RE: [registrars] Washington Meeting - Draft Agenda

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

Ross,

I regret that there is no progress on the XFER issue to report, as this is
an important, and long over due, issue for all registrars. I do not mind
reallocating a portion of the XFER issue to by-law discussions. But I
believe that the opportunity for registrars to voice their concerns to the
registries about the XFER issue should not be squandered. I believe that a
open discussion on the potentual use of the Auth Codes with the EPP
registries could be of particular value.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:10 PM
> To: 'Elana Broitman'; 'Michael D. Palage'; registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Washington Meeting - Draft Agenda
>
>
> > Mike - thanks for planning a comprehensive agenda.  In an
> > effort to maximize the productiveness of this meeting (and go
> > beyond just discussion), I'd suggest that we ask for
> > registrars who will attend to volunteer to champion each of
> > the agenda items.  (I would expect that for each, there's
> > someone who's been most active on the list).  This person
> > should send out goals, action items to be decided, or
> > questions to be answered for his or her designated topic.
> > That way, we will try to end the meeting with decisions and actions.
>
> I fully support this approach. Its very important to me from a planning
> and resource allocation perspective that we go into these meetings with
> a very clear idea of what we as an organization can hope to achieve.
>
> Further to this, I would like to donate the hour allocated to transfers
> and apply it to the By-laws and Structure portion of the agenda. First
> off, I have no news from a task force perspective. I can provide
> slightly more detail in a separate email, but suffice to say, we waiting
> for the Names Council to approve our recommendations before we proceed
> with next steps. Secondly, there are a number of sub-topics that have
> all been lumped together under the canopy of "bylaws". I would like to
> see more time devoted to the discussion of each of these sub-issues as
> the conclusions we draw will define our constituency at a very
> fundamental level.
>
> Thanks for getting the ball rolling with the draft agenda Mike. This is
> a great starting point.
>
>                        -rwr
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org
> > [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On Behalf Of Elana Broitman
> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:36 PM
> > To: Michael D. Palage; registrars@dnso.org
> > Subject: RE: [registrars] Washington Meeting - Draft Agenda
> >
> >
> > Mike - thanks for planning a comprehensive agenda.  In an
> > effort to maximize the productiveness of this meeting (and go
> > beyond just discussion), I'd suggest that we ask for
> > registrars who will attend to volunteer to champion each of
> > the agenda items.  (I would expect that for each, there's
> > someone who's been most active on the list).  This person
> > should send out goals, action items to be decided, or
> > questions to be answered for his or her designated topic.
> > That way, we will try to end the meeting with decisions and actions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Elana
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael D. Palage [mailto:michael@palage.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:36 AM
> > To: registrars@dnso.org
> > Subject: [registrars] Washington Meeting - Draft Agenda
> > Importance: High
> >
> >
> > Listed below is the draft agenda of the Registrar/Registry
> > meeting scheduled for next Friday February 21st in
> > Washington, DC. I have compiled this agenda based upon
> > various inputs from registrars over the past couple of weeks.
> > If there are any other suggestions please bring them to my
> > attention. Any issues that can not be addressed during this
> > meeting will be followed up during the Rio meeting scheduled
> > for March.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > 8:15 - 8:30 (closed session Registrars only) State of the Constituency
> >
> > This will be a brief introduction of registrars in attendance
> > along with a roll-call of currently paid members with full
> > voting rights.
> >
> >
> > 8:30 - 9:30 (closed session Registrars only) By-law Discussion
> >
> > There will be a discussion of the new Registrar Constituency
> > by-laws that must be submitted and approved by ICANN. In
> > light of the ICANN reform which no longer requires the
> > constituency to pay for its Names Council representatives,
> > the constituency is at a cross roads for where it would like
> > to go. Currently we have in excess of $20,000 on account with
> > only $10,000 of expensed committed so far ($2,500 DC meeting,
> > $5,000 ICANN fees (last payment), and $2,500 registrar
> > software). To date the registrar constituency has collected
> > no dues for 2003.
> >
