[gnso-dow123] Official Position of the Registrar Constituency on the purpose of Whois & Contacts
The following motion was unanimously carried in a recent poll of the membership of the registrar constituency. There were no votes abstaining or cast against this proposition. The motion was proposed on Oct. 13, seconded by three additional registrars as required by the Registrar Constituency Rules of Procedure. The ballot remained open for discussion through Oct. 27 at which point the vote commenced. The vote closed on Nov. 9. The text of the motion is included below. The document that was approved as the Official Position of the Registrar Constituency is attached. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [registrars] New Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:30:35 -0400 From: Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: ross@xxxxxxxxxx Organization: Tucows Research & Innovation To: registrars@xxxxxxxx Registrars; The following motion is not an amendment to a prior motion, it is a new motion and will require new seconds/endorsements in order to proceed to a vote. Per Whois Task Force 123's Terms of Reference, we are required to adopt a position concerning the purpose of the Whois service and the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, Technical and Administrative contacts (see below for an excerpt of the terms of reference for the task force). As a representative to this task force and with the input and assistance of the other representatives to this task force, I have prepared a policy position that I seek to have adopted by the constituency. This position statement is attached. I therefore would like to make a motion as follows; ***MOTION Whereas, the Registrar Constituency has considered a range of issues related to the intended and appropriate purpose of the gTLD Whois System, and; Whereas, the Registrar Constituency has considered a range of issues related to the intended and appropriate purpose of the Registered Name Holder, Administrative and Technical Contacts, and; Whereas, the Registrar Constituency seeks timely resolution of these matters in a consensus-based manner that takes into account the needs of all stakeholders including individual and corporate domain name registrants, the internetworking community and gTLD Registries and Registrars, therefore; Be it resolved that the Registrar formally adopts the position statement entitled "The Purpose of the gTLD Whois System and Specific Contact Records" and require its task force representatives to advocate these positions within the Task Force and other ICANN fora as appropriate. ***ENDofMOTION I have attached both Word and PDF versions of this document to this message. I will also be forwarding this draft document to the Task Force as a heads up concerning our deliberations. If you have any questions, please let me know. Your support for this motion would be sincerely appreciated. -ross
(2) ...the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, technical, and administrative contacts, in the context of the purpose of WHOIS, and the purpose for which the data was collected. Use the relevant definitions from Exhibit C of the Transfers Task force report as a starting point (from http://www.icann.org/gnso/transfers-tf/report-exhc-12feb03.htm): "Contact: Contacts are individuals or entities associated with domain name records. Typically, third parties with specific inquiries or concerns will use contact records to determine who should act upon specific issues related to a domain name record. There are typically three of these contact types associated with a domain name record, the Administrative contact, the Billing contact and the Technical contact. Contact, Administrative: The administrative contact is an individual, role or organization authorized to interact with the Registry or Registrar on behalf of the Domain Holder. The administrative contact should be able to answer non-technical questions about the domain name's registration and the Domain Holder. In all cases, the Administrative Contact is viewed as the authoritative point of contact for the domain name, second only to the Domain Holder. Contact, Billing: The billing contact is the individual, role or organization designated to receive the invoice for domain name registration and re-registration fees. Contact, Technical: The technical contact is the individual, role or organization that is responsible for the technical operations of the delegated zone. This contact likely maintains the domain name server(s) for the domain. The technical contact should be able to answer technical questions about the domain name, the delegated zone and work with technically oriented people in other zones to solve technical problems that affect the domain name and/or zone. Domain Holder: The individual or organization that registers a specific domain name. This individual or organization holds the right to use that specific domain name for a specified period of time, provided certain conditions are met and the registration fees are paid. This person or organization is the "legal entity" bound by the terms of the relevant service agreement with the Registry operator for the TLD in question." Attachment:
Registrar Position on Whois - Draft 3.doc Attachment:
Registrar Position on Whois - Draft 3.pdf
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