[At-Large] Policy Topics

[Danny Younger]

Some topics for ALAC consideration (just in case some
ALAC member actually wants to discuss policy matters):

1.	Should the Add Grace Period be eliminated?
2.	Should the Redemption Grace Period be made
mandatory?
3.	How should we deal with a registrar business
failure?
4.	How should we deal with a registry business
failure?
5.	Should registries be prohibited from making
commercial use of NXDomain records?
6.	Should the At-Large have Board-level
representation?
7.	What should be the primary elements of the post-MOU
ICANN model?
8.	Will ICANN ever enforce the Expired Domain Deletion
Policy?
9.	What changes should be made to the Registrar
Accreditation Agreement?
10.	Do we need policy changes to reduce the incidence
of domain name hijackings?
11.	What WHOIS study would the ALAC wish to see
pursued?
12.	What terms should registrars be obligated to
mandate to their resellers?
13.	How should the Working Group model be reformed?
14.	What should be ICANN’s policy regarding proxy
registrations?
15.	How should the UDRP be revised?
16.	What intellectual property protections will be
required for new gTLDs?
17.	What compliance enforcement measures are planned
for those registrars who do not state a Registrar Data
Escrow election by the 15 February 2008 deadline?
18.	Will the current ccTLD IDN fast-track approach
disadvantage any gTLD operators?
19.	What policies should guide the upcoming Accredited
Registry Services Provider program?
20.	What comments does the ALAC have on the SSAC
Fast-flux report?
21.	Should the ALAC be developing a Registrant’s Bill
of Rights?
22.	Should policy be developed on registrar domain
name warehousing and speculation?
23.	What ICANN accountability changes need to be
implemented?
24.	Should ICANN amend the bylaws to require
publication of all material contracts for comment
prior to approval?
25.     Is the reason for delaying Monthly Registry
Reports by 3 months still valid?
26.     Do we need a better and more transparent
Registrant Complaint process?
27.     What steps need to be taken to ensure a more
scalable and robust WDPRS?
28.     What will be the characteristics of a
Registrar Sanctions program?
29.     Should the concept of a centralized WHOIS
(already in registry contracts) be pursued?
30.     What policies should govern the display of
WHOIS data in an IDN environment?  Can IRIS handle IDN
data?
31.    Should IANA redelegation requests be put up for
public comment prior to ICANN action?
32.    What should be the policy regarding the
operation of the root zone's alternate distribution
master?
33.    Do we need a New Registrar Services program as
a consensus policy adjunct to the RSTEP?
34.    Should the definition of Consensus in ICANN
contracts be revised?
35.    Should ICANN enter into a contract with groups
such as Pew Research in order to replace the ALAC as
an opinion source?
36.    Should ICANN fund the CAIDA "Improving the
Integrity of Domain Name System (DNS) Monitoring and
Protection Project"?

Please feel free to add to this list.


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