[ga] Re: WLS Conference Call

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

The remit of the Names Council and its task forces is to manage the consensus 
process as it pertains to policy matters regarding domain names.  
Consequently, one should begin by asking:  What are the policy issues 
implicated by the WLS proposal?

On today's call, it was argued that the WLS proposal would favor those that 
have engaged in the hoarding of domain names.  While this may be true, we 
currently have no policy regarding domain name hoarding, and as such no 
current policies are implicated by this proposal.  

It has also been argued that the WLS proposal could impact those businesses 
that now provide Wait-List services.  As a matter of policy, ICANN has 
already demonstrated that it has the right under certain conditions to damage 
the business of others (and I'm sure that Leah Gallegos can confirm this 
fact), and the implementation of WLS would not be a departure from this 
policy.  Again, no change in policy is contemplated by the WLS.

Dan Steinberg has argued that there are no new IP policy issues at stake, and 
I currently find his arguments to be reasonable.

It is not our job to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the "merits" of the 
WLS proposal, but rather to evaluate whether any current policies are 
affected by the proposal.  I would appreciate it someone could detail the 
current ICANN policies that are called into question by the WLS proposal, so 
that we can stay within the scope of our limited mission.
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