Re: Fw: [council] Petition

["Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@reacto.com>]

Philip

There is a Registrar's Tel Conf tomorrow and I anticipate the issue will be
discussed and the RC position better understood such that a substantive report
can be given  on Thursday.

Best

Paul

Philip Sheppard wrote:

> Chuck or registrars,
> a communication on this before the NC meeting would be welcome.
> Philip.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@aim.be>
> To: "Chuck Gomes gTLD" <chuckg@netsol.com>; "NC (list)" <council@dnso.org>
> Cc: "Michael D. Palage Chair WG B" <mpalage@infonetworks.com>
> Sent: 04 October 2001 09:45
> Subject: Fw: [council] Petition
>
> In view of this posting, Chuck or Registrars could you comment back to the
> NC list and clarify the situation.
> Philip
> NC Chair
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> To: <council@dnso.org>
> Sent: 03 October 2001 23:23
> Subject: [council] Petition
>
> VeriSign (the registrar) has finally posted comments to the registrar list
> regarding the issue of intra-registrar transfers:
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg01287.html
>
> The implications of Bruce Beckwith's statement (as noted by Ross Rader in a
> follow-up message) are that VRSN will only deal with the registrar's
> consensus document (other than voting not to ratify it) if it is pursued as
> a
> consensus policy within the ICANN framework.
>
> I have the following comments to make:
>
> First, I have no reason to believe that the Registrar constituency will be
> capable of internally resolving this issue.
> Second, only a consensus policy can bind all participants within the ICANN
> process.
> Third, the registrant community needs this issue resolved in a timely
> manner.
>
> Please note that our ByLaws state that "Constituencies or GA participants
> may
> propose that the NC consider domain name policies or recommendations."  As a
> GA participant, and as one concerned with the need to rapidly resolve an
> issue that has impacted registrants worldwide,  I am now formally
> petitioning
> the Council to initiate procedures that will lead to the formulation of a
> domain name policy that addresses the issue of intra-registrar transfers.
> This matter has been on the table for over three months already without
> resolution; it's time to get on with the job.
>
> Best regards,
> Danny Younger