FW: I would like to be on the Wednesday call

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

NOTE:  These comments are from me personally and may not necessarily reflect 
the views of my company or the gTLD Registries Constituency.

 

Question 1:

 

In Module 5, which I believe that contains the draft agreement, Section 2.8 of 
the New gTLD Draft agreement states: "Registrar Relations. [TBD-See Paper to be 
posted on ICANN's website discussing registrar marketplace issues]".  The one 
paper that has come out has talked about giving ICANN some flexibility in 
allowing for two specific business models, but does not address (i) any other 
potential business models, (ii) what retroactive effect the recommendations of 
the paper have on existing registries or (iii) any of the other provisions 
currently in all unsponsored gTLD Agreement relating to equitable access.  My 
initial questions are as follows:

 

1.        What is the process for finalizing the "Registrar Relations" 
obligations including the ones cited above?

2.       When is that expected to be completed?

3.       When will the public have an opportunity to comment on the outcomes?

4.       There is no mention here of requirements that be included in a 
"Registry-Registrar Agreement."  Does that mean each applicant is allowed to 
propose whatever it wants in a registry-registrar agreement?

 

Question 2:

 

Same agreement, Section 6.1 states that the average price of registrations 
"include al bundled products or services that may be offered by Registry 
Operator and include or are offered in conjunction with a domain name 
registration".

 

1.       Please explain exactly what was meant by ICANN in this statement.

2.       Please explain how this relates to ICANN collecting fees from 
registries as a "cost recovery" mechanism which was cited as the purpose of 
collecting fees.

3.       Please explain how this relates to ICANN as a non-profit organization 
as opposed to a for-profit revenue sharing arrangement.

4.       Please explain why ICANN is not protected with a minimum as it relates 
to cost recovery.  In other words, in most for-profit commercial arrangements, 
there is EITHER a minimum OR a rev share but not both.  It appears that ICANN 
wants to have "its cake and eat it too."

5.       How does this comport with the GAO study on ICANN several years back 
which talked about ICANN's cost recovery mechanism as opposed to a taxation on 
income?

 

 

Again, these are just a few of the questions I have and I approve these being 
posted.  Thanks!

Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq.: NeuStar, Inc.
Vice President, Law & Policy 

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From: Glen de Saint Géry [mailto:Glen@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:36 AM
To: Neuman, Jeff
Subject: RE: I would like to be on the Wednesday call

 

Please find the procedure the call will follow below:

 

New gTLD Guidebook GNSO Q&A Continuation Call - 26 Nov 08 Guidelines

 

Ask the operator to start the recording.

 

Introductions

Chuck Gomes, GNSO Council Vice Chair (Note that the Council Chair, Avri Doria, 
is traveling)

Glen de Saint Gery, GNSO Secretariat

Kurt Pritz, ICANN Sr. Vice President, Services

Ask Kurt to introduce other ICANN Staff on the call

Because of time limitations I am not going to ask all participants to share 
their name but, instead, ask each of you to give your full name and the 
organization you represent, if any, the first time you speak.

 

We have a lot of ground to cover so we need to use the time we have as 
efficiently as possible.  The following guidelines are intended to accomplish 
that goal.

 

Only participants who submitted written comments or questions in advance are 
allowed to participate in live discussion on the call.

Comments and questions should relate to issues in the draft New gTLD Applicant 
Guidebook and associated supplementary documents posted on the ICANN site.

This is not the time to rehash issues that the GNSO PDP process already 
covered; in other words, this call should not be used to try to change GNSO 
recommendations already approved by the GNSO Council with a supermajority vote.

The Q&A session will be organized by module and questions and comments should 
be restricted to the module being discussed at any given time.

When asking a question and/or making a comment, please cite the Guidebook 
section number, page number and paragraph if possible.

We will start off the Q&A session with Module 3, but it is important to note 
that a considerable amount of time was spent on Module 3 on Sunday in Cairo so 
please try not to repeat questions or comments that were made in Cairo unless 
you think further explanation is needed.

To ensure that there is plenty of time to cover all modules, I will try to 
limit each module to no more than 30 minutes; in the case of Module 3, I plan 
to cut it off 30 minutes after the scheduled start of the call, so it we will 
have less than 30 minutes for it.

I will be assuming that everyone has reviewed all the relevant documents, so 
other than a 1 or 2 minute introduction by Kurt if he so desires, no 
presentation will be made on the contents of the modules.

I will be managing the queue:

I will ask for those who want to be in the queue at the beginning of a module.

As long as it can be done efficiently, I may allow for follow-up questions or 
comments and let someone jump into the queue.

Time permitting, participants may be added to the queue at any time.

I will try to provide opportunities for participants to be added to the queue 
throughout the call, but if not, please try to find a time to communicate that 
you want in the queue in a minimally disruptive way.

The meeting is being recorded and may be transcribed so it is important to 
always identify yourself so that it is clear who is speaking on the MP3 and in 
the transcription.

 

Any questions?

 

Thank you.

 

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://gnso.icann.org

 

 

 

From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: lundi 24 novembre 2008 15:07
To: gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: I would like to be on the Wednesday call

 

Thanks!

 

Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq.: NeuStar, Inc.
Vice President, Law & Policy 
46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166
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