Re: [council] Friendly amendment to Vertical Integration Motion

["Mary Wong" <MWong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all
 
NCUC accepts the amendment as friendly.
 
Thanks,
Mary
 
Mary W S Wong
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>>> "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx> 9/23/2009 9:19 PM >>>

All, 
Set forth below is a proposed friendly amendment to the Vertical Integration 
Motion. 
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Whereas, Recommendation 19 of the GNSO policy authorizing the new gTLD process 
states: "Registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering 
domain names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars;"
Whereas, opening up the market to many new TLD operators may call into question 
some of the assumptions on which the separation of registry and registrar 
functions is based;
Whereas, economic research commissioned by ICANN staff also suggests that 
changes in these assumptions might be justified;
Whereas, the new gTLD policies passed by the Council do not provide any 
guidance regarding the proper approach to cross ownership and vertical 
integration, but instead implicitly suggest that the status quo be left in 
place;
Resolved: the GNSO Council hereby requests the preparation of an Issues Report 
on future changes in vertical integration and cross-ownership between gTLD 
registrars and registries, to assist in determining whether a PDP should be 
initiated regarding what policies would best serve to promote competition and 
to protect users and registrants.
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For convenience, I've copied below a redline of the proposed amendment against 
the motion as originally put forth. 
 
K