> > Moving forward the registrar constituency needs to decide
> > whether it would like to continue to operate in a low cost
> > environment or whether it would like to become more like a
> > professional trade association. In the past I have personally
> > opposed retaining paid staff, incorporating, etc. However,
> > there have been several registrars that have raised these
> > possibilities with me again and I think it would be
> > beneficial to discuss the merits of these options.
> >
> > Also for discussion during this session will be the proposal
> > made by Ross in connection with membership participation and
> > Tom in connection with a policy framework for raising and
> > advancing policy issues within the constituency.
> >
> > 9:30 - 9:55 Consideration for Registration Authorities
> > Conducting Business in the European Union (open registrars/registry)
> >
> > I attended a workshop in Berlin, Germany last week and there
> > were a number of panels dealing with issues that directly
> > impact all registrars conducting business within the European
> > Union. I will try to provide a brief summary of these laws
> > and how they potentially impact your business if you transact
> > business with individuals and/or businesses in the EU.
> >
> > - Effective July 1, 2003 non-EU registrars must start
> > charging Value Added Tax (VAT) to all transactions with
> > consumers in the EU. Current EU VAT rates range from 13% to
> > 25%. In addition registrars must register with a tax
> > authortity in one of the EU member states.
> > - EU Directive 95/46/EC: deals with data privacy laws that
> > are currently in effect.
> > - EU Directive 02/58/EC; This directive goes into effect
> > October 2003 and provides additional e-commerce regulation
> > including among other things the use of "cookies" on websites;
> >
> >
> > 9:55 - 10:15 Review and Summary of FTC Workshop on Cross
> > Border Fraud (open
> > registrars/registry)
> >
> > This will provide a brief summary of the two day work shop on
> > cross border fraud. A number of registrars have stated that
> > they will not be able to attend the workshop. The key focus
> > will be on credit card and whois issues.
> >
> >
> > 10:15 - 11:00 Credit Card Charge Backs (open registrar/registry)
> >
> > This will be a discussion among the participants to discuss
> > the impact of credit card fraud within the domain name
> > registration industry and what if any steps can be taken
> > among registration authorities (registrars and
> > registries) to mitigate this problem.
> >
> > 11:00 - 12:00 Update on the Whois Task Force
> >
> > This will be an update on the ICANN Whois Task Force final
> > report, and how it potentially impacts registrars. Bruce
> > Tonkin's proposal will also be discussed at this time and how
> > it should be incorporated into any implementation policy. I
> > have also learned a rumor that Senator Burn's is considering
> > introducing a Spam bill that will have a provision providing
> > third parties a cause of action against people that provide
> > false or inaccurate whois information. I am trying to obtain
> > a mark-up of this draft legislation since it could
> > potentially impacts all registrations authorities.
> >
> > 12:30 - 1:30 Catered Lunch (Registrars and Registries)
> >
> >
> > 1:30- 2:30 Transfers
> >
> > Ross will provide the latest update on the transfer
> > implementation work.
> >
> > 2:30 - 3:00 Auto Delete
> >
> > Tim Ruiz will provide an update on the auto-delete task
> > force, and we will collectively try to identify any potential
> > bugs to prevent the RGP billing bug from reoccurring.
> >
> > 3:00 - 3:30 Redemption Grace Period
> >
> > Registrars and registries will try to discuss the problems
> > encountered by registrars with the RGP, and see if there is a
> > mutually acceptable framework for modifying the current
> > policy and reinstating the 5 day non-billable grace period.
> >
> > 3:30 - 4:00 IDN Primer
> >
> > Andrew McLaughlin gave an excellent non-technical primer on
> > IDNs to illustrate the potential complex policy issues
> > surrounding IDNs. I am trying to obtain a copy of these
> > slides to use in during this time slot.
> >
> > 4:00 - 5:30 Registry Presentations
> >
> > A number of registries that are co-sponsoring this event have
> > various technical updates that they want to provide to
> > registrars, i.e. RegistryPro is preparing for launch, PIR
> > will be switching over to a thick EPP 7.0 version; NeuStar
> > has some updates on .CN and .US; VeriSign has some new market
> > research that it would like to share.
> >
> >
> >
> > To date I have had approximately 20 registrar participants
> > confirm there participation and approximately 10 registry
> > participants. The hotel has extended the time period to
> > receive the discount room rate. I would encourage all to take
> > advantage of this rate which is around $100 a night cheaper
> > than other hotels.
> >
> > Any questions let me know.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>