Business Constituency comments on process for Amending TLD Agreements
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 |