[council] Thanks from Chair of ICANN Board for our advice with respect to the WIPO letter

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: vinton g. cerf [mailto:vinton.g.cerf@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2003 3:01 PM
To: Bruce Tonkin; Louis Touton
Cc: twomey@xxxxxxxxx

Bruce,

please thank the GNSO council for crisp and timely advice.

vint

At 01:21 PM 5/7/2003 +1000, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
>To: ICANN Secretary
>From: Chair, GNSO Council
>
>Dear Louis,
>
>The GNSO Council in its meeting on 17 April 2003, resolved to provide 
>the following comments to the ICANN Board with respect to the WIPO 
>letter referred to in the ICANN Board minutes of 12 March 2003 
>(http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-12mar03.htm)
>
>"The GNSO Council recommends that the ICANN Board
>
>(1)  consider the WIPO recommendations separately from the review of 
>the existing Universal Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) which is aimed 
>at trademarks.
>
>(2) consider that the WIPO recommendations associated with Names and 
>Acronymns of International Intergovernmental Organisations and Country 
>Names should be subject to a policy development process to look at how 
>they can be implemented taking into account a thorough examination of 
>the issues surrounding the recommendations."
>
>Regards,
>Bruce Tonkin