Re: [gnso-dow123] Proposed Amendment to oPOC Proposal

[KathrynKL@xxxxxxx]

A belated thanks to Ross for the new language.
My thought is that -- if it is not mandatory, and if it
makes the lives of Marilyn's and Steve's clients measurably easier, 
then we should adopt the new language.
 
Regards, Kathy
 
<<I have amended the proposal document to include the modification  I made 
on the call today intended to address the use case that Marilyn put  
forward regarding the tendency of large corporations to include more  
data than less and her concerns around relying on market mechanisms to  
deal appropriately with relatively small issues such as this.

The  amendment changes the requirement for registrars to accommodate a 
minimum of  one instance of oPOC data in the whois record, and optionally 
additional  instances and moves it to a minimum of two in instances where 
the registrant  wishes to supply data for more than one point of contact.

This does not  change the requirement for a registrant to supply data for 
a minimum of one  point of contact.

The proposed language is as follows:

Registrars  must allow a Registrant to provide a minimum of two 
operational points of  contact. As a condition of registration, 
Registrants must provide a minimum  of one operational point of contact. 
If a Registrant provides a second  operational point of contact, the 
Registrar must pubish this data via whois.  If the Registrant has not 
specified a second operational point of contact,  the Registrar is not 
obligation to publish a null or empty record via the  Whois service. 
Registrars may choose to allow Registrants to specify  additional 
operational points of contact beyond the second operational point  of 
contact. If the Registrant exercises this option, the Registrar must  
publish these additional records in the record of delegation for the  
domain name in question in a manner consistent with the publication of  
multiple nameservers in other areas of this same record.

It was  previously:

Registrars may choose to allow Registrants to specify  additional 
operational points of contact. If the Registrant exercises this  option, 
the Registrar must publish these additional records in the record of  
delegation for the domain name in question in a manner consistent with  
the publication of multiple nameservers in other areas of this same  record.

Regards,

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