[registrars] WLS TF

[Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Dear Ross,

The Executive Committee discussed the proposed decision of the Task
Force on WLS, set out below, at its Monday teleconference. The
Executive Committee, and the NC Reps present on the call, were
persuaded that the position worked out in the Task Force represented
the best compromise and set of conditions for the WLS that could be
arranged in the circumstances that the WLS moves forward.

While we do not believe that our constituency fully supports the
introduction of the WLS, we concur in your decision to approve this
set of conditions and we urge our Names Councillors to participate in
the decision of the Names Council this Wednesday to approve the Task
Force report as laid out below.

This concurrance in the Task Force report and your decision on it
supersedes any previous position taken by the Executive Committee
prior to our discussion of Monday afternoon EDT.

The Executive Committee urges all our Names Council reps to attend the
NC meeting and we believe that the conditions laid out below can be
approved by them as the best compromise available, given the division
of opinion in the Constituency.

We thank you for your work on this, Ross.

Sincerely

Rick Wesson, CTO, on behalf of the Executive Committee,
Registrars Constituency


>
> The text that follows this message is the relevant portions of the
> final, Final Report that the Task Force has been asked to vote on.
>
> There are a number of substantive changes to which I draw your
> attention:
>
> Prior Recommendation II.B - Stricken as being duplicative of Option
> II.A.
>
> Recommendation II.A - The period that the Redemption Grace Period must
> operate has been extended to six months to reflect stakeholder concerns
> that 3 months will not be sufficient time period to implement and
> monitor the new program.
>
> Recommendation II.A,B,B1,B2,B3 - The language concerning "standard
> deletions" has been changed from "period" to "practice". Having a
> standardized deletions practice in place prior to the implementation of
> the WLS is a condition of approval for the WLS.
>
> Recommendation II.C - Options 1 & 2 - This is introduced as a new
> amendment to allow the TF to choose between an explicit notification
> mechanism direct to registrants and an implicit notification mechanism
> that allows registrants to discover if a WLS option has been taken out
> on their registered name.
>
> Recommendation II.E - Modified to more closely reflect the processes by
> which registry services has typically been priced (ie - through the new
> gTLD introduction process by which ICANN received a business case from
> the prospective registry operator that was professionally evaluated by
> third parties).
>
> While I do not believe that our constituency fully supports the
> introduction of the WLS service we must recognize the value of the
> concessions we have negotiated, the validity of the work conducted by
> the TF and the clear lack of true consensus within our constituency. I
> also must remind our membership that one of the challenges of working
> within a consensus process lies with achieving compromise that most or
> all parties can live with. I strongly believe that this document
> represents this compromise. With these changes, the final ballot of the
> task force on its report is underway and based on the straw poll taken
>
> Accordingly, I will be voting as follows;
>
> A) in support of the entire report
> B) in favor of Recommendation II.B, Option 1
> C) and in favor of Recommendation II.C, Option 2.
>
> I urge our Names Council representatives to do the same.
>
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
>                        -rwr