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ALAC Statement on the 'Explore the Draft Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model'

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Introduction

Holly Raiche, ALAC member from the Asian, Australasian and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) and APRALO Chair composed an initial draft of this Statement [PDF, 238 KB] after discussion of the topic within At-Large and on the Mailing Lists

On 27 August 2013, this statement was posted on the At-Large Explore the Draft Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model Workspace.

On 3 September, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Chair of the ALAC, requested ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC to send a Call for Comments on the draft Statement to all At-Large members via the ALAC-Announce Mailing list.

A version incorporating the comments was later posted to the aforementioned website.

The Chair of the ALAC requested that ICANN Policy Staff in support of the ALAC open a ratification vote on the Statement.

On 6 September 2013, Staff confirmed that the online vote resulted in the ALAC endorsing the Statement with 9 votes in favor, 1 vote against, and 0 abstentions. You may review the result independently under: http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=3352TswbYKNJx4PQ3rybbZLr

Summary

  1. The ALAC strong supports continuing discussions on the development of the ARDS proposal, and expect to continue to be involved in those discussions.
  2. The ALAC strongly support the following elements of the ARDS proposal:
    1. The allowance of tiered access to registration data.  The public will still have access to some Whois data, but only those with recognized reasons to access specific data will be able to do so - thus addressing some legitimate privacy concerns with all Whois data being publicly available;
    2. The provision of a centralized responsibility for data accuracy.