RE: [council] New draft ToR for PDP on contractual conditions for existing gTLDs

["Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Olof, I have a few comments. First, thanks for getting this turned around,
and for the incorporation of the changes, as provided by the discussion
within the Council.

 

I have a few comments. I just noticed that the actual document is
mislabeled. It should continue to say "DRAFT Terms of Ref. etc. and perhaps
even have a document number of such as Version 2.0, or whatever.

 

Overall, we have to have a clear understanding, duly reflected in the ToR
that this is about both existing and future gTLDs. The title is confusing,
therefore. And in the goal, it references "long term" but not existing. I
don't want to have any misunderstandings by the Board, staff, or community
on this subject and I know that titles and wording are essential to ensure
that there are no such misunderstandings. 

 

What is being called PDP -Dec05 does not address the same list of topics and
I could not see us developing separate kinds of policies for "new" gTLDS
than the existing ones, while I can see there being differences in the kinds
of gTLDs. 

 

Finally, I notice that you have referenced in the last paragraph before the
Goal statement that the two PDPs would be incorporated into a single gTLD
policy. Since there are actually going to be - potentially-various policies
that govern policy for existing and new gTLDs, perhaps the term of art is
more a 'single set of policies  for gTLDs. I doubt there will be a "single"
policy. "-) 

 

So, this draft version will need more editing, to incorporate some of these
and probably other clarifications, and we should all try to get any
suggestions/clarifications to you, so that you can incorporate them, and get
the GC to review them before our next Council meeting on Thursday. 

 

Thanks again for your work. I see both of us are online on our Sundays! 

 

Marilyn  

 

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of olof nordling
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:19 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [council] New draft ToR for PDP on contractual conditions for
existing gTLDs

 

Dear Council members,

As agreed, I have modified the ToR in line with the discussions at the
Council call 16 February, with most valued help from other staff attending
the call. See attachment. I have used the paragraph wordings supplied to the
list by Ross and Bruce (taking the latest submission in one case when both
had provided slightly different texts) and staff notes for a couple of other
agreed changes. I must emphasize that the exact outcome was not always
crystal clear so please consider the new draft carefully.

 

Also, regarding Marilyn's recent mail, the expression "privacy rights"
remains in 5a, but I do share Marilyn's concern that this expression may be
amiss. It is probably not "intellectual property rights" we're looking for
either and it may be appropriate to use a more explicit sentence to capture
the gist of what is intended. 

 

Best regards

Olof