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[council] ICM registry request for GNSO
- To: GNSO Council <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: [council] ICM registry request for GNSO
- From: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:46:02 +0200
- List-id: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sender: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Councillors,
Chuck and I were recently contacted by ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley. Stuart
asked us if the GNSO Council might be willing to make a comment on the ICM
process options (the comment period for that being currently underway).
In response, I suggested that Stuart send us a draft of what kind of comment he
would like to ask the Council to make, so that we could all at least consider
it. Chuck explained to Stuart that the GNSO Council does not frequently make
comments on behalf of the GNSO in response to ICANN comment periods, part of
the reason for that being the difficulty we sometimes have in reaching
consensus on such comments within the timeframe of an ICANN comment period.
Neither of us indicated to Stuart that there would be any GNSO Council action
following his request.
You will find below the exact transcript of the text that Stuart sent us to
forward to the Council in response to my suggestion. The idea being that if
Council is interested in discussing this, then the text may serve as a starting
point for that discussion.
Thanks,
Stéphane
We would ask the GNSo , or indeed and of its members, to consider commenting to
ICANN during the Public Comment Period that runs until May 10 on the Possible
Process Options for ICM as outlined in the ICANN announcement
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-26mar10-en.htm.
Regardless of the nature of the sTLD we feel this is a watershed moment for
ICANN in terms of its Transparency and Accountability and would like the
Council to consider submitting a comment/statement along the lines of
The GNSO urges ICANN to implement the findings of the Independent Review Panel
in ICM Registry v. ICANN without delay by finalizing a registry agreement with
ICM based on the rules established for the sTLD applications submitted in
March, 2004.
The merits of the .xxx top level domain are no longer on the table: rather,
the only question now before the ICANN Board is whether or not it is prepared
to respect the findings of a panel of independent judges in accordance with a
procedure established by the ICANN bylaws. Those findings are:
1. That the ICANN Board determined on 1 June 2005 that the ICM Registry
application met the criteria established for the sTLD round opened on December
15, 2003;
2. The Boards reconsideration of that finding was not consistent with the
application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy.
3. That ICANN should have proceeded to negotiate a contract with ICM Registry;
and
Those findings are clear, and the path forward is plain: The ICM Registry’s
application was submitted under the rules established by the Board for the sTLD
round based on extensive community input. Having determined that the ICM
application satisfied the eligibility criteria established for that round, all
that remains is for ICANN to negotiate a contract with ICM Registry based on
the contractual arrangements adopted for that round.
Most of the “options” provided by staff for responding to the IRP declaration
would apply new rules to ICM Registry. There is no principled basis for this
approach, which would only compound the violations already identified in the
IRP declaration. The Board should reject those options, respect the judgment
of the Independent Review panel, and provide tangible proof of its willingness
to be accountable to the community it serves.
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