[EURO-Discuss] [Fwd: Re: [At-Large] Domain Name Tasting]

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Firstly: John, feel free to join the European list; I'm sure that  
nobody will object.

Secondly: If there are missing elements from the issues report -  
which was forwarded around recently, and is attached again here - we  
should identify those and make improvements to the report. Any  
thoughts on that subject would be very helpful.

Thirdly: Just because the ALAC requests an issues report from the At- 
large staff does not automatically lead to the GNSO Staff asking the  
GNSO to initiate a PDP. Here's a snippet from the Bylaws (Annex A(1)):

1. Raising an Issue

An issue may be raised for consideration as part of the PDP by any of  
the following:

     a. Board Initiation. The Board may initiate the PDP by  
instructing the GNSO Council ("Council") to begin the process  
outlined in this Annex.

     b. Council Initiation. The GNSO Council may initiate the PDP by  
a vote of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the members of the  
Council present at any meeting in which a motion to initiate the PDP  
is made.

     c. Advisory Committee Initiation. An Advisory Committee may  
raise an issue for policy development by action of such committee to  
commence the PDP, and transmission of that request to the GNSO Council.


In other words the ALAC would need to take action formally and  
transmit a request to the GNSO Council as provided above.

HOWEVER: Just because ALAC asks the GNSO to start a PDP doesn't mean  
that they will. The Council has to vote to do so - and the weighted  
voting of the registrars and registries means that the extra votes  
they dispose - especially in this case - could block a PDP being  
raised. I'm not saying that they would block it, or that any other  
constituency might do so, but the voting position means that we must  
move carefully.

The initiation of a PDP is a serious step and it is very political.  
If a PDP were to be sought, careful thought would need to be given to  
how to assure that the PDP process actually begins - and then how to  
raise the votes in the GNSO Council to help the process reach the  
desired conclusion.

I would suggest strongly that careful planning and though, as well as  
advance discussions with members of the GNSO council and the ICANN  
Board, should be held so that the political climate can be assessed.  
The At-Large Community should also, in advance, have a clear idea of  
exactly what the outcome of a PDP ought to be.

On 16 Feb 2007, at 15:35, Rudi Vansnick wrote:

> John Levine asked me to forward the message below to the European
> maillist as he was not authorised he said.
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Rudi Vansnick wrote:
>
>> I support the Domain Name Tasting issue to be discussed at the  
>> upcoming
>> ICANN Meeting in Lisbon. Looking at what happens in EURid, I  
>> personally
>> think the issue is a real big hurdle for EURid, even at Belgian (.be)
>> level many discussions are ongoing.
>
> That's a good thought.  The ALAC has already asked for and received an
> issues paper on this topic.  It wasn't as complete as I would have  
> liked,
> but it did cover the basics.
>
> The bylaws say that within 15 days after the report, the GNSO council
> staff is supposed to recommend to the GNSO whether or not to  
> initiate a
> policy development process (PDP).  The issues report came out  
> months ago,
> but I don't recall hearing what happened relative to a PDP.
>
> Nick, can you query their staff and find out?  Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet  
> for Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
> "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
>
>
>
>
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