RE: [registrars] FW: [nc-transfer] Drafting Team Status Update

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

Siefried - also some clarifications for you ;)

> 3 r) IRDX transactions SHOULD be denied by the Losing 
> Registrar if the Gaining Registrar has not implemented the 
> minimum standards and practices contemplated by this 
> document or the relevant Registry Agreement
> 
> for me its not clear what are the minimum standards. Are they 
> somewhere marked in blue? or is it for everybody to choose 
> "his" minimum standards ?

Bad wording. The document is the minimum standard.

> 2.) According the consumer-protecting law in germany the "entity 
> with apparent authority" has to notify the losing registrar 
> of her/his 
> decision, which sounds reasonable ( he/she has a contract with the 
> losing registrar and has to give notice ), I personally had 
> to learn that 
> in the last month and to change my view and our process.

I would need to see some more of this from an official source in order
to start working in the exceptions. As it stands, this runs contrary to
ICANN's current policy on the matter and as such should not be analysed
lightly. As discussed yesterday, registrars have an obligation to uphold
their contract with ICANN in accordance with the law - not make
exceptions to their performance of the contract in accordance with the
law. I suspect that there is a reasonable compromise that would allow
you, and others in your position, to abide by your local law without
running contrary to ICANN policy. In order to affirm this however, I
would need some concrete citations or pointers to where I could find
them.


> 3 h) IRDX processes MUST maintain minimum standards of 
> consumer protection, while taking into account the legal, 
> linguistic and cultural differences of the domain name 
> registration market, registrars, and Registered Name holders.
> 
> with other words : everybody is entitled to not care about that 
> document.


We've since reworded this passage, but neither the intent nor the
statement are meant to imply what you have stated.

The clause now reads: "IRDX processes MUST take into account the legal,
linguistic and cultural differences of the domain name registration
market, registrars, and Registered Name holders."

I call this the "Connelly Clause" as Bob was quite insistent that
however the process is implemented that his Japanese registrants didn't
receive any unreadable instructions or forms in English :). In other
words, as this clause is part of the principles (which were drafted
prior to the processes being determined), it is solely intended to state
that whatever processes are implemented in order to support the
transfers policy must support the needs of the global registrant - not
the local ones.

I hope this helps.

                       -rwr




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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Siegfried Langenbach [mailto:svl@nrw.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:34 AM
> To: ross@tucows.com; 'Registrar Constituency'
> Subject: Re: [registrars] FW: [nc-transfer] Drafting Team 
> Status Update
> 
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I have a problem with that document, well probably 2 :
> 
> 1.) the general wording in some Para. only leads to additional work 
> for lawyers.
> just one Example:
> 
> 3 r) IRDX transactions SHOULD be denied by the Losing 
> Registrar if the Gaining Registrar has not implemented the 
> minimum standards and practices contemplated by this 
> document or the relevant Registry Agreement
> 
> for me its not clear what are the minimum standards. Are they 
> somewhere marked in blue? or is it for everybody to choose 
> "his" minimum standards ?
> 
> 2.) According the consumer-protecting law in germany the "entity 
> with apparent authority" has to notify the losing registrar 
> of her/his 
> decision, which sounds reasonable ( he/she has a contract with the 
> losing registrar and has to give notice ), I personally had 
> to learn that 
> in the last month and to change my view and our process.
> 
> Obviously that is contrary to the statement:
> 1 b) Losing Registrars would authorize the transfer of such 
> domain names in the absence of confirmation to the Losing 
> Registrar by the Registered Name holder or an individual with 
> the apparent authority to legally bind the Registered Name 
> holder. 
> 
>  I already had problems with registrants, being in vacation or for 
> whatever reason not answered our mail (in our previous version) 
> and had the domains transferred.
> 
> Conclusion:
> 3 h) IRDX processes MUST maintain minimum standards of 
> consumer protection, while taking into account the legal, 
> linguistic and cultural differences of the domain name 
> registration market, registrars, and Registered Name holders.
> 
> with other words : everybody is entitled to not care about that 
> document.
> 
> siegfried
> 
> 
> 
> On 28 Aug 2002 at 12:16, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
> 
> > Members,
> > 
> > Please find to follow below a brief report on the status of 
> the work 
> > of the Transfers TF as it relates to Transfers. Note that we are 
> > progressing reasonably well through a review of the Registrar 
> > Constituency proposal and have made a few modifications 
> that I believe 
> > are amenable to the interests of Registrars. I had hoped at 
> this point 
> > that we would have received feedback from the Registry Constituency 
> > given their renewed commitment to the issue, however I suspect that 
> > "real life" is somehow interfering with finalizing the revisions 
> > referenced below. I don't expect this delay to draw out in any 
> > meaningful way (we should be able to resolve it this 
> afternoon during 
> > our call) but it needs to be brought to the attention of the 
> > constituency nonetheless.
> > 
> > The Task Force is still targetting the Shanghai meeting for 
> tabling of 
> > our recommendations and we look to be in good shape at this 
> point. If 
> > there are any questions between now and Amsterdam, I am happy to 
> > answer them as they come up. I expect to deliver a full progress 
> > report and draft recommendations during the timing of the Amsterdam 
> > meeting.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance, (and as noted below, apologies for the 
> proprietary 
> > document format).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >                        -rwr
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the 
> shore like an 
> > idiot."
> > - Steven Wright
> > 
> > Got Blog? http://www.byte.org/blog
> > 
> > Please review our ICANN Reform Proposal: 
> http://www.byte.org/heathrow
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nc-transfer@dnso.org 
> [mailto:owner-nc-transfer@dnso.org] 
> > On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:10 PM
> > To: 'Transfer TF (E-mail)'
> > Subject: [nc-transfer] Drafting Team Status Update
> > 
> > 
> > Folks,
> > 
> > Please find attached a copy of the latest draft (version 1, 
> revision 
> > 2, draft 2) of the IRDX proposal that the drafting team has been 
> > working on for the last two weeks or so.
> > 
> > During the call today, I would like to focus on a review of 
> points 8 
> > through 15 (pages 14, 15 and 16) (highlighted in blue) with an eye 
> > towards ensuring that the process appropriately takes into 
> account the 
> > needs of R'ants, R'rars and R'ry's. The feedback that the drafting 
> > team gathers through this review will be invaluable in providing us 
> > with the guidance that we need to complete our task.
> > 
> > I would also like to review the formal revisions made thus far to 
> > ensure that the language used appropriately captures the intent and 
> > sentiment of the larger group.
> > 
> > Please note that the revisions are not as sweeping as I had 
> expected 
> > as we are still waiting for input on enforcement mechanisms 
> from the 
> > Registry Constituency reps to the Drafting Team. I do not 
> have an ETA 
> > for delivery of these details, so its not likely that we can cover 
> > them on the call, however the call will give us the capability to 
> > rework the deadlines in order to keep the document on track
> > 
> > If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to drop me a note.
> > 
> > Apologies in advance for the proprietary document format.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >                        -rwr
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the 
> shore like an 
> > idiot."
> > - Steven Wright
> > 
> > Got Blog? http://www.byte.org/blog
> > 
> > Please review our ICANN Reform Proposal: 
> http://www.byte.org/heathrow
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
>