Re: [council] Friendly amendment to VI Charter

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks you Mary.

Stéphane

Le 7 mars 2010 à 08:57, Mary Wong a écrit :

> Thanks, Stephane - yes, I too accept Caroline's proposed amendment as 
> friendly.
>  
> Cheers
> Mary
>  
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> >>>
> From: Stéphane Van Gelder<stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:   Glen de Saint Géry<Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC:   GNSO Council <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/7/2010 2:53 AM
> Subject:      Fwd: [council] Friendly amendment to VI Charter
> Glen,
> 
> If Mary is Ok with this proposed change, please update the motion on 
> https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?10_march_2010_motions to reflect 
> the amendment.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Début du message réexpédié :
> 
>> De : Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date : 7 mars 2010 08:49:06 HNEC
>> À : Caroline Greer <cgreer@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc : <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Objet : Rép : [council] Friendly amendment to VI Charter
>> 
>> Dear Caroline,
>> 
>> I accept your amendment as friendly.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> Le 5 mars 2010 à 11:40, Caroline Greer a écrit :
>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [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.
>> 
>