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.
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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
Excerpt from WhoisTF123 Terms of Reference;
(1) ...the purpose of the WHOIS service in the context of ICANN's
mission and relevant core values, international and national laws
protecting privacy of natural persons, international and national laws
that relate specifically to the WHOIS service, and the changing nature
of Registered Name Holders.
(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."