RE: [council] A thought on the potential of a "seal program" for non-binding best practices

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We will be sending out the proposed Dakar agenda shortly for comment, but we 
were planning on including this topic.

On a separate note, for some reason I did not get john's e-mail until Adrian 
replied.  Is this just an issue with my e-mail or did others have the same 
problem?

Thanks,



Jeffrey J. Neuman
Vice President, Law and Policy
Neustar, Inc
Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxxx
P: 571-434-5772
M: 202-549-5079

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Adrian Kinderis [mailto:adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Wednesday, September 28, 2011 07:53 PM Eastern Standard Time
To:     john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Marika Konings
Cc:     council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        RE: [council] A thought on the potential of a "seal program" 
for non-binding best practices

Can we add this to the agenda in Dakar please?

 

The Registrars will have lots to say here J

 

I appreciate the perspective and applaud JB for his approach.

 

Adrian Kinderis



 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2011 1:18 AM
To: Marika Konings
Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [council] A thought on the potential of a "seal program" for 
non-binding best practices

 

Marika & fellow Coucillors:

 

While I am totally supportive of working to reach agreement on a shared 
definition of "best practices" -- their identification, implementation and 
measurement -- there is something in the notion of a "seal of approval" that 
most piques my interest.

 

As a founding member of the Board of TRUSTe (www.truste.com), the online 
privacy rights organization that manages a seal program for data collection and 
use, I am familiar with the consumer value of such industry self-regulatory 
programs can deliver.

 

In the case of non-binding policies it may be that such an approach -- a seal 
granted and monitored by ICANN or a third-party -- can make the implementation 
of these policies a matter of competitive advantage for registrars and 
registries.

 

As the non-binding best practices are identified, they can be used as a way to 
review business practices and earn (or not) a seal of approval for the applying 
party.  The seal can them become a part of that company's competitive 
marketing.  Consumers can then choose to work with a company based on their 
commitment to those policies, knowing that a third-party is monitoring 
performance.

 

This could be a way to supplement the consensus policy process, using market 
forces help lead to consumer advantage.

 

Cheers,

 

Berard

        -------- Original Message --------
        Subject: [council] Discussion Paper on the Creation of Best Practices
        to Address the Abusive Registrations of Domain Names
        From: Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>
        Date: Wed, September 28, 2011 3:20 am
        To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

        Dear All,

         

        As requested by the GNSO Council, please find attached the discussion 
paper on 'the creation of non-binding best practices to help registrars 
andregistries address the abusive registrations of domain names' prepared by 
ICANN Staff. We would like to suggest that the GNSO Council consider opening a 
public comment forum on this document to allow for community input on the 
issues outlined in the paper as well as the proposed next steps. Should the 
Council agree with this suggestion, a time has been tentatively reserved at the 
ICANN meeting in Senegal to organize a workshop on the paper and solicit 
community input (scheduled for Wednesday 26 October from 9.00 – 10.30 local 
time). We look forward to receiving your feedback.

         

        With best regards,

         

        Marika