Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Charter

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 12 Feb 2010, at 23:56, Milton L Mueller wrote:

> As for scope....
> 
> I am surprised you have added "and existing TLDs" to the Preamble, and 
> surprised that Objective 3 is still in there. I did not gather consensus 
> around that issue from my reading of the list discussions. It seems to me 
> that any PDP objective that arouses the sleeping dog of existing TLDs and 
> threatens to change them is incompatible with the other objectives, 
> especially #4 which calls for a timely result. 


I think there is a fair number of us who do think this must remian in.

and i do believe it was in the PDP motion:

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the PDP shall evaluate which policy recommendations, if 
any, should be developed on the topic of vertical integration between 
registrars and registries affecting both new gTLDs and existing gTLDs, as may 
be possible under existing contracts and as allowed under the ICANN Bylaws;