[nc-transfer] Official gTLD Statement on the Wait List Service -- clarification, and looking ahead to the continued work of the TF
Jeff
Thank you for the attached post outlining
part of the Constituency's views. It is helpful to the TF to note that the
Registry Constituency is on record as endorsing the approval of the VS WLS,
as noted in the attached. And, it is helpful to the TF, to have
it clarified that it is the Registry Constituency
who has these objections.
Finally, Jeff, I am sure that Christine has relayed
this to you, but your constituency should prepare and submit a minority report
to the TF for our next meeting. You have two representatives to the TF, of
course. They should present the minority report at the next meeting. That is
because it is possible that the TF might accept some portion of the
minority report. You may not be the only constituency with a minority report, by
the way. I am not sure about that yet. Your minority report, in any
case, will be forwarded without any change by the TF, along with the final
report of the TF, to the NC. And minority reports are forwarded onto the
Board by the NC. Your minority report should, of course, have substance to
it, not just be a disagreement with the process which the TF has
followed. :-)
I am happy to talk to you further.
Please share my email with your constituency.
On a longer term note: Much work remains before
the TF, regardless of the outcome of WLS. I would hope that we can count on your
constituency's full participation and contributions. A quick review of
attendance at TF calls, and perhaps noting the participation within this TF is
usually made through contributions either on the calls, or by postings to the
list in response to submissions by others will be helpful to your
constituency as you consider your longer term support and participation within
the TF and its work on Transfers and Deletes.
Regards,
Marilyn Cade
----- Original Message -----
From: Neuman,
Jeff
Sent: 10 July 2002 16:33
Subject: [council] Official gTLD Statement on the Wait List
Service The gTLD Constituency, which represents both the sponsored and unsponsored gTLD registries, has had the opportunity to review the DNSO Transfer Task Force's Report on the Wait List Service ("Report") presented to the Board at the ICANN meeting in Bucharest. As we have consistently stated within the Transfer Task Force, the gTLD constituency has several serious concerns with the report and the process behind producing that Report, which prevent us from giving it our support. More specifically, the constituency unanimously believes that the Report delves into matters that are beyond the scope of any policy task force and certainly are not appropriate for the policy consensus process. These matters include, but are not limited to: (1) whether a Registry Service can be introduced by a Registry Operator; and (2) the price of a Registry Service. We believe that such issues are related to the business of the individual registry and are more appropriate for the market place to regulate rather than ICANN. In light of these, we strongly believe that VeriSign's proposed amendment to Appendix G be approved by ICANN and that they be allowed to introduce the Wait List Service. *We want to note for the record that because of VeriSign's inherent interest in this issue, VeriSign did not participate in the gTLD Constituency's discussion of this particular issue. Thank you for this opportunity to present our comments and we would be happy to answer any questions that you may have. Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq. Chair, gTLD Registry Constituency e-mail: Jeff.Neuman@NeuLevel.biz
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