[ALAC] Revised RAA amendment/motion

[Carlton Samuels]

Alan:
Congrats for hanging in there with this matter.

If memory serves, what is proposed here has less elements - at least in the
details where the devil resides - than originally posed but probably the
most one could reasonably expect; Beau can confirm here.

Giving ALAC a 2nd crack at participating in developing a Registrant Bill of
Rights is definitely in the At-Large best interests and gives some level of
assurance that other issues not now included may still be negotiated and
adopted.

I would recommend ALAC go with this.

Carlton

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>wrote:

> As you may remember, RAA amendment package that has been discussed needed
> to be approved by a 66% majority of the GNSO to allow the Board to put the
> changes in place.
>
> For a variety of reasons, when the GNSO voted on this, it did not receive a
> sufficient majority. There has been a discussion of various next-step
> motions. The following motion has just been circulated to the GNSO Council.
> As you will see, it is a cooperative effort of several constituencies.
>
> You will notice that a Registrant Bill of Rights, with a tight time-line,
> has a prominent place in this proposal, and the ALAC is explicitly included
> in the process.
>
> Your comments are welcome before the Wednesday morning GNSO meeting when it
> will be discussed, and potentially voted on.
>
> Alan
>
>  Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:43:04 -0700
>> From: Tim Ruiz <tim at godaddy.com>
>> Subject: [council] Revised RAA amendment/motion
>> To: council at gnso.icann.org
>> Cc: Mike Rodenbaugh <icann at rodenbaugh.com>
>>
>> This is the revised amendment/motion drafted by a drafting team
>> comprised of representatives from the NCUC, IPC, and RrC. We tried to
>> address most of the concerns that have been raised. Let us know your
>> thoughts.
>>
>> Whereas, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) has not been
>> amended since May 2001, and ICANN has undertaken a lengthy consultative
>> process related to amending the RAA, including several public comment
>> periods and consultations;
>>
>> Whereas, the proposed changes to the RAA include important compliance
>> and enforcement tools for ICANN; The Council wishes to approve the set
>> of proposed amendments as quickly as possible so that the ICANN Board
>> may review them, and if approved then implement them as quickly as
>> possible; and
>>
>> Whereas,
>>
>> The Council would like to proceed on the drafting of a charter
>> identifying registrant rights that registrars would be obliged to link
>> to, as contemplated in the set of amendments;
>>
>> The Council would like a specific process and timeline to move forward
>> with additional potential amendments to the RAA; and
>>
>> The Registrar Constituency is supportive of these efforts and is willing
>> to participate on a good faith basis on anticipated next steps.
>>
>> Resolved:
>>
>> The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented in
>>
>> http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.pdf
>>
>> and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its meeting of March
>> 6, 2009;
>>
>> Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
>> representatives from the GNSO community and the ALAC shall be identified
>> to participate in drafting a registrant rights charter, as contemplated
>> by the amendments and the current GNSO Council discussions, with support
>> from ICANN staff. A draft charter shall be completed no later then July
>> 31; and
>>
>> Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO
>> Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss the amendments further and
>> identify those that the community believes could be further revised
>> through PDP processes or through additional changes to the RAA that may
>> not fall within scope of a formal PDP process. The Drafting Team should
>> endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN staff no later
>> then July 31, 2009.
>>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
>
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