[At-Large] [ALAC] Revised RAA amendment/motion

[Danny Younger]

All,

This is an attempt on the part of the registrars to push through a complete package with several objectionable elements.  They seek to toss you a bone in order to get your support.  Let's be honest about it -- the "no third-party beneficiaries clause" in the RAA makes it clear that there are no registrant rights.  You are being sold damaged goods.


--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm> wrote:

> From: Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm>
> Subject: Re: [At-Large] [ALAC] Revised RAA amendment/motion
> To: "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> Cc: "ALAC Working List" <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 4:07 PM
> 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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