Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Re: applicant purpose (was: Comments On Draft text)

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 Aug 2011, at 18:40, <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 wrote:

> Michele,
> 
> Why are your conflict of interest or competition policy concern limited
> to operational registry aspects?

I never said they were, but I was focussing on a specific document 

> 
> What about the registrar function, either under a Vertical Integration
> model, or as a separate legal entity. Are ICANN and the applicant(s)
> similarly constrained to not act in this operational area?

How can ICANN bind itself to a contract with itself?


> 
> What about the sunrise/landrush operational areas. Are ICANN and the
> applicant(s) similarly constrained to not act in these operational areas?
> 
> The BC identified application authoring as an area where ICANN should
> not provide assistance above and beyond the publication of the final
> Applicant's Guidebook. Are ICANN and the applicant(s) similarly
> constrained to not act on the application and pre-operational areas?
> 
> The issue of the registrar function is one I'll be proposing later
> today, similar to the registry services proposal, at the suggestion
> of a registrar who participated in the JAS WG meeting in Singapore.
> 
> Eric

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