[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] cctld .hn issue

[Andres Piazza]

> Others, such as as LACTLD have expressed their concern after the action of
> the military forces against the ccTLD operator,

Thanks, Patrick. 

On Monday I raised this question and is been having an important treatment in LACRALO List. Also I communicate this to Cheryl and Rudi in order to get ALAC and ccNSO.

 RDS-HN. 
> http://www.lactld.org/News_Item.2009-09-27.9610720521
> English http://www.lactld.org/News_Item.2009-09-28.9048048483
> 
> RDS-HN has been delegated the management of the .hn TLD under the process
> set forth by RFC1591. The have signed an accountability framework with
> ICANN.  The Hondurian telecom operator Conatel has no such agreement with
> ICANN and did not follow the redelegation process. As such it is an
> illegitimate ccTLD operator. 
> 
> According to the RFC, TLD operators "are trustees for the delegated
> domain, and have a duty to serve the community." and be "equitable to all
> groups in the domain that request domain names". 

This is exactly like that, and this arguments are much easier to raise that politicals (also, because we are not at ICANN At Large to express ourselves about the Legitimacy or not of a Government or some internal law in Honduras). 

In LACRALO we are taking a little time to find out some aspects (specially regarding CONATEL) in order to get our own official statement. If you see my proposal there, I´m asking also to get an ALAC´s statement and, even, to raise this to ccNSO and the Board.
 
> Further,  "Significantly interested parties in the domain should agree
> that the designated manager is the appropriate party" and "transfer of the
> designated manager trusteeship from one organization to another, the IANA
> must receive communications from both the old organization and the new
> organization that assure the IANA that the transfer in mutually agreed".
> Given the way the military have proceeded, I do not think these conditions
> are met.

Totally agree. This particular aspect wasn´t treated in LACRALO. I will copy this response to the regional list and consider to the text. 

> I do see risks for the stability of the DNS. Altough I trust Afilias for
> doing the right job as the technical operator of the TLD, it remains that
> Afilias does not have a contract with Conatel, but with RDS-HN. What will
> happen if RDS-HN is unable to pay the bills is an issue. What will happen
> to the domain names registered under .hn is yet another. 

I know they are a serious operator, and also the people from Afilias I know like Ken or Desiree are quite trustable. But I´m not 100% sure if we could, as ICANN At Large (or at least as LACRALO) "ask Afilias not to make a contract with Conatel". 

> I think the At-Large community should express its concern about the
> situation and encourage ICANN to find a solution to this issue. 
> 
> Patrick

Definitely.

Regards,

Andrés Piazza
LACRALO Chair

> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:30:57 -0300, "Presidencia Internauta"
> <presidencia at internauta.org.ar> wrote:
> > Posición de Internauta Argentina ante el intento del Gobierno Golpista
> de
> > Honduras para tomar de forma repentina y abrupta la operación del cctld
> .hn
> > 
> > La Asociación Argentina de Usuarios de Internet, quiere manifestar su
> > repudio al acto criminal del que fueron objeto los compañeros
> integrantes
> > de la Red de Desarrollo Sostenible de Honduras  por parte de la
> dictadura
> > de la Republica hermana de Honduras.
> > 
> >  Proseguimos con nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo Hondureño manifestada
> >  desde el primer momento que sucedió el movimiento destituyente en ese
> >  país, como hemos acompañado todo reclamo y lucha por la justicia y la
> >  democracia de todos los pueblos del mundo.
> > 
> > Creemos que solo la autodeterminación de los pueblos y el respeto del
> > sistema democrático son los únicos medios idóneos para la solución de
> los
> > problemas dentro de un país.
> > 
> > No debe de haber lugar a legitimar ninguna acción propuesta por
> > movimientos destituyentes del sistema democrático, por ninguna de las
> > estructuras de participacion o de toma de decision de ICANN.
> > 
> > Desconocemos la autoridad de estas personas que en nombre del estado de
> > Honduras intentan someter la administración del cctld.hn e instamos a
> que
> > ICANN se manifieste en este sentido, no puede quedar dudas de la
> > ilegitimidad del accionar de estas personas.
> > 
> > Repudiamos la acción u omisión en sus actos de muchos profesionales de
> > informática que prestan sus conocimientos para apoyar estas inactivas
> del
> > golpismo Antidemocrático Hondureño.
> > 
> > Abogamos por el regreso del sistema constitucional al país como así
> > también de su legítimo presidente Manuel Zelaya y repudiamos
> enérgicamente
> > los abusos a los medios de comunicación y a la Red de Desarrollo
> Sostenible
> > como ente encargada de la registración del cctld .hn.
> > 
> > Saludos Cordiales
> > 
> > Con mandato por la Comision Directiva reunida el dìa 28 de Septiembre de
> > 2009
> > 
> > Firman:
> > 
> > Sergio Salinas Porto (Presidente;  Internauta, Asociación Argentina de
> > Usuarios de Internet)
> >  
> >  Andrés Zelayeta (Vicepresidente; Internauta, Asociación Argentina de
> >  Usuarios de Internet)
> >  
> >  Hugo Pellejero  (Secretario;  Internauta, Asociación Argentina de
> >  Usuarios de Internet)
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