[council] Friendly amendment to VI Charter

["Caroline Greer" <cgreer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,
 
The Registries Stakeholder Group [RySG] would like to propose a friendly 
amendment to the Vertical Integration Charter circulated by Stéphane.
 
For purposes of accuracy and consistency, we believe that Objective #4 should 
be revised to read: "To identify and clearly articulate the differences between 
the current restrictions and practices concerning registry-registrar separation 
and equivalent access, on the one hand, and the options described in the most 
recent version of the DAG and supporting documents[1] and changes considered by 
staff, on the other hand."
 
The words "equivalent access" in yellow would replace the words "equal access" 
that are in the current version of Objective #4. We understand that the Charter 
Group has recognized the difference between "equal access" and "equivalent 
access" in its deliberations and has adopted "equivalent access" in other parts 
of the Charter.
 
More generally, the RySG notes that the proposed working definitions in the 
Charter are neither accurate nor complete and, in certain cases, they represent 
policy statements.  The RySG underscores the importance of developing 
standalone definitions for each element of vertical integration.  However, 
these definitions should be developed by experts in competition and antitrust 
matters and derived from, where possible, language in ICANN contracts and ICANN 
documentation that uses the relevant terms.     
 
Many thanks.
 
Kind regards,
 
Caroline.


 

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[1] The working group understands that the DAG is a fluid document.  As a 
result, the working group will conduct its activities based upon the version of 
the document available.