Re: FW: [registrars] Fw: [council] ICANN Board Action on WLS

[Jim Archer <jarcher@registrationtek.com>]

This is why I was so strobgly opposed to giving options as an alternative 
to approving WLS.  Because it gives them a way to approve WLS.  Why was my 
motion directing our reps to oppose WLS without options never put the the 
RC for a vote?



--On Friday, August 23, 2002 2:21 PM -0500 Patricio Valdes 
<valdes@parava.net> wrote:

> Attn. Louis Touton,
>
> In your email below you state the following:
>
> "the Board drew heavily from the advice developed by the task force's
> efforts"
>
> If Im not mistaken, the Task Force's primary Recommendation was to Deny
> the WLS!
>
> I would like your personal opinion as to why the WLS was approved by
> ICANN.
>
> Second, why is it, that more important issues, like Domain Transfers which
> clearly affect Verisign more than any otehr Registrar have gone without a
> resolution for 18 months?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
> Patricio Valdes
> Parava Networks
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Touton" <touton@icann.org>
> To: <council@dnso.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:21 PM
> Subject: [council] ICANN Board Action on WLS
>
>
>> To the Names Council:
>>
>> This morning the ICANN Board met to consider VeriSign's 21 March 2002
>> request for certain amendments to the .com and .net registry services to
>> permit the offering of a Wait Listing Service for a fee.  As you are
>> aware, in response to the Board's earlier request the DNSO gave advice
>> on various aspects of the VeriSign request.
>>
>> At this morning's meeting, the ICANN Board authorized the ICANN
>> President and General Counsel to conduct negotiations with VeriSign
>> toward appropriate revisions to the .com and .net registry agreements to
>> provide for the offering of a wait-listing service as proposed by
>> VeriSign, with six additional conditions.  As you will note from the
>> resolution, the Board drew heavily from the advice developed by the task
>> force's efforts, which it found to be very helpful in establishing the
>> conditions.  The Board is grateful to the Names Council and the task
>> force for coordinating this work.
>>
>> The resolution adopted is posted at
>>
> <http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm#VeriSignWLSPropos
> al>
>>
>> I'd like to add my personal thanks to those of the Board for the hard
>> work and constructive advice that the Names Council, task force, and
>> DNSO participants gave on this issue.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Louis Touton
>>
>>