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Business Constituency comments on process for Amending TLD Agreements

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  • Subject: Business Constituency comments on process for Amending TLD Agreements
  • From: Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:08:31 -0400

Attached are consensus comments of the Commercial & Business Users
Constituency (BC), regarding the Process for gTLD Registry Agreement
Amendment.

The BC believes that neither the ICANN staff nor the Board should be able to
amend registry agreements without community involvement and input from
registry operators.  All changes ­- regardless of the issue -- must be
transparent and exhibit the appropriate level of accountability to the
community. 

For issues within the picket fence, there is an existing Policy Development
Process that carries the power to change all registry and registrar
agreements.  As described in current and proposed registry contracts, the
picket fence includes most conceivable ways that community and BC members
would need to control registry practices.

ICANN needs to strike a balance in the manner in which registry agreements
are amended.  In the BC¹s view, neither the current ICANN proposal nor the
RySG proposal succeeds in doing so yet.

Our rapporteurs for these comments were Ron Andruff and Jon Nevett.

-- 
Steve DelBianco
Executive Director, NetChoice
Vice chair for policy coordination, Business Constituency

Attachment: BC on TLD contract amendments.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF Document



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