RE: [registrars] Minutes of Registrar Executive Committee

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

Title: RE: [registrars] Minutes of Registrar Executive Committee

I will have Bryan send an updated payment schedule to the list regarding registrars in good standing ASAP.

 

The current plan is to have a meeting in DC, Brazil and Montreal. I do not believe that the ICANN Tunisia meeting will be well attended, similar to the Ghana meeting. Originally the Registrar Executive Committee was planning a meeting in Florida for Feb but there were scheduling problems. After canceling this meeting, it was brought to my attention that the FTC was having a workshop on cross boarder fraud. One of the sessions is scheduled to deal directly with registrar and registry issues. Given that Whois, credit card fraud, and hijacked domain names are relevant topics for most registrars I thought it would be a good idea to kill two bird with one stone. Moreover, a number of small to mid-sized registrars do not have the budget to travel around the world Brazil and Tunisia.  Based on last years Dulles meeting which was the most widely attended meeting ever, I though it a good idea to choose DC since it provides cheap and accessible access to most registrars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elana Broitman [mailto:ebroitman@register.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:31 AM
To: 'Michael D. Palage'; registrars@dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Minutes of Registrar Executive Committee

Mike - would you please send an update on dues payments so that registrars know whether they are in good standing.  Also, I don't understand the suggested meeting schedule.  Is the plan to meet in DC, not in Brazil, and again in Montreal?

Thanks, Elana

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael D. Palage [mailto:michael@palage.com]
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:03 PM
To: registrars@dnso.org
Subject: [registrars] Minutes of Registrar Executive Committee

Here are the minutes and actions items for today's Registrar Executive
Committee.

Item #1 - Election of Registrar Representative to ICANN's new Nominating
Committee:

Nominations will be open for any nominated registrar representative seeking
to serve in this capacity from January 7th through the 21st. Voting for this
position will occur from January 22nd through 29th. On Jan 23rd there will
be a teleconference to discuss the nominees.

Item #2 - Dues Assement

Financially the Registrar Constituency is in good financial standing, with
approximately 25,000 in the bank account. The 2003 Registrar Invoice will be
due approximately July 15, 2003. Any registrar in current good standing will
continue to be able to vote until that time.

Item #3 - Implementation Committees

Please see emails from Bruce and Ken that have recently been posted to the
list which give an accurate update of these events.

Item #4 - Budgetary Committee

The three registrar representatives on the ICANN Budgetary Committee are
Rick Wesson, Paul Stahura & Elana Broitman. No meeting scheduled. Elana has
asked Stuart for a Registrar conference call with him to have a preliminary
discussion. Awaiting response back. No communication from ICANN to date on
this topic.

Item #5 - Next Registrar Meeting

Tentatively scheduled for Feb 21st the day after the FTC Workshop in
Washington, on Cross Boarder Fraud. Planning for next meeting will take
place in Montreal. Further updates to come shortly.