[NA-Discuss] OnlineNic, again

[Brendler, Beau]

Danny's assessment that follows Darlene's note correct. I would have responded to that, but deleted it by accident.

Evan had asked that I post an e-mail to keep NA RALO up to date on the results of this ALAC meeting. After the meeting, I sent Evan a note saying it would be better to follow up by phone, because I was feeling pretty negative about what was said. What with the summit and everything, that kind of fell through the cracks.

Bottom line I got from the ALAC corresponds to what Danny wrote. The ALAC excom, it would seem, does not view contract compliance and individual user complaints about registrar malfeasance to be in its mandate. I think this is a serious problem that needs to be addressed, at the summit or elsewhere, because it doesn't make sense to me.

Note also that with staff's help, we have put together a notice of intent to form a consumer constituency. They will probably copy CAUCE, Knujon and others for feedback on it if they have not already done so. There is language in that NOI that basically says such a constituency is needed because ALAC's worldwide scope is so broad that there needs to be a more direct avenue to the GNSO/board/etc. for consumer concerns. The consumer constituency will not, for instance, take up issues such as international IDNs, ipv4-6 transition, the structure of ALAC and its various reviews, etc.
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From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Thompson, Darlene [DThompson at GOV.NU.CA]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] OnlineNic, again

I haven't read or listened to the minutes from the ALAC meeting.  Was
this brought forward to ALAC?  If so, what WAS the outcome from it?

Thank you to anybody who answers!

D

Darlene A. Thompson
Community Access Program Administrator
Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP
P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
Iqaluit, NU  X0A 0H0
Phone:  (867) 975-5631
Fax:  (867) 975-5610
E-mail:  dthompson at gov.nu.ca


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[mailto:na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny
Younger
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:54 PM
To: NA Discuss
Subject: [NA-Discuss] OnlineNic, again

Last month we discussed the OnlineNic situation.

>From the minutes:  "This is an ICANN accredited registrar that was
convicted of cyber-squatting.  ICANN should de-register them.  Danny
would like our rep at the ALAC meeting tomorrow to forward the view that
appropriate enforcement action must be taken.  Beau has seconded that.
All in agreement."

Of course, to date, the ALAC has done nothing to specifically address
the NARALO concern regarding OnlineNic's accreditation status.  No
surprise there as the ALAC is as close to useless as one could imagine.

Now we get yet another report that OnlineNic has been hit with yet
another lawsuit (fourth one by my count) for trademark infringement --
see http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=43567

One has to wonder how many more lawsuits it will take before ICANN
recognizes that it has a very bad apple that must be removed from the
barrel.





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