gTLDs”, and in this dialogue we will be joined by 
>> ALAC.
>>
>> Council leadership would like to invite each Stakeholder Group to 
>> select a representative for this dialogue. This group is would 
>> ideally have a first informal meeting during ICANN 75, so we would 
>> appreciate if you would let us know the name of your representative 
>> ideally by September 19^th .
>>
>> The attached document provides the guidance for this appointment.
>>
>> I would finally like to draw your attention to the spirit of 
>> involvement in this effort:
>>
>>   * the framework discussion will focus on options other than the two
>>     endpoint positions (i.e. no closed generics at all; closed
>>     generics without restrictions) as per the Board’s Proposed
>>     Parameters for Dialogue
>>   * the participants will "contribute as independent individuals,
>>     bringing their individual experiences and expertise, and not
>>     serve as representatives of their respective community
>>     organization(s). The participants must commit to focusing on
>>     successfully developing a framework for closed generics, even if
>>     the end product is inconsistent with the goals or priorities of
>>     the participant or the participant's SO/AC/SG/C.” (Council small
>>     team report)
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you, and wishing you all safe travels 
>> to KL.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>> Board/GNSO correspondence:
>>
>>   * 6 Mar 2022 Letter from Maarten Botterman to Manal Ismail and
>>     Philippe Fouquart
>>     <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/botterman-to-ismail-fouquart-06mar22-en.pdf> –
>>     including the framing paper
>>   * 27 April 2022 Letter from Philippe Fouquart to Maarten Botterman
>>     <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/fouquart-to-botterman-27apr22-en.pdf>
>>   * 19 May 2022 Letter from Maarten Botterman to Philippe Fouquart
>>     <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/botterman-to-fouquart-19may22-en.pdf>
>>   * 29 Jun 2022 Letter from Philippe Fouquart to Maarten Botterman
>>     and Manal Ismail
>>     <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/fouquart-to-botterman-ismail-29jun22-en.pdf>
>>   * 25 Jul 2022 Letter from Maarten Botterman to Philippe Fouquart
>>     and Manal Ismail
>>     <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/botterman-to-fouquart-ismail-25jul22-en.pdf>
>>
>> Council small team report: 
>> https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2022/draft/draft-closed-generics-small-team-report-24jun22-en.pdf 
>>
>>
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