Re: [council] RAA Drafting Team

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I need to leave for the day in a few minutes, so this will be brief. 
I could likely support an initiative like this. But I thought that we 
were implementing what was referred to in the new RAA 3.15:
3.15 In the event that ICANN gives reasonable notice to Registrar 
that ICANN has
published a webpage that identifies available registrant rights and 
responsibilities, and the
content of such webpage is developed in consultation with registrars, 
Registrar shall
provide a link to the webpage on any website it may operate for 
domain name registration
or renewal clearly displayed to its Registered Name Holders at least 
as clearly as its links
to policies or notifications required to be displayed under ICANN 
Consensus Policies.
This is far less ambitious than what Philip has described. Also, his 
point 2 may create a set of expectations (that is, asking users for 
everything that they would like to see in the RAA to satisfy them) 
that we will not likely meet in the creation of a Charter (and I 
agree with Bill that the name needs to stay).
Of course, the more we can get into this charter, the more pleased I 
and ALAC will be.
I agree that it is important to quickly come to an agreement on the 
scope of what we are doing under the "charter" section of the motion 
passed by Council, and what really belongs in the "future RAA 
amendments" section.
Alan


At 17/04/2009 04:32 AM, you wrote:

> Further to my comments on the call yesterday allow me to clarify and 
> make a proposal that
> may save us all a lot of time.
>
> Background
> The BC supports a consideration of further RAA changes.
>
> Question
> What is the best way to do this ?
>
> Proposal
> 1. First, do fact finding and create a list of 
> EXISTING  registrants' rights including (and
> separating out) voluntary best practice (mostly a Registrars exercise).
> 2. Create a second list of ADDITIONAL registrants' rights that 
> registrants want (mostly a
> Users exercise).
> 3. Create a group to study the two lists and determine which of 
> these additional rights and
> voluntary best practice CAN be implemented with new RAA changes (a 
> joint users / suppliers
> exercise) ie POSSIBLE even if some opinions say UNDESIRABLE.
> 4. Then, NEGOTIATE on which of these additional rights will go 
> forward to be implemented by
> RAA changes.
>
> That may be in the minds of those that drafted the RAA motion but as 
> I said on the call, and
> from what I heard on the call, I detected a confusion in approach.
> The key is to avoid negotiating too early or arguing over the 
> content of a "charter of
> rights."
> As said on the call I would strongly recommend changing the terminology.
>
>
> Philip