RE: [nc-transfer] Draft Resolution

["Russo, Christine" <crusso@verisign.com>]

My initial comments:

1.  The first paragraph is not accurate.  It sounds as though actions by
VeriSign Registrar are what prompted the need for a new transfer policy --
having been personally involved from a Registry standpoint, I can tell you
that the very first complaints did not involve this registrar, and that
subsequent issues have involved many, many registrars.  This is what
prompted me to write a letter to Louis seeking his guidance on the existing
policy, to which he responded to me by letter viewable on the ICANN site.
In any event, I'm not sure it's appropriate, or what is to be gained from,
identifying any particular registrar(s) in this resolution.  Perhaps we
could say something more general, like "as a result of various complaints
raised."

2.  I'm not sure what we're trying to do in the second paragraph, or if it's
relevant to this resolution.  Are we trying to qualify why it has taken us
so long to come to a final report?  Again, not sure that's  necessary but am
curious as to what others think.  

That's it for now.  Thanks a lot for taking this task on Grant!

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Forsyth [mailto:Grant.Forsyth@team.telstraclear.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 4:28 PM
To: 'Cade,Marilyn S - LGA'; 'Transfer TF (E-mail)'
Subject: [nc-transfer] Draft Resolution



Fellow task force members
This is the slightly updated draft resolution.
The only change is to the 2nd resolution and represents Jeff's suggestion
that we not be too explicit as to how ICANN implement our policy
recommendations (hence I have left out mention of specific contracts).

DRAFT RESOLUTION
Whereas in early 2001 complaints were raised regarding denials of requested
transfers which prompted Verisign Registrar on 25 May 2001 to impose its own
approach to the problem, which then prompted ICANN President, Stuart Lynn,
on 27 August 2001 to write to the Registrar Constituency recommending that a
new policy be created, which resulted in the Names Council on a conference
call of 11 October 2001 to form the Transfers Task Force with terms of
reference as recorded at:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-transfer/Arc00/doc00000.doc

Whereas the Transfers Task Force had been deflected from its primary task of
reviewing the issues surrounding Transfers and developing policy to address
Transfers by a request to consider the issues surrounding Verisign's request
to ICANN to launch a Wait List Service (WLS) (transactions on that effort
are recorded on various lists found at:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/nctaskforcesindex.html)

Whereas having dealt to the issue of WLS, the Transfers Task Force resumed
its work of considering the issues surrounding Transfers and drafted a set
of policy recommendations, this effort being recorded at:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-transfer/Arc00/mail9.html

Whereas the Names Council Transfers Task Force presents a comprehensive set
of policy and process recommendations in the form of the attached report,
"Inter-Registrar Domain Name Transfer: Principles and Process for Gaining
and Losing Registrars" (IRDX report) version 2 revision 0 (2.0), the latest
copy of which is can be found at:
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-transfer/Arc00/ and is attached [Ross to
attach latest report]

[Whereas some members of the Names Council wish to have recorded alternative
wording to the final IRDX report, those Minority Reports can be found at:
<web address included> ](Note: this part of the resolution would only make
its way through to the final resolution should there be a Minority
Report(s))

The Names Council resolves, on the recommendation of the Transfers Task
Force, that:
1. The ICANN Board accept the policy and process recommendations contained
within the IRDX report <version x.y (final version number to be inserted
here)>; 
2. The NC Resolves that the ICANN Board should direct the ICANN staff to
conduct negotiations toward appropriate revisions to agreements between
ICANN and the gTLD Registries and gTLD Registrars as appropriate to
implement the recommendations in the IRDX report. 

Hope this is useful and gets us closer to closing off this important matter
Regards



Grant Forsyth
Business Constituency Rep 
Transfers Task Force