[bc-gnso] .COM Renewal Comments

[Elisa Cooper <Elisa.Cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BC Members,

Per the Member's Call last Friday, please find below brief comments regarding 
the renewal of the .COM contract:

The BC supports VeriSign's continued operation of the .COM Registry.

However, we strongly urge ICANN to take this opportunity to require the 
maintenance of Thick Whois by VeriSign for the .COM Registry.

We believe that requiring all Registries to comply with Thick Whois is an 
important first step in improving Whois.

The BC has previously stated the importance of timely, unrestricted, and public 
access to complete and accurate Whois information. While the BC recognizes that 
Thick Whois does not improve accuracy, it does address the requirements for 
timely, unrestricted and public access of Whois information.

The BC expects that other ongoing ICANN projects will improve Whois accuracy 
and responses by privacy/proxy services to relay / reveal requests.  In 
particular, we expect improvements to result from:


-          current negotiations on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA);

-          implementation of SAC 051 recommendations 
(link<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac-051-draft-roadmap-18feb12-en.htm>);
 and

-          policy development indicated by results of five pending Whois 
studies (link<%20http:/gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/studies%20>).

Rapporteur for this Discussion Draft: Elisa Cooper

These comments are due Thursday, May 17th.

The comments are in line with our stated position, however, please let me know 
if you have any additions, or edits as soon as possible.

Best,
Elisa

Elisa Cooper
Director of Product Marketing
MarkMonitor

208 389 5779 PH